Neil Arksey

Who is Neil Arksey?

Neil Arksey is the author of a number of books for children, teenagers and young adults, published by Penguin Books and Random House.

Early in his career he helped develop Little Robots, a pre-school TV show broadcast on BBC in the UK. He went on to write scripts for Little Robots as well as a number of other shows aimed at the same age-group including Kipper the Dog.

As a story editor, script editor, head writer and producer Neil has worked on a number of UK soaps and drama series Crossroads, River City, Family Affairs and Mile High. He has also worked as head writer/producer on TV drama series in other European countries including Salatut Elämät in Finland and Jobán Rosszban in Hungary.

More recently he has been working as a producer on the feature film Run To Ground, a dark thriller set and shot in Miskolc, eastern Hungary.

His latest book is Intelligent Life. The central character is a boy called Jonathan. At the moment the novel is only available as an eBook on Kindle, but it has already received considerable acclaim from readers, among them a number of top scientists.