About

Although Billy's atoms came into existence 13.7 billion years ago, he was officially born in October 1993. Between then and now, much has come to pass, but mostly he's just got taller.

For some reason that defies all logic, BBC Worldwide entrusted him with writing a couple of sketches for the Doctor Who YouTube channel. Warning: contains action figures committing minuscule acts of silliness.

Billy likes to write funny things and only uses jokes that make him laugh embarrassingly on public transport. He currently lives in Bolton, where he works as a copywriter, proofreader and part-time chicken whisperer.

Gizmo's Great Invention won the United Agents Prize for Most Promising Writing for Young People in 2018 and was longlisted for both the 2019 Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition and the 2020 Bath Children’s Novel Award.

In January 2024, Billy's debut published work, Planet Mouse, was published by Oxford University Press. His second story, My Holiday on Planet Earth, will be released this June.