Jim Beckett

Jim Beckett is a writer specialising in children’s fiction. Buzz Sausage Wolf (Hachette, 2025, 2026) is a funny and heartwarming series for younger readers about a little dog’s endearing struggles to make sense of the world. The Caravan at the Edge of Doom and Foul Prophecy (HarperCollins, 2021, 2022) are comic fantasies for 8+ about an epic rescue mission into the land of the dead through a caravan toilet. Jim regularly visits schools, inspiring staff and pupils with his entertaining assemblies and workshops.

For many years, Jim wrote and performed comedy as one half of critically acclaimed double act Bob and Jim. The duo hosted several London residencies and were regulars on the circuit and at festivals, appearing at Underbelly, Soho Theatre and on BBC Radio Four. Jim’s stage comedies and musicals have been performed in London, Edinburgh and Milan, and his short stories have been published in magazines. 

Jim taught English and Media in a south London secondary school for 17 years where he ran extracurricular activities that included poetry slam, filmmaking, school magazine, literature masterclass and creative writing club. He has also worked as a pest control administrator, census collector, bank clerk, seasonal elf and bookseller. Jim grew up in Chandler’s Ford and studied English Literature at the University of Sheffield before living in London for over two decades. He now lives in West Sussex.

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