P.G Bell author page

P. G. Bell biography

P. G. Bell is a children’s author best known for the middle-grade fantasy series published by Usborne that begins with The Train to Impossible Places. His fiction combines fast-paced adventure with humour and inventive world-building for readers aged 9–12.

Bell’s debut, The Train to Impossible Places (Usborne, 2018), introduces Suzy and the Impossible Postal Express, a magical train that delivers across extraordinary realms. The sequel, The Great Brain Robbery (Usborne, 2019), continues the series with a mystery spanning parallel worlds. A third book, Delivery to the Lost City (Usborne, 2020), completes the sequence.

The Beanstalk Murder (published in 2024) and The Big Bad Wolf Murder (2025)  are both middle-grade whodunnits set in the fairy tale worlds of Jack & the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood, respectively. The Beanstalk Murder was shortlisted for the Edgar Allen Poe Award by the Mystery Writers of America.

Bell’s work appears in UK and international editions, and is listed by major booksellers, libraries and reading programmes that curate titles for confident middle-grade readers.

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