Gideon Defoe (born 26 December 1975) is a British writer and author of The Pirates!, a series of comedy books following a group of pirates on their adventures. Bibliography The Pirates! series: The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists (2004) The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling (2005) The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists (2006) The Pirates! in an Adventure with Napoleon (2008) The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics (2012) Other: How Animals Have Sex (2005)Elite Dangerous: Docking is Difficult (2014) The Atlas of Extinct Countries'' (2020) Awards 2012 Annie Awards: Nominated for Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated Feature Production 2002 Adecco Temp Of The Month, Victoria Street branch References External links Gideon Defoe's blog. 21st-century British novelists Living people 1975 births British male novelists 21st-century British male writers 21st-century British non-fiction writers British humorists The Pirates!