N.S Blackman author page

N.S Blackman biography

N.S. Blackman is a British author and illustrator of adventure books for children. The Dinotek Adventures was Blackman’s first series for young readers, and it began from a story told to children during a long holiday walk when they were interested in dinosaurs and museums.

Blackman’s Dinotek Adventures books feature Marlin Maxton and living metal dinosaur machines called Dinoteks. The Secret Dinosaur: Giants Awake! is the first book in the series and was published on 18 November 2013. The Secret Dinosaur: Jurassic Adventure was published on 26 November 2013, and The Secret Dinosaur: Hunters Attack! was published on 30 December 2013.

Blackman also wrote The Amazing Dinoteks, an ebook series for very young children using the same antique metallic dinosaur creatures. The Lost Dinosaur, part of The Amazing Dinoteks, was published on 12 January 2014 and follows a young Dinotek who has left the museum and needs to find his way home.

Blackman’s later children’s work includes Freedom For Bron, a historical adventure set in the Anglo-Saxon era. Freedom For Bron was published on 1 June 2016 as a 192-page paperback, with accompanying KS2 activity sheets.