The Battle of Hackham Heath

John Flanagan's bestselling Ranger's Apprentice adventure series originally comprised twenty short stories, which John wrote to encourage his 12-old son, Michael, to enjoy reading. The series has come a long way since then. Now sold to more than twenty countries, the series regularly appears on the New York Times Bestseller List and has been shortlisted in children's book awards in Australia and overseas. John, a former television and advertising writer, lives with his wife, Leonie, in the Sydney beachside suburb of Manly.

Piers Wehner trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and graduated in 2009. Since then he has been constantly working as an actor, whether on the stage or on the airwaves. He won the BBC Radio Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award in 2009 and has since recorded numerous voice overs, radio plays and audiobooks.