Simon David "Chappers" Chapman (born 26 April 1965) is a British children's writer, explorer and science teacher. His books include the ''Explorers Wanted!'' series, of which ''Explorers Wanted! At the North Pole'' won a

Blue Peter Book Award The Blue Peter Book Awards were a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme ''Blue Peter''. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999 and 2000. The awards were managed by reading charity ...

in 2005.Blue Peter Book Awards 2005
Chapman teaches Science at

Morecambe Bay Academy Morecambe Bay Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It was founded as Morecambe Grammar School in 1919, moving to its current site on Dallam Avenue in 1938 on a former golf links ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

. Chapman studied Mechanical Engineering at

University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The University of Manchester is c ...

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Simon Chapman
at publisher Egmont (archived 2006-10-05)
"Morecambe High School pupils visit CERN as guests of Lancaster University's Physics Department"
(18 July 2014), Science and Technology at Lancaster University * 1965 births British children's writers Children's non-fiction writers Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{UK-child-writer-stub