L. D. Lapinski

L. D. Lapinski is the best-selling author of Jamie, Stepfather Christmas, and the Strangeworlds Travel Agency series, including Adventure in the Floating Mountains, which was a 2023 World Book Day title in the UK.

L. D.'s books are published around the world in fifteen languages, and each book in the Strangeworlds trilogy has been awarded a Kirkus star--one of the most coveted designations in the book industry, marking books of exceptional merit.​

L. D. Lapinski lives just outside Sherwood Forest with their family, a lot of books, and a cat called Hector. L. D. first wrote a book at age seven; it was made of lined paper and Sellotape, and it was about a frog who owned an airplane. When L. D. grows up, they want to be a free-range guinea pig farmer.​