Born on 26th December 1972, he is a well-known English author, mostly known for writing the Cherub and Henderson's Boys series. He was born in Tufnell Park, North London and is the youngest of four children. During his childhood he attended a Catholic School called St. Johns Upper Holloway. Robert insisted on being a photographer, architect or writer. After he realised training to be an architect would be "too much work" and a Saturday job at a camera shop would put him off being a photographer, he turned to writing. His first series of books was Henderson's Boys. This series consisted of 5 books, all really exciting. Charles Henderson the main character in this series leads into the book CHERUB. His next series of book was CHERUB. This series consists of 12 books all really, really out there, and adventurous.