Meet the Author: China Mieville

23 May 2012 Last updated at 13:11 ET Help

This week's Meet the Author is a teenager's science fiction adventure, Railsea, based on Moby Dick.

The BBC's Nick Higham went to meet the author, China Mieville.

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