Daren King

Daren King
Self-portrait, June 2009
Born	Laurence Daren King 1972 Hertfordshire, England, UK
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	British
Period	1999–present
Genre	Literary novels; Children's mystery and supernatural fiction;
Literary movement	New Puritans

Laurence Daren King (born 1972 in Harlow, Essex) is an English novelist and children's writer. His debut novel, Boxy an Star, made the shortlist for the Guardian First Book Award and the ten finalists for the Booker Prize in 1999. He won the Nestlé Children's Book Prize gold medal in the 6 to 8-year-old readers category for Mouse Notes on Toast in 2006. King has lived most of his life in London.

King left school with only one GCSE in English and worked in computing. He went on to take an A level in English, and then studied for a BA in English Literature.