Liz pichon tom gates biography examples

Series of books

Tom Gates is a British series of fiction and graphic books written by Liz Pichon taking the form of an illustrated diary written by the eponymous schoolboy.

There are a total of 21 published Tom Gates books, as of 2021.^[1] The first book in the series, The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, was published in 2011 and won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, a Red House Children's Book Award and a Waterstones Children's Book Prize.^[2] As of 2023 the books have sold more than 14 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 47 languages.^[3]

Background

Aged around 10 years old, Tom is the younger of the two children of Frank and Rita Gates, and the younger brother of Delia.^[4] He attends Oakfield Primary School where he is in Mr Fullerman's Class 5F, under headmaster Mr Keen.

Children in his class include Marcus Meldrew (who sits next to and consistently annoys Tom in class), and Amy Porter (who also sits next to