“When John Magee emerges from his writing room, dishes smash, kettles squeal and sinks spill over, as local parents drop what they are doing, and turn their attention to whatever lies in the hand of one of our finest children's authors.” - Emmet McElhatton - Ulster Herald
I Swapped Dad for a Robot
When presented with the opportunity to swap his dad for a state-of-the-art robot, Sam Smart doesn't hesitate for a moment.
His fateful decision creates a firestorm that will test him to his limits and make him question everything he once believed.
Sam must face the robot's fabulously wealthy and mysterious creator, Professor Bruxo Greathouse, to correct his mistake.
It's a battle Sam can't hope to win unless he is prepared to do the one thing he promised never to repeat...an action from which there can be no going back.
John lives in Omagh with his wife and sons. He is no stranger to danger, being the world's only fully qualified and licensed elephant juggler.In his spare time, he performs brain surgery and sends rockets to distant galaxies in search of new and exciting ice-cream flavours. But, sadly, he is yet to discover any to match the wonder that is Raspberry Ripple.Before age six, he invented the 10th letter of the alphabet. As well as claiming he can smell the colour purple, he has, on at least one occasion, lost the Empire State Building.A teller of tall stories, he delights in making children laugh at the strange world around them.