Meet the author

L.D. Lapinski.

Writer · United Kingdom

L.D. Lapinski: a British fantasy author whose Strangeworlds and Artezans books pair inventive, dream-logic magic with warm families and real emotional stakes for 8-12s.

L.D. Lapinski is a British children's author who lives near Sherwood Forest and writes inventive middle-grade fantasy with real emotional weight. They are best known for The Strangeworlds Travel Agency trilogy, and their Artezans series brings the same gift for world-building to the corpus: The Forgotten Magic, The Whispering World and The Last Spellbreaker follow adopted twins Ed and Elodie as they come into their magical gifts, brave the eerie Land of Dreams and Nightmares and race to restore a fading magic. Lapinski pairs whimsy and genuine peril with warmly drawn families, including Ed's two dads and a memorable cat, and characters children come to love. A strong fit for readers ready to graduate to bigger, more atmospheric fantasy adventures around ages 8 to 12.