Best known as the creator of the globally successful Creepers series, Robin Smith (writing as Edgar & Hyde) has sold over five million books across 24 titles during a remarkable 30-year career, with his work published or four continents, translated into multiple languages, and kept continuously in print worldwide by leading publishers including Mondadori, Kedros, and Flowerpot Press; in 2025, he sold all rights to Creepers to Flowerpot press to focus on our exciting new chapter - his much anticipated author brand, G. H. Öst - marking the beginning of a bold new series o.f books for a new generation of readers
Like Edgar & Hyde before him, G. H. Öst - short for Gustav Herman Öst - is a new pen name of Robin Smith, created to introduce a fresh series of stories for readers aged 8-12.
Building on decades of storytelling experience, this new author identity brings a distinctive voice to a new generation of readers, blending humour, imagination, and meaningful life lessons. The first four titles in the series are currently being presented to the international publishing market at the Bologna Children's Book Fair.
The Ghost Master is a supernatural series filled with mischief, humour, and heart, following the unexpected arrival of G.H. Öst into a ghostly world. Accidentally conjured by a group of worried ghost parents, Öst finds himself at the centre of an unusual problem: their children-vampires, werewolves, invisible kids, mummies, and more-are struggling to fit into human schools. The solution? Create a school just for ghosts.
Presenting himself as the ideal headmaster, Öst turns the tables during his "interview," deciding for himself whether the parents and their children are worthy of his time. What follows is a lively and often chaotic journey as he takes charge of the ghost school, transforming a group of unruly pupils into confident young ghosts who learn to use their abilities for good.
Along the way, Öst encourages his students to embrace who they are, showing them how to have fun with their ghostly nature while also standing up to bullies in clever, harmless ways that teach lessons rather than cause harm - because, as he reminds them, two wrongs don't make a right.
