[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-happy-20th-birthday-mortal-engines":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"It's been 20 years since publication of Philip Reeve's first novel, \u003Ci>Mortal Engines\u003C/i>, so here's a little Traction City graphic of my own to celebrate, with the well-known opening line. You'll be able to read more about it \u003Ca href=\"https://philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/\">on Philip's blog\u003C/a>. His work was first discovered by editor Liz Cross, while she was working at Scholastic, and she went on to work at Oxford University Press, where she published our joint books. Now Liz works at David Fickling Books, which publish Philip's new \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"https://philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2021/02/utterly-dark-face-of-deep.html\">Utterly Dark\u003C/a>\u003C/i> book, so she's been right at the heart of everything. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1133025_original-08098126c9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2021-11-17T06:00:00.000Z","happy-20th-birthday-mortal-engines",[],"Happy 20th birthday, Mortal Engines!",1776628731333]