Meet the author

Stephen Mangan.

Writer · United Kingdom · b. 1968

Stephen Mangan: the actor turned children's author whose gleefully rude, fully illustrated romps — written with sister Anita Mangan — are catnip for 7-10s who love a giggle.

Stephen Mangan is a British actor and author, well known on screen for comedies such as Green Wing and Episodes, who has turned his comic timing to gloriously daft illustrated fiction for 7-10s. Written with his sister, illustrator Anita Mangan, his children's books revel in silliness with a soft centre. The Fart That Changed the World is a fairy-tale farce in which one royal fart triggers a cascade of chaos and a lowly kitchen boy learns that small people can change everything; The Day I Fell Down the Toilet flushes an indecisive boy into a land where jokes are made and dares him to make up his mind. Fully illustrated and unapologetically rude, the Mangan siblings' books are a reliable hit for readers who love a good giggle with a gentle message underneath.