They would then have long conversations for several days or weeks after which they would decide on the structure of the narrative. The authors intend to make “The Descenders” the thirteenth novel the last in the series.Īs a duo writing the Edge series, they would work on the development of characters and plots together sometimes starting from Chris’s illustrations or sometimes from Paul’s writing. The Edge series now has more than fifteen full length novels, a book of maps, five short stories and the “Weird New Worlds” blog, which is now defunct. While it was first commissioned as a single standing novel, it was later made into a trilogy. The first novel of the series was “Beyond the Deepwoods” that took the duo three years to write.

They got their inspiration for the Edge Chronicles series from a map of an imaginary world that Riddell drew before challenging Paul to create a novel about it. Their first collaboration was on the “Rabbit and Hedgehog” books that came out between 19. Chris needed someone who had novels he could illustrate, and Paul had already written some novels that could do with some illustrations.

The two first met in 1993 since their children attended the same school.

The novels are a collaboration between Paul Stewart a writer of children’s, fantasy and science fiction novels, and Chris Riddell an illustrator, cartoonist and occasional author of children’s novels. Edge Chronicles series by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell are some of the most popular children fantasy and science fiction novels.

The Edge Chronicles 8 by Paul Stewart