Clive Gifford lives in Manchester, UK and is an award-winning author of over 150 books for children and adults. These include Eye Benders: The Science of Seeing and Believing , winner of the prestigious Royal Society Young People's Book Prize in 2014, and Cool Technology , which won the School Library Association Information Book Award 2013. Clive's titles range from the serious ( Robots, iScience, How the World Works ) and sporty (with books on motor racing, the Olympics and football) to the downright silly ( The Curse of the Toxic Trousers ).