Ross Welford (born 20th century) is an English children's science-fiction and fantasy writer.

Biography Welford was born in Cullercoats, a small seaside town in the north-east of England. He attended Marden High School and studied English at Leeds University before becoming a magazine journalist and then a television producer.

Career He first started writing his debut novel, Time Travelling with a Hamster, in 2014. It was published in 2016 and was shortlisted for the Costa, Blue Peter, Waterstones, and Branford Boase Awards.

It was followed by nine other novels between 2017 and 2025.

Other information Welford was admitted into The Magic Circle in 2019.

Cullercoats appears as 'Culvercot' in Welford's books.

Bibliography Year Title Publisher 2016 Time Travelling with a Hamster HarperCollins Children's Books 2017 What Not to Do If You Turn Invisible 2018 The 1,000 Year Old Boy 2019 The Dog Who Saved the World 2020 The Kid Who Came from Space 2021 When We Got Lost in Dreamland 2022 Into the Sideways World 2023 The Monkey Who Fell from the Future 2024 Time Travelling with a Tortoise 2025 The Unlikely Diary of Prince Kal the Alien

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