Sam Copeland

Sam Copeland is an author, which has come as something of a surprise to him. He is from Manchester and now lives in London with one smelly dog, two smelly cats, three smelly children and one relatively clean-smelling wife. He is the author of the bestselling Charlie Changes Into a Chicken series (the first book of which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize), Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything and Greta and the Ghost Hunters and The Bear Behind. With Jenny Pearson, he has also written Tuchus & Topps Investigate: The Underpants of Chaos. His next novel Alex vs Axel: The Impossible Worlds comes out on 2 May 2024. He is also a literary agent and director at Rogers, Coleridge and White where he represents some of the world’s most successful, bestselling writers.

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Alex vs Axel is a hilarious new fantasy adventure from the author of Charlie Changes Into a Chicken. Alex is a normal, everyday kid, living in a normal, everyday city. Axel is a monster-slaying hero, living in a world of magic. Unfortunately, when the two boys mysteriously swap places, each of them ends up being mistaken for the other.