Simon Mole is an award-winning performance poet and author of children's books. His groundbreaking one-man show ‘Indiana Jones and the extra chair’ sold out two London runs, and toured nationally, while hi second, No More Worries, toured nationally in 2015 – reaching over 1200 audience at 9 venues, including Latitude and Wilderness festivals. His first theatre piece for children, Friends For All, was commissioned by the V&A in 2016 and has since toured around England. He has a vast amount of experience across the UK, creating workshops for schools, Pupil Referral Units, museums, prisons, and hospitals. His first picture book, Kites, was published in 2019 and his second, I Love My Bike, will publish in 2021. Simon lives in Maidenhead, Berkshire.