Eldridge, Jim

Jim Eldridge was born in London. He left school at 16 and did a variety of jobs, before becoming a teacher. He then became a full-time writer - his writing credits are long and include episodes for the seminal children's TV drama "Grange Hill" and more recently the novelisation of Noel Clarke's "Kidulthood" and "4.3.2.1". He has also written for the "My Story "series for Scholastic and most recently "Black Ops", a teen action series for Egmont. Jim now works as an associate lecturer in scriptwriting and media at the University of Cumbria. He lives with his wife in Cumbria.