Darran Stobbart

Darran Stobbart spent the better part of a decade as children's bookseller in the North East of England. He studied crime scene and forensic science at university, which comes in handier than you'd expect. A collector of utterly useless facts, Darran writes about a huge range of subjects at Usborne, but specialises in science. He has a massive passion for stories, from books to television, as well as music, which he plays badly and spends a lot of time watching others play well. He will talk to you about octopuses for as long as you let him.