Rita may be a baby, but she has the mind (and attitude) of a teenager. She knows she is not a normal toddler but when her parents disappear and a sinister clown and an ice-cream van seem to be hunting her down, even a soft-play centre might not be safe...
Daniel Peak is a BAFTA, RTS and International Emmy Award winning TV scriptwriter. He is one of the lead writers on the CBBC show Horrible Histories and co-writer of Lee Mack’s BBC1 comedy Not Going Out, currently the longest-running sitcom on British television, with audiences of over four million people a week. His new police comedy Code: 404, starring Daniel Mays and Stephen Graham is Sky’s most binge-watched comedy series and a second series has been commissioned.
His first novel Little Horror won the 2023 James Reckitt award. Grimstink is his second.
Daniel lives near Manchester with his wife, two daughters and a dog.
