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Bill Doyle biography

Bill Doyle is an American children’s author whose books include adventure stories, mysteries, interactive fiction and humorous series. More than two million copies of his books are in print. His work has been published by Scholastic, Random House, Little, Brown and Chronicle Books, and he has also created games and interactive material for organisations including Sesame Workshop, Warner Bros. and Nerf.

Doyle’s books include the Behind Enemy Lines series, which recounts stories of people operating behind enemy lines during wartime, and the six-book Crime Through Time mystery series. He created the Scream Team series about a group of monsters playing sports and the Magic for Hire series, featuring cousins Henry and Keats in books including Attack of the Shark-Headed Zombie and Invasion of the Junkyard Hog. He is also the author of Worst Case Scenario Ultimate Adventure: Everest.

His Escape This Book! series, illustrated by Sarah Sax and published by Random House Books for Young Readers, combines historical adventures with choices, puzzles and drawing activities. Its titles include Escape This Book! Titanic, Escape This Book! Tombs of Egypt and Escape This Book! Race to the Moon. Doyle also wrote the Prizewinners of Piedmont Place series, illustrated by Colin Jack.

Doyle’s later The Fifth Hero series uses an interactive format in stories about four young characters with powers connected to the natural world, with the reader taking the role of a fifth hero. The Fifth Hero #1: The Race to Erase was published by Random House Books for Young Readers in 2023, followed by The Fifth Hero #2: Escape Plastic Island on 30 January 2024.