Tom Nicoll - Children's Author

Level up!

Level Up!

When Flo’s engineer mum creates a device that will make her image appear in her videogames, Flo can’t wait to use it! Ignoring her mum’s warnings that it’s not ready, Flo accidentally transports herself into the game, along with her not-so-keen-on-videogames-and-wishing-he’d-stayed-home best friend Max. Immersed in the world of Star Smasher, they not only have to face armies of soldiers, but also the very real possibility that there may not be a way out…

Block and Roll

Having successfully battled spaceships, Max and Flo are excited to return home. But when they wake up, they’re in Max’s favourite game, Blocktopia. The friends are accepted into a city, where they are protected from the dangerous monsters that attack daily. Max is in his element – creating increasingly elaborate buildings – but Flo just wants to go home. Then she uncovers a secret. A secret which might just be the key to escaping the game…

Beast Battles

Flo and Max are stuck in the hugely popular Critter Clash, where teams of creatures battle to become champions in epic arenas. Flo and Max need their own players that they can coach to victory but the game is about to start and their options are limited… Will they be able to find a team powerful enough to defeat an impressive range of opponents and send the friends back to the real world?

Check out my video section here to see me read the first chapter!

Last One Standing

Crammed on a plane flying over the dramatic landscape of Last to Leave, Flo and Max get a shock as they are suddenly parachuted out. The game has begun! As they navigate challenging terrain and highly skilled players, they come face to face with an old enemy. With time running out, the friends have to decide who they can trust if they’re going to make it to the end. Can they complete the game and get back home?

About Tom Nicoll

What is a Tom Nicoll?

Tom Nicoll is an award-winning writer of funny books for children, including the There's a Dragon in my... series and Boyband of the Apocalypse, which won the Stockton Children's Book of the Year 2019. He is also an avid, though arguably not-very-good, gamer and has written a video-game based series for younger readers called Level Up!

He sounds cool.

Oh yes, he very much is.

What else can you tell me about him?

He lives just outside Edinburgh with his wife and two daughters. He also likes playing videogames badly.

Favourite videogame?

Rocket League

Nice.

Thanks. Anything else you want to know?

Are you at all troubled by the fact that you're writing this pretending to be two different people.

A little bit yes.

I think we, as in you, should probably stop then.

Good idea. Bye.

My Books

Here are all the books I've written. If you like the look of them and think to yourself, you know what, I'm going to buy this, then I've included links on each of them for you to do just that. Of course I'm certainly not going to say where you should buy them from, but what I would say is that if you were to buy them from the bookshop.org link then not only do I get 10% of the purchase, but bookshop.org will also give another 10% to support independent bookshops. Which sounds good to me. But you don't have to tell me about the importance of convenience - OH NO YOU DO NOT - so I've also included links to Amazon and Waterstones too.