Stephen B. Haunts

Stephen Haunts is an award-winning author who lives in rural Derbyshire in the United Kingdom with his wife and two children. Stephen and his family are fans of theme-parks and rollercoasters where he’s happiest when hanging upside down, and hurtling along a rollercoaster track at 100kph, or sitting at his desk writing novels.

Space and Mars has fascinated Stephen ever since he was a child. Mars is the one planet that has the potential for humanity to colonise and call home. As new technologies emerge, NASA and other organisations send probes and rovers to explore the red planet. Soon, we may also send the first humans there to explore and live.

As a writer, Stephen was keen to write a novel about Mars. He wanted to aim it at a younger audience for several reasons. First, children have fantastic imaginations that can be fired up through fiction. Second, by reading fun and future looking fiction, Stephen hopes it will inspire future generations of boys and girls to work in science and engineering and help humanity reach for the stars.