Andrew Beasley

As a child, adventure was everywhere for Andrew Beasley; he went exploring Scunge Island and had an underground base made out of a sunken coal bunker. Now that he's grown up, Andrew works as a primary school teacher in Cornwall.

Set in Victorian London, The Claws of Evil is his first book for children and the start of a new series. You can read the first chapter here.

In addition, exclusively for Foyles, Andrew talks about his lifelong fascination with Victorian London and Sherlock Holmes, and how some aspects of life in London have not changed so very much since those times.