Alan Huckerby
Author & storyteller
From picture books that spark young imaginations to the Inspector Harper detective mysteries, journeys among the stars, sweeping historical sagas and stories of everyday life — whatever the age of the reader, my books look for the moment the everyday turns into an adventure.
Pick a world to explore
Five shelves, one storyteller. Choose where you'd like to start.
Children's Books
Picture books and short stories for bedtime, storytime and the walk home.
14 books Visit the shelf → Case files
Mystery & Crime
The Inspector Harper series — murder, fraud and corruption on the streets of London.
20 books Open the case files → Among the stars
Science Fiction
The Scientist, The Traveler and voyages across space and time.
13 books Launch → Through the ages
Historical & Romance
Celts and Romans, Norman England and loves that outlast time.
14 books Step back → Everyday lives
Life Stories
Friendship, second chances and the moments that change everything.
13 books Read on →
Ten picture books for little readers
Autumn, Bird Life, Brother & Sister, Marla, Mouse Life, Playtime, Wildflower, The Tree and Boy, Snowflake and Raindrop — stories of imagination, kindness, family and courage, for bedtime, storytime and the walk home.
Two great starting points
Autumn
When Bernadet and Jarden settle beneath their favourite autumn tree, falling leaves spark their imaginations — golden spaceships to one, the children of mighty trees to the other.
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Dance of Death
On their first day together, DI Raymond Harper and Sergeant Elizabeth Bryant find a ballet master hanging in his studio — and within 24 hours, a second murder.
Open the case →
What readers are saying
We read Autumn three nights running. My daughter now checks every leaf on the walk home to decide what it “really” is.
Parent of a 5-year-old
A lovely way to open a conversation about seasons and about seeing things differently. My Year 1 class loved it.
Primary school teacher
I picked up Autumn for my kids and then went looking for his other books — glad to see there's a whole catalogue to explore.
Reader