Speaker Jeff Norton
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Jeff Norton is a writer-producer and the founder of Awesome, a creative incubator. He is the author of the award wining, high-tech Metawars books (Hachette), a four-book young adult saga about the battle for control over the internet. His new book is the middle-grade Memoirs of a Neurotic Zombie (Faber), the tale of a twelve-year-old boy with OCD who rises from the grave to solve his own murder. Jeff has also just completed his first picture book called Stomp School.
Through Awesome, Jeff is the creator of the best-selling Princess Ponies books (Bloomsbury) and the cult-hit young adult novel Drummer Girl (Bonnier).
Jeff is currently an Executive Producer on the smash-crash pre-school TV show Trucktown (Nelvana) based on the best-selling books by Jon Scieszka. It debuted on Treehouse TV in autumn of 2014 and is now rolling out around the world.
Previously, Jeff was Senior Vice President at Chorion Ltd., where he managed the Enid Blyton (Noddy, Famous Five, The Magic Faraway Tree) literary estate and was responsible for acquiring new intellectual property.
Before moving to the UK, Jeff worked in creative development in Hollywood and produced the award-winning Choose Your Own Adventure interactive movie featuring William H. Macy and Frankie Muniz.
Originally from Canada, Jeff now lives in London with his wife and two young sons. He can be found on the web at www.jeffnorton.com and tweeting as @thejeffnorton.
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