Steve Barlow (Author) As 50% of the Two Steves, Steve Barlow has written over 160 books with Steve Skidmore since their first appeared in 1988. Born in Crewe, he was educated at Crewe Grammar School, Warwick University and Nottingham University before a varied career in teaching, acting, stage management and puppetry. He worked in a village school in Botswana for four years before returning to the UK. The Two Steves have toured extensively in the UK and overseas, and to book festivals including Edinburgh and Hay. Their work for Hachette includes the popular I Hero choose-your-adventure books, and Classics in Graphics. Steve Skidmore (Author) Steve Skidmore writes with Steve Barlow as Britain''s most popular comedy writing and performing double act for young people - The 2 Steves! Steve Skidmore is shorter than Steve Barlow and less hairy. He was born in Birstall near Leicester in England. He went to Nottingham University to read English, but spent most of his time playing sport and doing a variety of jobs including counting pastry pie lids. He trained as a teacher of Drama, English and Film, before teaming up with Steve Barlow as a full-time author. He lives in Leicester and is a great rugby fan (Come on you Tiiigeeers!). Gueli Gonzalez (Illustrator) Gueli Gonzalez is a Spanish illustrator, born and raised in the Andalusian city of Jaen. From a young age he loved animated fairytales, which inspired him to start drawing. He studied Illustration and later specialised in Concept Art and Character Design in Lightbox Academy and U-tad, under the academic supervision of renowned Spanish artists, whose work on the beloved Disney classics had inspired him in his early years. He then worked as an intern in WildBrain (London), and Skydance Animation (Madrid). His first work as a concept artist was on the Goya Award winner short film "Madrid 2120" for Lightbox Academy.

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As 50% of the 2Steves, Steve Barlow has written over 250 books with Steve Skidmore since they first appeared in 1988. Born in Crewe, he was educated at Crewe Grammar School, Warwick University and Nottingham University before a varied career in teaching, acting, stage management and puppetry. He worked in a village school in Botswana for four years before returning to the UK. The Two Steves have toured extensively in the UK and overseas, and to book festivals including Edinburgh and Hay. Steve Skidmore writes with Steve Barlow as Britain's most popular comedy writing and performing double act for young people - The 2 Steves! He was born in Birstall near Leicester. He went to Nottingham University to read English, but spent most of his time playing sport and doing a variety of jobs including counting pastry pie lids. He trained as a teacher of Drama, English and Film, before teaming up with Steve Barlow as a full-time author. He lives in Leicester and is a great rugby fan (Come on you Tiiigeeers!).Gueli González is a Spanish illustrator, born and raised in Jaén. From a young age he loved animated fairytales, which inspired him to start drawing. He studied Illustration and later specialised in Concept Art and Character Design in Lightbox Academy and U-tad. He then worked as an intern in WildBrain (London) and Skydance Animation (Madrid). His first work as a concept artist was on the Goya Award winning short film "Madrid 2120" for Lightbox Academy.

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes in **The **Hound of the Baskervilles like you've never seen it - or read it - before! Classics in Graphics: The Hound of the Baskervilles has been adapted from gothic novel into graphic novel by expert authors, Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow, with illustrations by Gueli González. Readers join the spectacular Sherlock Holmes and the devoted Dr Watson's dark and ghostly investigation as it swirls across each page, searching for clues before it's too late ...

This series has inclusion at its heart, flinging wide the doors of literature for all to enter and understand. With dyslexia-friendly design for readers aged 10+; inclusive art so anyone can relate to iconic characters; snappy simplified text; introductory material to set the scene; heaps of material at the back, looking at the themes, language, publication, performance in history, a timeline of gothic horror literature, and more!

Classics available: Macbeth, The Tempest, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Hound of the Baskervilles, A Christmas Carol, The Odyssey

Praise for Classics in Graphics: "[...] an excellent job converting challenging language and literary themes to make it very inclusive, smoothing ease of understanding dialogue, plot, and narration without dumbing it down." - EricWilliamson, leagueofcomicgeeks.com