About the Author

Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife and daughter in Islington, London, before moving to Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly in 2001.

Chris Riddell, the 2015–2017 UK Children’s Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. He has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children. He has won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004, and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. His book Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children’s Book Award 2014. Riddell has been honored with an OBE in recognition of his illustration and charity work. He lives in Brighton with his family.

Reviews

“Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.”—The Washington Post Book World

“Lively, sharply satirical, brilliantly written . . . ranks with the best set pieces in Mark Twain.”—The Atlantic

“Irresistible!”—The Boston Globe

“With droll wit, a keen eye for detail and heavy doses of insight . . . Adams makes us laugh until we cry.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune

“One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A work of staggering genius.”—David Walliams

“Really entertaining and fun.”—Michael Palin

“Fizzing with ideas . . . brilliant.”—Charlie Brooker

“Weird and wonderful.”—Eoin Colfer

“It changed my whole life. It’s literally out of this world.”—Tom Baker