Who are Trapped By Monsters?

We've had some calls recently asking: who - or what - are "Trapped By Monsters". Well, according to their website, they're a group of authors who met up to write the ultimate guide to bumping off monsters, but instead were captured, locked in a cave, and forced to blog for food, water and decent loo roll.

Apparently (we can reveal) out of the eight authors originally captured, two have been eaten - but the remaining six will be 'let out' for the event on June 20th. They are:

Andy Briggs is the author of the ‘Hero.com’ and ‘Villain.net’ double series of books. Surfing the net during a lightning storm has amazing consequences for a group of teenage friends as suddenly superhero powers are theirs at the click of a mouse. Find out more on Andy's website - or on the official Hero.com / Villain.net site.

Joe Craig is the author of the Jimmy Coates books. If Alex Rider is James Bond, then Jimmy is definitely Jason Bourne. In fact, Joe Craig is increasingly mentioned in the same breath as Anthony Horowitz (Alex Rider) and Charlie Higson (Young Bond) as one of the best spy kids authors around. Jimmy is a bio-engineered genetic assassin who goes on the run from his 'masters'. It's high-octane writing that boys just love. Check out more on the author's own website.

Tommy Donbavand is the author of Scream Street, which follows the adventures of Luke Watson, a reluctant werewolf and his new friends, a mummy and a wannabe vampire. It's scary but utterly compelling - and Tommy is incredibly funny in the flesh (that's human flesh, not the zombie variety). Tommy has visited Abingdon once before and chaos ensued.

Sam Enthoven is the writer of fantastical action thrillers, such as the dinosaur adventure ‘Tim, Defender of the Earth’. Learn more about him, his books, and his megalomania tendencies at his official website.

We know David Melling very well 'cos he lives in Abingdon. His wacky illustrations for his ‘Goblins’ series of books create a whole new imaginary (not to mention incredibly funny) world peopled with slurping gooey goblins with names like Mildew and Dribbledraws. David will be aiming to draw a 'flattering' portrait of the monsters on the day in the hope of avoiding being eaten...but don't bet on it David! David has written and illustrated plenty of other books - check out his website here.

Ali Sparkes writes the Monster Maker series. Jack and Lewis love drawing monsters, but they don't expect them to come to life... and when they do things start to get messy. As Ali herself says, you'll never look at porridge, apple juice or electricity pylons in the same way again...go find out more about her books here.

Lots more about these authors on the blog before the big day, but go check out their websites - and don't forget to see just how much trouble they're in on the Trapped By Monsters website itself...