which was published on 6 March 2008 and the third book in the series, Tom Trueheart and the Land of Myth and Legends on 2 September 2010. He has written three other novels, Pastworld (Bloomsbury, 2009), The Hidden Kingdom (Oxford University Press, 2011), and The Haunting of Charity Delafield (Bodley Head, 2011). In 2012, Beck created a set of drawings of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Little Tich for a hospital ward in Harrow, Middlesex, under the auspices of the charity The Nightingale Project. Beck has produced further drawings in this series, depicting other stars of music hall and early cinema, for a public exhibition entitled The Limelight Pictures that ran from February to June 2013. In 2017, Beck's first one-man exhibition of original drawings were held from 1924 June at the Art Workers’ Guild in London. He is married with three children and continues in close touch with children through regular visits to schools and libraries, talking about the creation of his books and reading stories. Notes External links Official websites: www.tomtrueheart.com and ianbeck.wordpress.com Biography at TellingTrails.co.uk 1947 births Living people Writers who illustrated their own writing Album-cover and concert-poster artists Artists from Brighton English illustrators English male writers Masters of the Art Worker's Guild