Timothy Knapman studied history at Oxford . Since then he has spent his time writing plays, opera libretti, song lyrics and children's books.

The Times called his most recent play, The Smallest Person, “unforgettable… A source of wonder”. The Guardian acclaimed his first picture book, Mungo and the Picture Book Pirates as “a thrilling adventure”. The Bookseller said it was “laugh-out-loud funny!”

Tim's books have been translated into eleven languages and are often read on CBeebies Bedtime Stories. New stories are forthcoming from Macmillan, Scholastic, Puffin and Simon & Schuster.

His stage and music theatre work has been commissioned and performed by I Fagiolini, Trestle Theatre Company, Handmade Opera, the University of Madison, Wisconsin, and many others in the UK and across the world, with premières at the BBC Proms, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Cheltenham Festival, the Wigmore Hall, St John's Smith Square, the Holywell Music Room, the Dartington International Summer School and the Café de Paris.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment commissioned Tim to write a poem in celebration of its 21st birthday. The poem was performed by Simon Callow at the Royal Festival Hall.

Tim has appeared on Radio 3's In Tune and his work has been featured on Classical Collection and The Choir with Aled Jones.

Tim does lots of school visits and bookshop readings.

His hobbies include swashbuckling.