Charles Vald is 28 years old. He's self-employed working in the computing industry. Vald got back into writing a few years ago, after realising his creative side had not been destroyed (as he thought), by having to write hundreds of times in English class, stories about "What I did in the summer holidays.' So, after a year back at college and a lot more reading, he's on his way again. He concentrates mainly on books that will make people laugh, and has started writing picture books and children's novels. Visit his website: www.charlesvald.com.