Author Gareth Ward on his hilarious new book about Ta

Gareth Ward has held a diverse number of jobs. Among them: police officer, royal marine commando, magician, hypnotist...and zombie. The fantasy writer's first novel The Traitor and Thief netted him the Storylines Tessa Duder Award and Best Youth Novel in the 2018 Sir Julius Vogel Awards. He followed that up with The Clockill and Thief, and two more young-adult steampunk-themed novels. His latest fantasy book is Tarquin the Honest: Ocian's Elven. It's a sequel to Hand of Glodd and once again takes us through adventures with the main character, who's a charlatan wizard with a fiesty gnome for a sidekick. Gareth joins Kathryn to explain more about his passions for books and for steampunk.