Steve Cole writes fast-paced children's adventure, science fiction and franchise fiction, usually with a strong comic streak. The Astrosaurs series sends Captain Teggs Stegosaur and the crew of the DSS Sauropod through space on missions involving alien dinosaurs, strange planets and deliberately silly dangers. Z. Rex and its sequels move into darker action-adventure with genetically engineered dinosaurs and conspiracy, while Cole also wrote Young Bond novels beginning with Shoot to Kill and stories set in the Doctor Who universe. His books use short chapters, jokes, cliff-hangers and clear action, making them accessible to confident younger readers moving into longer series fiction. They fit children's science fiction, dinosaur adventure, spy fiction and tie-in reading, especially for readers who like energetic plots and recurring heroes. Read more Less