Ed Caruana

Ed writes fast-paced stories about funny, foolish characters who go on epic adventures. Since 2016, Ed has been the lead script writer for cartoon band Gorillaz, working with artist and co-founder Jamie Hewlett to dream up the virtual band’s madcap exploits, then script them across a diverse range of media. He has worked on animated music videos, sketches, and ad campaigns that have garnered hundreds of millions of views online, scripted in-character music press interviews, radio shows, and animated MTV award speeches, and in 2020 he co-wrote the best-selling Gorillaz Almanac – a screwball compendium of stories, comic strip, and lore.

Ed’s career began in the comic book world. He has written lots of scripts for Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hasbro’s Action Man ATOM, and Warner Bros’ Tom & Jerry. He has also performed extensively as a stand up comedian on the London comedy circuit and multiple times at the Edinburgh festival; he was runner-up in the prestigious Laughing Horse New Act Award, and performed on BBC Radio 4 after being shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award.

Whatever medium Ed writes in, comedy and stories are always at the core. He is now creating his first fully original works – a graphic novel and an illustrated prose novel, both comedy sci-fis featuring freaky aliens, both for middle grade readers.

Ed lives in Kent next to the sea, beneath an aggressive family of seagulls. His love of stories, like his surname, comes from his Maltese grandfather who used to tell far-fetched tales about finding giant spiders in his shoes.