Gideon Defoe

Gideon Defoe is the author of The Pirates! book series, and wrote the screenplay for the Oscar nominated Aardman film 'The Pirates In An Adventure With Scientists'. He has written about how animals have sex and penned a computer game tie-in novel for Gollancz because he is bad at staying on brand. He does film development work with Locksmith Animation, Studio Canal and is developing a sitcom with BBC studios.

His most recent book, An Atlas of Extinct Countries, was published by Fourth Estate in 2020.