Mick Elliott is an acclaimed author, illustrator, TV producer, screenwriter and literacy ambassador whose books have been published in six international territories.
He has written and illustrated picture books, junior fiction and middle grade series. His debut series was nominated for an Aurealis Award and features on the NSW Premiers’ Reading Challenge. He also was the recipient of a Varuna Publishing Fellowship and a SCBWI illustrator award.
Mick has written and produced acclaimed children’s TV shows for the ABC, Paramount, the Sesame Workshop and Channel TEN. He was head of creative at Nickelodeon Australia for two decades.
URANUS FC is inspired by his love of soccer, space and hilarious stories.
Meet Tyko Brayne
He’s the biggest football fan on planet Earth. Only problem is, he’s stuck on Uranus. The planet, that is.
Tyko’s chances of playing for Earth FC in the GLOOFF* Cup are about one in a gazillion. But a cosmic catastrophe results in planet Earth vanishing, someone needs to step up and take Earth’s FC’s place. Where in the universe is there a team to represent humankind? URANUS.
Do the players of Uranus FC have the skills to take on the galaxy’s most vicious football playing species? NO.
Does the team have the courage to take the field? YES.
Is there a plan? KIND OF.
Will they survive? PROBABLY NOT . . .
*The Galactic League of Orbiting Football Federations