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Science
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Douglas Adams
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The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Restaurant at the end of the Universe
Life, the Universe and Everything
So long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Mostly Harmless

http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/

Origin

Born

Died

Cambridge,
England

11th Mar
1952

11th May
2001


Slide 4

Richard Adams
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Watership Down
Shardik
Maia
The Plague Dogs

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/richard-adams/

Origin

Born

Died

Newbury,
Berkshire

9th May
1920

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Slide 5

Allan Ahlberg

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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Woof!
My Brother’s Ghost
Jolly Postman
The Jolly Postman
Cops and Robbers
Burglar Bill
Adventures of Bert
Funnybones
Each Peach, Pear Plum

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Happy Families Series

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And Poetry:
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Heard it in the Playground
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Please, Mrs Butler

http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000000334,00.html
Origin

Born

Died

Croydon

5 Jun
1938

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Slide 6

Joan Aiken
Wolves Chronicles – 12 Books
 Wolves of Willoughby Chase
 Black Hearts of Battersea
 Whispering Mountain
 Cuckoo Tree
Arabel and Mortimer – Series – 13 Books
Felix Trilogy
A Necklace of Raindrops

http://joanaiken.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Rye
East Sussex

4th September
1924

4th January
2004


Slide 7

Louisa May Alcott
Little Women
Little Men
Jo’s Boys

http://www.louisamayalcott.org/
Origin

Born

Died

Massachusetts
U.S.A.

29th November
1832

6th March 1888


Slide 8

David Almond
• Skellig
• Kits Wilderness
• Clay
• The Fire Eaters
• Secret Heart
• Counting Stars
• Heaven Eyes
• Jackdaw Summer
• The Savage

http://www.davidalmond.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Newcastle

15th May
1951

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Slide 9

Philip Ardagh
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The Eddie Dickens Series
Awful End
Dreadful Acts
Terrible Times
Dubious Deeds
Horrendous Habits
Final Curtain
Unlikely Exploits
The Fall of Fergal
Heir of Mystery
The Rise of the House of McNally

http://www.philipardagh.com/

Origin

Born

Died

London

11thSept 1961

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Slide 10

Isaac Asimov
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I Robot
Robot Dreams
The Return of the Black Widowers
Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation
Naked Sun
Like stars, like dust

http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_home_page.html

Origin

Born

Died

Petrovichi,
Russia

2nd Jan 1920

6th Apr 1992


Slide 11

R. M Ballantyne
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The Coral Island

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Deep Down
Digging for Gold
Sunk at Sea
The Island Queen
An Author's Adventures

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http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/r-m-ballantyne/
Origin

Born

Died

Edinburgh,
Scotland

24th April
1825

8th February

1894


Slide 12

Steve Barlow
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Mad Myths - Series

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Quick Reads Series
Star Bores
Tales of the Dark Forest - 4 books
The Outernet
Vernon Bright Series
The Lost Diaries

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See also Steve Skidmore

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http://www.the2steves.net/
Origin

Born

Died

Crewe

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Slide 13

J. M. Barrie
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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
The Admirable Crichton
The Little Minister
The Little White Bird
Peter and Wendy

www.jmbarrie.co.uk

Origin

Born

Died

Kirriemuir
Scotland

May 9 1860

June 19
1937


Slide 14

Frank L. Baum
The Oz Series (14 books)
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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The Marvelous Wizard of Oz
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Ozma of Oz
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Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz
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The Road to Oz
Other Books
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Mother Goose in Prose
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Dot and Tot in Merryland
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The Adventures of Santa Claus

Queen Zixi of Ix

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/l-frank-baum/

Origin

Born

Died

Chittenango,
New York

15th May
1856

6th May
1919


Slide 15

Betty G. Birney
Humphrey – Series – 5 Books

http://www.bettybirney.com/
Origin

Born

Died

St Louis, Missouri
U.S.A.

1947

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Slide 16

Holly Black and Tony Diterlizzi
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The Spiderwick Chronicles Series
The Field Guide
The Seeing Stone
Lucinda's Secret
The Ironwood Tree
The Wrath of Mulgarath

http://www.blackholly.com/childrens.html

http://www.diterlizzi.com/

http://www.spiderwickchronicles.com/
Origin

Born

Died

New Jersey
USA

10 November
1971

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Slide 17

Malorie Blackman
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Pig Heart Boy
Hacker
A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E
Hostage
Thief
Dangerous Reality
Computer Ghost
Lie Detective
Whizzywig
Operation Gadgetman
Forbidden Game
Animal Avengers

Older Reader

Noughts and Crosses - trilogy

http://www.malorieblackman.co.uk/
Origin

Born

Died

London

February 1952

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Slide 18

Adam Blade
Pseudonym used by a team of writers

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Beast Quest Series

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Beast Quest: Golden Armour Series

35+ books in series

http://www.beastquest.co.uk/books/
Origin

Born

Died

n/a

n/a

n/a


Slide 19

Judy Blume
Fudge series:
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
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Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
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Super Fudge
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Fudge-A-Mania
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Double Fudge
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Blubber
It's Not the End of the World
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Then Again, Maybe I Won't

www.judyblume.com
Origin

Born

Died

Elizabeth, New
Jersey, U.S.A.

12th Feb 1938

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Slide 20

Lucy M. Boston
The Green Knowe Series:
•The Children of Green Knowe
•The Chimneys of Green Knowe
•The River at Green Knowe
•A Stranger at Green Knowe
•An Enemy at Green Knowe
•The Stones of Green Knowe

Novels:
•Yew Hall
•The Castle of Yew
•The Sea Egg
•The House that Grew

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/lucy-m-boston/

Origin

Born

Died

Southport,
Lancashire

1892

1990


Slide 21

Tim Bowler
Blade Series:
•
Playing Dead
•
Closing In
•
Breaking In
•
Running Scared
and 4 more
•
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Starseeker
Shadows

http://www.timbowler.co.uk/

Origin

Born

Died

Essex

1953

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Slide 22

Frank Cottrell Boyce
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Millions
Framed
Cosmic
Desirable

http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/author/800/Frank-Cottrell-Boyce.html
Origin

Born

Died

St Helens.
Lancashire

1961

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Slide 23

Ray Bradbury
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Now or Never
Farewell Summer
The Illustrated Man
The Homecoming (coming soon)
The Martian Chronicles
Dandelion Wine

http://www.raybradbury.com

Origin

Born

Died

U.S.A

22nd Aug 1920

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Slide 24

Theresa Breslin
• The Dream Master
•The Medici Seal
• Remembrance
• The Divided City
• Whispers in the Grave
•Death or Glory Boys
•Missing
•Kezzie

http://www.theresabreslin.co.uk/
Origin
Scotland

Born

Died
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Slide 25

Charlotte Bronte
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Jane Eyre

http://www.bronte.org.uk/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=106

Origin

Born

Died

Yorkshire,
England

21st April
1816

31st Mar 1855


Slide 26

Emily Bronte
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Wuthering Heights

http://www.bronte.org.uk/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=106
Origin

30th July
1818

Died

Yorkshire, England

21st Apr 1816

19th December
1848


Slide 27

Dan Brown
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The Da Vinci Code
Angels and Demons
Digital Fortress
Deception Point

http://www.danbrown.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Exeter

22nd Jun 1964

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Slide 28

Jeff Brown
Flat Stanley Series
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Stanley in space
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Stanley, Flat again
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Invisible Stanley
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Stanley and the magic lamp
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Stanley’s Christmas Adventure

http://www.egmont.co.uk/Character.asp?charid=10
Origin

Born

Died

U.S.A

1926

3rd Dec 2003


Slide 29

John Buchan
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The 39 Steps
The Magic Walking Stick
Greenmantle

and many more

http://www.johnbuchansociety.co.uk/

Origin

Born

Died

Perth,
Scotland

26th Aug 1875

11th Feb 1940


Slide 30

Anthony Buckeridge
Jennings Series
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Jennings Goes to School
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Jennings Follows a Clue
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Typically Jennings!
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Speaking of Jennings!
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Jennings at Large
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Jennings Again!
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That's Jennings
(26 titles in all)

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/anthony-buckeridge/

Origin

Born

Died

England

20th June 1912

28th June 2004


Slide 31

Frances Hodgson Burnett
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The Secret Garden
A Little Princess
Little Lord Fauntleroy

http://www.tickledorange.com/FHB/Biography.html
Origin

Born

Died

Manchester, England
Moved to U.S.A.

24th Nov 1849

29th Oct 1924


Slide 32

Victor Canning
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The Runaways
Flight of the Grey Goose
The painted Tent

Prolific author and travel writer who wrote
mainly for adults

http://www.victorcanning.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Plymouth, Devon

16th June 1911

21st February
1986


Slide 33

Humphrey Carpenter
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The Mr. Majeka Series

http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000051622,00.html

Origin

Born

Died

Oxford

29th April 1946

4th January 2005


Slide 34

Lewis Carroll
Pseudonym for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland
• Alice Through the Looking Glass
•

http://lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk/index.html
Origin

Born

Died

Daresbury,
Cheshire

27th January
1832

14th January
1898


Slide 35

Bob Cattell
Glory Garden Series
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Glory In The Cup
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Bound For Boundary
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The Big Test
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World Cup Fever
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League Of Champions
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Blaze Of Glory
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Down The Wicket
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The Glory Ashes
Butterfinger Series
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Butter-finger
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Shine on Butter-Finger
(with John Agard)

http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/kids/glorygardens/index.html
Origin

Born

Died

East Anglia

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Slide 36

Rob Childs
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Sandford - Series
Wicked... Series
Soccer Stars Collection
Big...Series
Time Rangers - Series
County Cup - Series
Soccer Mad – Series
Phantom Football – Series

Over 70 books, many of them on football

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/rob-childs/
Origin

Born

Died
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Derby, England

3rd November
1950


Slide 37

Agatha Christie
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Murder on the Orient Express
The ABC Murders
Cards on the Table
Death on the Nile
And Then There Were None
N or M?
Death Comes to an End

(to name just a few!)

http://www.agathachristie.com/

Origin

Born

Died

Torbay,
Devon

15th Sep
1890

12th Jan
1976


Slide 38

Arthur C. Clarke
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Space Trilogy:
Islands in the Sky (1952)
Earthlight (1955)3
The Sands of Mars (1951)

Space Odyssey:
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2010: :Odyssey Two (1982)
2061: Odyssey Three (1985)
3001: The Final Odyssey (1996)

http://www.arthurcclarke.net/
Origin

Born

Died

United
Kingdom

16th
December
1917

19th March
2008


Slide 39

Michael Coleman
Angels FC
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Squabbling Squads
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Awesome Attacking
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Touchline Terror
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Shocking Shooting
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Dazzling Dribbling
Foul Football
Non-fiction series

www.michael-coleman.co.uk
Origin

Born

Died

Forest Gate,
London

12th May
1946

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Slide 40

Eoin Colfer
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Artemis fowl
Artemis fowl and the Arctic Incident
Artemis fowl and the Eternity Code
Artemis fowl and the Opal Deception
Artemis fowl and the Lost Colony
Artemis fowl and the Time Paradox
Airman
Super naturalist
The Wish List
Half-Moon
Half moon investigations
The Legend of Spud Murphy
The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth
The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World

http://eoincolfer.com/

Origin

Born

Died

Wexford

14th May 1965

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Slide 41

Wilkie Collins
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The Moonstone
The Woman in White
No Name
No Thoroughfare
Poor Miss Finch

http://www.wilkie-collins.info/
Origin

Born

Died

England

1824

1889


Slide 42

Susan Cooper
Dark is Rising – Series
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Over Sea, Under Stone
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The Dark is Rising
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The Greenwitch
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The Grey King
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The Silver on the Tree
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King of Shadows
Green Boy

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The Boggart
The Bogart and the Monster

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Victory



http://www.thelostland.com/biography.htm
Origin

Born

Died

Buckinghamshire

23rd May
1935

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Slide 43

Andy Cope

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Spy Dog
Spy Dog 2
Spy Dog Unleashed
Spy Dog Superbrain
Spy Dog Rocket Rider

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Spy Pups

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

The secret life of Lara, Andy Cope’s dog…
…who is really a secret agent!

http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000068298,00.html

Origin

Born

Died

Derby

1966

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Slide 44

Zizou Corder
Louisa Young and Isabel Adomakoh



Lion Boy
Lion Boy: The Chase
Lion Boy: The Truth

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Lee Raven, Boy Thief

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http://www.zizoucorder.co.uk/
Origin

Born

Died

N.A

N.A

N.A


Slide 45

Robert Cormier
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The Chocolate War
Beyond the Chocolate War
I am the Cheese
We All Fall Down (1991)
Tunes for Bears to Dance To (1992)
In the Middle of the Night (1995)
Heroes (1998)
The Rag and Bone Shop (2001)

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/robert-cormier/

Origin

Born

Died

Massachusetts
U.S.A.

17th January
1925

2nd November
2000


Slide 46

Bernard Cornwell
Sharpe series ( 24 books)
Starbuck Chronicles (4 books)
Arthur series (3 books)
Grail Quest (3 books)
Saxon Stories (5 books)

http://www.bernardcornwell.net/

Origin

Born

Died

London

23rd Feb 1944

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Slide 47

Bruce Coville
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My Teacher is an Alien
My Teacher Fried my Brains
My Teacher Glows in the Dark
My Teacher Flunked the Planet
Russell Troy, Monster Boy
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
Jennifer Murdley’s Toad
Charlie Eggleston’s Talking Skull
Juliet Dove, Queen of Love
Aliens ate my Homework
The Dragonslayers
Goblins in the Castle
Monster of the Year
The Monsters of Morley Manor
The World’s Worst Fairy Godmother
Thor's Wedding Day

http://www.brucecoville.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Syracuse
USA

16th May
1950

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Slide 48

Joe Craig
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Jimmy Coates: Killer
Jimmy Coates: Target
Jimmy Coates: Revenge
Jimmy Coates: Sabotage
Jimmy Coates: Survival
Jimmy Coates: Power
Jimmy Coates: Blackout

http://www.jimmycoates.co.uk/

Origin

Born

Died

London

31st Dec1980

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Slide 49

Sharon Creech
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Absolute Normal Chaos
Bloomability
The Castle Corona
Chasing Redbird
Granny Torrelli makes Soup
Hate that Cat
Heartbeat
Love that Dog
Pleasing the Ghost
Replay
Ruby Holler
Walk Two Moons
The Wanderer

http://www.sharoncreech.com/

Origin

Born

Died

Cleveland

Classified

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Slide 50

Helen Cresswell
Bagthorpe series - 10 Titles
Lizzie Dripping series – 6 Titles
Two Hoots series – 6 Titles
Winklesea series – 3 Titles
Other Novels including:

Moondial

Dragon Ride

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/helen-cresswell/

Origin

Born

Died

Kirky in Ashfield,
England

11th July 1934

26th September
2005


Slide 51

Michael Crichton
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

Jurassic park - series
Airframe
Sphere
Prey
Time line

http://www.michaelcrichton.net/

Origin

Born

Died

USA

23rd Oct 1942

4th Nov.2008


Slide 52

Richmal Crompton
Just William series:

Just William

More William

William Again

William the Fourth

William Still

William the Conqueror
And More

http://www.sharpsoftware.co.uk/william/richmal.htm

Origin

Born

Died

Lancashire,
England

15th Nov
1890

11th Jan
1969


Slide 53

Gillian Cross
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Rent a Genius
Roman Beanfeast

The Demon Headmaster - Series

The Prime Ministers Brain


Great Elephant Chase



Dead Man Calling
Wolf
On the Edge
New World
Pictures in the Dark

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


http://www.gillian-cross.co.uk/
Origin

Born

Died

London

1945

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Slide 54

Vince Cross
My Story - Series
• The Trenches
• The Blitz
• Agincourt
• Civil War
• Zulu War
• Princess of Egypt

Origin

Born

Died


Slide 55

Kevin Crossley-Holland
Arthur Series
• The Seeing Stone
• Arthur at the Crossing Places
• Arthur, King of Middle March

Beowulf (translation)
Penguin Book of Norse Myths

and poetry

http://www.kevincrossley-holland.com/index.html
Origin

Born

Died

Buckinghamshire

17th February 1941

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Slide 56

Roald Dahl
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Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
Charlie and The Great glass Elevator
The Twits
The Witches
The BFG
Fantastic Mr Fox
Esio Trot
James and the Giant Peach
Matilda
Danny the Champion of the World
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
The Magic Finger
Skins
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More

http://www.roalddahl.com/

Origin

Born

Died

Llandaff,
Wales

13th Sep 1916

23rd Nov 1990


Slide 57

Annie Dalton
Afterdark series
• The Afterdark Princess
• Dream Snatcher
• Midnight Museum
• Rules of Magic
•Friday Forever

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/annie-dalton/

Origin

Born

Died

Suffolk

1948

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Slide 58

Lucy Daniels
Animal Ark

Animal Ark: Kittens in the Kitchen
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Animal Ark: Donkey on the Doorstep

Animal Ark: Guinea Pig in the Garage

Animal Ark: Puppy in a Puddle

Animal Ark: Kitten in the Cold

Animal Ark: Dolphin in the Deep

Animal Ark: Bunnies in the Bathroom
and many many more

http://www.animalark.co.uk/

Origin
Yorkshire

Born

Died
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Slide 59

Colin Dann
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Farthing Wood series
The Animals of Farthing Wood (1979)
In the Grip of Winter (1981)
Fox's Feud (1982)
Fox Cub Bold (1983)
The Siege of White Deer Park (1985)
In the Path of Storm (1989)
Battle for the Park (1992)
The Adventure Begins (1994) - prequel
to The Animals of Farthing Wood
King of the Vagabonds series
King of the Vagabonds
The City Cats
Copycat

Other books
Nobody's Dog
The Ram of Sweetriver
The Beach Dogs
Just Nuffin
A Great Escape
Legacy of Ghosts
The Lions of Lingmere
series
Journey to Freedom
Lion Country
Pride of the Plains

Origin

Born

Richmond,
London

1943

Died


Slide 60

Terry Deary
Fire Thief trilogy

The Fire Thief

Flight of the Fire Thief

The Fire Thief Fights Back




Terribly True Ghost Stories
Big Book of Gory Stories

Horrible Histories

http://www.terry-deary.com/

Origin

Born

Died

Sunderland

3rd Jan 1946

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Slide 61

Daniel Defoe




Robinson Crusoe
Captain Singleton
Journal of the Plague Year

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe

Origin

Born

Died

London

c.1660

24th April 1731


Slide 62

Philip K. Dick








Bladerunner
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Dr. Bloodmoney
Paycheck
A Scanner Darkly
Rubik
The Man in the High Castle

http://www.philipkdick.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Chicago

16th Sep 1928

2nd Mar 1982


Slide 63

Charles Dickens







A Christmas Carol
Oliver Twist
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
A Tale of Two Cities
Nicolas Nickleby

http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/c/Charles_Dickens.htm
Origin

Born

Died

Portsmouth

7th Feb 1812

9th Jun 1870


Slide 64

Peter Dickinson





The Ropemaker
The Changes – Trilogy
The Dancing Bear
Angel Isle

http://www.peterdickinson.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Livingstone, Rhodesia,
South Africa

16th December 1927

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Slide 65

Franklin W Dixon
Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name / pseudonym used by a variety of different authors who wrote for a
syndicate created by Edward Stratemeyer, who invented the Hardy Boys. Leslie MacFarlane a
Canadian author, is acknowledged as the first and most famous of them.



The Hardy Boys – series (1927 - 2005)



Nancy Drew – series

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/franklin-w-dixon/
Origin

Born

Died

Ontario, Canada

25th
October
1902

6th September
1977


Slide 66

Chris d’Lacey
•Dragon Series
• The Fire Within
• Icefire
• Fire Star
• The Fire Eternal
• Dark Fire
•Dragons of Wayward Crescent - - 3 Books
• The Salt Pirates of Skegness
•The Shrinking of Ralph Perfect
• Shrinking Ralph Perfect

• Fly, Cherokee, Fly
•Pawnee Warrior
• Riverside United

http://www.icefire.co.uk/ /

• The Table Football League

Origin Born
Malta

16th Dec 1954

Died
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Slide 67

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Professor Challenger Series

The Lost World
Sherlock Holmes Novels:

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: 12 short stories

A Study in Scarlet

The Sign of the Four

The Hound of Baskervilles

The Valley of Fear

http://www.arthurconandoyle.com/Bibliography/index.htm
Origin

Born

Died

Edinburgh

22nd May 1859

7th Jul 1930


Slide 68

Roddy Doyle







Not Just for Christmas
The Giggler Treatment
Rover Saves Christmas
The Meanwhile Adventures
Wilderness
Her Mother's Face

http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/author/1534/Roddy-Doyle.html

Origin

Born

Died

Dublin,
Ireland

8th May
1958

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Slide 69

Tobias Druitt
Pseudonym for Diane Purkiss and her son Michael Dowling





Corydon and the Island of Monsters
Corydon and the Fall of Atlantis
Corydon and the Siege of Troy

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/tobias-druitt/
Origin
UK

Born

Died


Slide 70

Alexandre Dumas




The Three Musketeers
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Man in the Iron Mask

Not to be confused with his son, who
bore the same name and wrote
mainly plays e.g.
Lady of the Camellias

http://www.dumaspere.com/pages/english/societe/sommaire.html

Origin

Born

Died

Near Paris, France

24th July 1802

15th December 1870


Slide 71

Gerald Durrell















Three Singles to Adventure
The Bafut Beagles
The Drunken Forest
My Family and Other Animals
Encounters with Animals
A Zoo in My Luggage
The Whispering Land
Island Zoo
Look At Zoos
Menagerie Manor
Two in the Bush
Birds, Beasts and Relatives
Catch Me a Colobus
Beasts in My Belfry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A7046363
Origin

Born

Died

Jamshedpur,
India

January 7th
1925

January 30th
1995


Slide 72

Jim Eldridge
Warpath Series

Tank Attack

Deadly Skies

Behind Enemy Lines

Island of Fear

Depth Charge Danger

Deadly Skies
My Story Series

Flying Ace

Desert Danger

Origin

Born

Died


Slide 73

Nicholas Fisk


Starstormers Series:5 Books






Starstormers Sunburst
Catfang
Evil Eye
Volcano






Grinny
You Remember Me,
Space Hostages
Trillions
The Fast Green Car
There's Something on the Roof
Making Music
Space Hostages
Lindbergh the lone flier
Richthofen: The Red Baron
Cars
High Way Home
Emma Borrows a Cup of Sugar











http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/nicholas-fisk/

Origin

Born

Died

Unknown

14th October
1923

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Slide 74

Ian Fleming
Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang
James Bond Series

Casino Royale

Live and Let Die

Moonraker

Diamonds are Forever

From Russia with Love

Doctor No

Goldfinger

For Your Eyes Only

Thunderball

The Spy Who Loved Me

On her Majesty’s Secret Service

You Only Live Twice

The Man with the Golden Gun

Octopussy and the Living Daylights

http://www.ianflemingpublications.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Mayfair, London

28th May 1908

12th Aug 1964


Slide 75

C.S. Forester
Hornblower series (12 books)
The African Queen

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/c-s-forester/
Origin

Born

Died

Cairo
(British)

27th August
1899

2nd April
1966


Slide 76

Dan Freedman
Jamie Johnson – Series

Kick Off

Shoot to win

Golden Goal

http://www5.scholastic.co.uk/ms/#

Origin

Born

Died

London

1977

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Slide 77

Cornelia Funke









Inkheart
Inkspell
Inkdeath
The Thief Lord
Dragon rider
Igraine the Brave
When Santa Fell to Earth

Ghosthunters - Series – 4 books

http://www.corneliafunke.de/en/
Origin

Born

Died

Germany

10th Dec 1958

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Slide 78

Sally Gardner
• I, Coriander
• Lucy Willow
• The Red Necklace
• The Silver Blade

http://www.sallygardner.net/index.html
Origin
Birmingham,
England

Born

Died
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Slide 79

Leon Garfield
Jack Holborn
• Devil in the Fog
• Smith
• Black Jack
• The Drummer Boy
• The Apprentices
• Mr Corbett’s Ghost
•

•

Shakespeare Stories

http://www.stelhttp://www.stellabooks.com/articles/leon_garfield.php

Origin

Born

Died

Brighton, Sussex

14th July 1941

2nd June 1996


Slide 80

Susan Gates















The Burnhope Wheel
The Lock
Dragline
African Dreams
Deadline for Danny's Beach
Beware the Killer Coat
Beetle and the Biosphere
Raider
Whizz Bang and the Crocodile Room
Firebug (1996)
Pet Swapping Day
Waiting for Goldie
Danny's Secret Fox
Lie Detector















White Stranger
Attack of the Tentacled Terror
Pagans
The Magician's Pigeon
Night of the Haunted Trousers
Ruffs and Ruffians
Toffs and Toshers
Crocs and Curses
Invasion of the Vampire Spiders
Return of the Mad Mangler
Snakepit School
Dr. Fell's Cabinet of Smells
Sugar Bag Baby

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/susan-gates/
Origin

Born

Died

Grimsby,
Lincolnshire

1950

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Slide 81

David Gemmell
Rigante Series

Sword in the Storm

Midnight Falcon

Ravenheart

Stormrider












Troy: Fall of Kings
Troy: Shield of Thunder
Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow
Legend
The Swords of Night and Day
The King Beyond the Gate
The First Chronicles of Druss the legend
Hero in the shadow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gemmell
White Wolf
Waylander

Origin

Born

Died

West London

1st Aug 1948

28th Jul 2006


Slide 82

Adèle Geras









Cleopatra
Cecily’s Portrait
A Candle in the Dark
Ithaka
Troy
Happy Ever After
Silent Snow, Secret Snow

/

http://adelegeras.com
Origin

Born

Died

Jerusalem,
(now Israel)

1944

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Slide 83

Alan Gibbons
Legendeer Trilogy
• Shadow of the Minotaur
• Vampyr Legion
• Warriors of the Raven
• Rise of the Blood Moon
• Setting of the Cruel Sun
• Julie Me and Michael Owen Make Three
• Julie Me: Treble Trouble
Total Football – series – 8 books

Older Readers
•Caught in the Crossfire
• The Edge
• Chicken
• Whose Side Are You On?
• Yeti
• The Dark Beneath

http://www.alangibbons.com/
Origin

Born

Died

British

?

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Slide 84

John Gordon
• The Giant Under The Snow
• Ghost on the Hill
• Edge of The World
• Gilray’s Ghost
• Ride the Wind

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/john-gordon/

Origin

Born

Newcastle

1925

Died


Slide 85

Roger Lancelyn Green










King Arthur and His Knights of the
Round Table
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Myths of the Norsemen
The Saga of Asgard
A Tale of Troy
Tales of the Greek Heroes
Tales of Ancient Egypt
The Luck of Troy
The Land of Lord High Tiger

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Lancelyn_Green
Origin

Born

Died

Norwich,
England

2nd Nov
1918

8th Oct
1987


Slide 86

Kenneth Grahame




The Wind in the Willows
The Golden Age
Dream Days

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Grahame
Origin

Born

Died

Edinburgh

8th March 1859

6th July 1932


Slide 87

Mark Haddon
•The

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
• A Spot of Bother
• Boom!
Agent Z - Series

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Haddon

Origin

Born

Northampton

26th
September
1962

Died


Slide 88

Frank Herbert
Dune Series

Dune

Dune Messiah

Children of Dune

God Emperor of Dune

Heretics of Dune

Chapterhouse: Dune

http://www.dunenovels.com/

Origin

Born

Died

Tacoma,
Wisconsin

8th Oct
1920

11th Feb
1986


Slide 89

Jack Higgins
a.k.a Harry Patterson

Rich and Jade Series

Sure Fire (2006)

Death Run (2007)

Sharp Shot (2009)

First Strike (2009)

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/jack-higgins/
Origin

Born

Died

Newcastle

27th Jul
1929

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Slide 90

Charlie Higson
Young Bond Series

SilverFin

Bloodfever

Double or Die

Hurricane Gold

By Royal Command
The Enemy
Danger Society

http://www.youngbond.com/

Origin

Born

Died

Somerset

3rd July 1958

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Slide 91

Stuart Hill




The Cry of the Icemark
The Blade of Fire
Last Battle of the Icemark

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/stuart-hill/

Origin

Born

Died

Leicester

1958

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Slide 92

Mary Hoffman









The Falconer’s Knot
Special Powers
Troubadour
Stravaganza: City of Masks
Stravaganza: City of Flowers
Stravaganza: City of Stars
Stravaganza: City of Secrets

http://www.maryhoffman.co.uk/

Origin
UK

Born

Died


Slide 93

Anthony Horowitz
Alex Rider Series:










Storm breaker
Point Blank
Skeleton Key
Eagle Strike
Scorpia
Ark Angel
Snake Head
Crocodile Tears

Power of Five Series:





Diamond Brothers Series
Granny
The Switch
Groosham Grange
Horowitz Horror
More Horowitz Horror
Myths & Legends (Kingfisher)

Evil Star
Ravens Gate
Night-Rise
Necropolis

http://www.anthonyhorowitz.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Stanmore,
MIddlesex

5th Apr 1956

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Slide 94

Ted Hughes



The Iron Man
The Iron Woman



Birthday letters
Earth-moon

•

Former Poet Laureate



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_hughes

Origin

Born

Died

West Yorkshire

18th Aug 1930

28th Oct 1998


Slide 95

Victor Hugo




Les Miserables
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Last Day of a Condemned Man

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo
Origin

Born

Died

France, Paris

26th February1802

2nd May 1885


Slide 96

Sam Hutton
Pseudonym for Allan Frewin Jones, a.k.a. Steven Saunders

Special Agents – Series
• Deep End
• Final Shot
• Countdown
• Kiss and Tell
• Full Throttle
• Meltdown

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/sam-hutton/

Origin

Born

Died


Slide 97
























Redwall
Mossflower
Mattimeo
Mariel
Salamandastron
Martin the Warrior
The Bellmaker
Outcast of Redwall
Pearls of Lutra
The Long Patrol
Marfox
The Legend of Luke
Lord Brocktree
The Taggerung
Triss
Loamhedge
Raety Tam
High Rhulain
Eulalia!
Doomwyte

Brian Jacques
Flying Dutchman – Series – 3 Books

http://www.redwall.org/
Origin

Born

Died

Liverpool

15th Jun 1939

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Slide 98

Paul Jennings
Short Stories Collection – Series – 11 books
 Unreal!
 Unbearable!
 Unbelievable!
 Uncanny!
 Uncovered!
 Undone!
 Unmentionable!
 Unseen!
 Quirky Tails!
 Wicked!
 Tongue Tied!
 Thirteen Unpredictable Tales

http://www.pauljennings.com.au/

Origin

Born

Died

London
Now: Australia

30th April 1943

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Slide 99

Captain W.E. Johns
Biggles Series (104 books)

The Camels are Coming

Cruise of the Condor

Biggles Learns to Fly

Biggles Flies East

Biggles in France

Biggles in Africa

Biggles Flies North

Biggles Delivers the Goods

Biggles Goes to School

•www.wejohns.com

Origin

Born

Died

Bengeo,
Hertfordshire

5th Feb
1893

21st June
1968


Slide 100

Pete Johnson
• Ghost Dog
• Phantom Fear
• Avenger
• Bad Spy’s Guide
• Traitor
• TV Time Travellers
• How to Get Famous
• Spook School - Series

http://www.petejohnsonauthor.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Winchester

29th April
1965

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Slide 101

Norton Juster
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Dot and the Line

http://www.underdown.org/juster.htm
Origin

Born

Died

U.S.A.

2nd June 1929

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Slide 102

Clive King













Hamid of Aleppo
The Town That Went South
Stig of the Dump
The 22 letters
The Night the Water Came
Snakes and Snakes
Me and My Million
Devil's Cut
Ninny's Boat
The Sound of Propellors
The Seashore People
A Touch of Class

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/clive-king/
Origin

Born

Died

Richmond,Surrey

1924

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Slide 103

Rudyard Kipling




The Jungle Book
The Second Jungle Book
Just So Stories

www.kipling.org.uk/

Origin

Born

Died

Bombay

30th Dec 1865

18th Jan 1936


Slide 104

Caroline Lawrence
Roman Mysteries






















Thieves of Ostia
Secrets of Vesuvius
Pirates of Pompeii
Assassins of Rome
Dolphins of Laurentum
Twelves Tasks of Flavia Gemina
Enemies of Jupiter
Gladiators from Capua
Colossus of Rhodes
Fugitive from Corinth
Sirens of Surrentum
Charioteer of Delphi
Slave girl from Jerusalem
Beggars of Volubilis
Scribes from Alexandria
Prophet from Ephesus
The Man from Pomegranate Street
Code of Romulus (World Book day 2007)
Trimalchio’s Feast and other short mysteries

http://www.carolinelawrence.com/pages/50-Home_Page

Origin

Born

Died

London (born)
California

1954

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Slide 105

Michael Lawrence
Jiggy McCue series – 11 Books

The Aldous Lexicon Trilogy

http://www.wordybug.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Huntingdonshire

1943

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Slide 106

Ursula K. Le Guin


Earthsea Quartet,
A wizard of Earthsea
The tomb of Atuan
The Farthest Shore

Tehanu the last book of Earthsea



The other wind
The Hainish Cycle series,
Roccanon’s World
Planet of Exile
City of illusions
Lavinia

http://www.ursulakleguin.com/

Origin

Born

Died

California,
America

1929

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Slide 107

Harper Lee


To Kill A Mocking-Bird

http://www.harperlee.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Monroeville,
Alabama

28th Apr 1926

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Slide 108

C.S Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia Series

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Prince Caspian

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Silver Chair

The Horse and His Boy

The Magician's Nephew

The Last Battle

www.cslewis.com

Origin

Born

Died

Belfast, Ireland

29th November
1898

2nd November
1963


Slide 109

Jack London
•
•
•

The Call of the Wild
White Fang
An Odyssey of the North

http://london.sonoma.edu/
Origin

Born

Died

San Francisco,
U.S.A

12th Feb 22nd Nov
1876
1916


Slide 110

George Lucas
The Star Wars series
•The Phantom Menace

•Attack of the Clones
•Revenge of the Sith
•The Force Unleashed
•A New Hope
•The Empire Strikes Back
•Return of the Jedi

http://www.swbooks.co.uk/
Origin

Born

Died

Modesto,
California ,
USA

1944

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Slide 111

Michelle Magorian
Goodnight Mister Tom
Back Home

Older Reader
Cuckoo in the Nest
A Spoonful of Jam
A Little Love Song
Just Henry

http://www.michellemagorian.com/

Origin

Born

Died

Southsea,
Hampshire

1947

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Slide 112

James Vance Marshall
Pseudonym for Donald G. Payne
•
•
•

Walkabout
The Lost Ones
The Mountain at the Bottom of the World

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Vance_Marshall
Origin

Born

Died

London

3rd Jan 1924

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Slide 113

Anthony Masters
World War II Stories

War at Sea

War on Land
Danger Zone Series
Predator Series

Shark Attack

Death Trap

Killer Instinct
and many more

•www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/anthony-masters/

Origin

Born

Died

Esher, Surrey

14th Dec
1940

4th April
2003


Slide 114

Geraldine McCaughrean
Kite Rider
Stop the Train
Forever X
Not the End of the World
Peter Pan in Scarlet
Show Stopper
The Stones are Hatching
Plundering Paradise
A Pack of Lies
A Little Lower than Angels
Gold Dust
Cyrano

Adaptations of many legends,
myths, fairy tales and Bible stories

http://www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk/

Origin

Born

Died

Enfield,
London

6th June
1951

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Slide 115

Oisin McGann








Strangled Silence
Ancient Appetites
Small minded Giants
Harvest Tide Project
Under Fragile Stone
The Gods and their Machines
The Goblin of Tara

http://www.oisinmcgann.com/author/biography/biography.html

Origin

Born

Died

Dublin
Ireland

1973

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Slide 116

Stephanie Meyer


Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn



The Host





http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/

Origin

Born

Died

Hartford,
Connecticut U.S.A.

24 Dec 1973

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Slide 117

A.A. Milne



Winnie the Pooh
The House at Pooh Corner

and poems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Milne

Origin

Born

Died

Hampstead

18th Jan 1882

31st Jan 1956


Slide 118

L.M.Montgomery







Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
The Golden Road
Anne of the Island
Anne’s House of Dreams
Rainbow Valley

http://www.lmmontgomery.ca/
Origin

Born

Died

Clifton, Canada

30th Nov 1874

24th April 1942


Slide 119

Robert Muchamore
Cherub Series

The Recruit

Class A

Maximum Security

The Killing

Divine Madness

Man vs Beast

Mad Dogs

The Sleep Walker

The General
Henderson’s Boys Series

The Escape

Eagle Day

Secret Army

http://www.muchamore.com/

Origin

Born

Died

North London

27th Dec 1972

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Slide 120

Edith Nesbit
Psammead Series

Five Children and It

The Phoenix and the Carpet

The Story of the Amulet
House of Arden Series

The House of Arden

Harding’s Luck





The Railway Children
The Enchanted Castle
The Would Be Goods
The Story of the Treasure Seekers

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/n/edith-nesbit/
Origin

Born

Died

Kennington,
England

15th August
1858

4th May 1924


Slide 121

Jenny Nimmo
The Snow Spider Series

The Snow Spider

Emlyn’s Moon

The Chestnut Soldier
Children of the Red King

Midnight for Charlie Bone

Charlie Bone and the Time Twister

Charlie Bone and the Blue Boa

Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors

Charlie Bone and the Hidden King

Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf




Ultramarine
The Bronze Trumpeter
Milo’s Wolves

http://www.jennynimmo.me.uk/index.html
Origin

Born

Died

Windsor,
Berkshire

15th Jan
1944

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Slide 122

Garth Nix
The Old Kingdom - Series:

Abhorsen

Lirael

Sabriel

Across the Wall
The Keys to the Kingdom – Series:

Mr Monday

Grim Tuesday

Drowned Wednesday

Sir Thursday

Lady Friday

Superior Saturday

Seventh Tower – Series:

The Fall

Castle

http://www.garthnix.co.uk/home
Origin

Born

Died

Melbourne,
Australia

1963

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Slide 123

Mary Norton
The Borrowers - Series
•

The Borrowers

•

The Borrowers Afield

•

The Borrowers Afloat

•

The Borrowers Aloft

•

Poor Stainless

•

The Borrowers Avenged

•

The Magic Bedknob

•

Bonfires and Broomsticks

•

Are all the Giant’s dead?

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/n/mary-norton/
Origin

Born

Died

Leighton
Buzzard,
Hertfordshire

10th December
1903

29th August
1992


Slide 124

Patrick O’Brian
Aubrey –Maturin series
Master and Commander

and many more seafaring epics

http://www.io.com/gibbonsb/pob/
Origin

Born

Died

Buckinghamshire

12th Dec
1914

2nd Jan 2000


Slide 125

Ian Ogilvy






Measle and the Wrathmonk
Measle and the Doompit
Measle and the Mallockee
Measle and the Slitherghoul
Measle and the Dragodon

http://www.ianogilvy.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Woking, Surrey

30th Sep1943

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Slide 126

George Orwell



Animal Farm
1984
Down and Out in Paris and London
Burmese Days
A Clergyman's Daughter
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
The Road to Wigan Pier
Homage to Catalonia
Coming up for Air



Collected Essays










http://www.george-orwell.org/
Origin

Born

Died

Bihar,
India

25th June
1903

21st Jan
1950


Slide 127

Tom Palmer
Football Detective – Series
Foul Play
Dead Ball
Off Side
Football Academy – Series - 7 titles

http://www.tompalmer.co.uk/

Origin

Born

Died

Leeds

August
1967

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Slide 128

Christopher Paolini




Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr

http://www.alagaesia.com/
Origin

Born

Died

South California

17th Nov 1983

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Slide 129

James Patterson
Maximum Ride

Angel Experiment

Schools out for ever

Saving the World and other Extreme Sports

The Final Warning

http://www.jamespatterson.com/books_max.php
Origin

Born

New York

22nd March
1947

Died


Slide 130

Michelle Paver




The Shadow Catcher
Fever Hill
The Serpent's Tooth

Chronicles of Darkness

Wolf Brother

Spirit Walker

Soul Eater

Outcast

Oath Breaker

Ghost Hunter

http://www.michellepaver.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Malawi
Now living in the UK

1960

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Slide 131

Mal Peet
Keeper
The Penalty
Tamar
Exposure

http://www.walker.co.uk/contributors/Mal-Peet-2722.aspx
Origin

Born

Died

Norfolk

?

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Slide 132

Edgar Allan Poe
The Tell Tale Heart
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Black Cat
The Murders in the Rue Morgue

http://www.eapoe.org/

Origin

Born

Died

Boston, Massachusetts,
U.S.A.

19th January 1809

7th October
1849


Slide 133

Terry Pratchett


















Strata
Only You Can Save Mankind
Maskerade
Reaper man
Monstrous Regiment
Thud!
Wintersmith
The Wee Free Men
A hat full of sky
Truckers
Thief of time
Making Money
Mort
Hogfather
Nation

http://www.terrypratchett.co.uk/index.html
Origin

Born

Died

Buckinghamshire

28th Apr 1948

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Slide 134

Philip Pullman
His Dark Materials:

Northern Lights (aka The Golden Compass)

The Subtle Knife

The Amber Spy Glass
Sally Lockhart Quartet:

Ruby in the Smoke

The Tin Princess

The Shadow in the North

The Tiger in the Well
The New Cut Gang:

Thunderbolt’s Waxwork

Gas-fitter’s Ball




I Was a Rat
Clockwork
The Scarecrow and the Servant

http://www.philip-pullman.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Norwich, Norfolk

19th October
1946

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Slide 135

Bali Rai






Soccer Squad – Series
4 books
Dream On
Tales from Devana High
4 books

Older Readers

Rani and Sukh

The crew

The Whisper

The Last Taboo

City of Ghosts

Dominoes

The Angel Collector

http://www.balirai.co.uk/

Origin

Born

Died

Leicester

1971

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Slide 136

Celia Rees
















H Is for Haunting
A Is for Apparition
U Is for Unbeliever
N Is for Nightmare
T Is for Terror
S Is for Shudder
Pirates
Witch Child
Sorceress
Savoy
The Vanished
The Cunning Man
Heroes and Villains

http://www.celiarees.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Solihull
West Midlands

1949

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Slide 137

Philip Reeve
The Mortal Engines Quartet:
• Mortal Engines
• Predator’s gold
• Infernal Devices
• A Darkling Plain
The Larklight Series:
• Larklight

• Mothstorm
• Starcross

• Here Lies Arthur
• No Such Thing as Dragons
• Fever Crumb

http://www.philip-reeve.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Brighton,
England

1966

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Slide 138

Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson Series:
• Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
• Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters
• Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse
• Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth
• Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian

http://www.percyjacksonbooks.com/

Origin

Born

Died

San Antonio,
Texas

5th June
1964

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Slide 139

Mark Robson









The Darkweaver Legacy: The Forging of the Sword
The Darkweaver Legacy: Trail of the Huntress
The Darkweaver Legacy: First Sword
The Darkweaver Legacy: The Chosen One

Imperial Spy
Imperial Assassin
Imperial Traitor

Dragon Orb Series

Firestorm

Shadow

Longfang

Aurora

http://www.markrobsonauthor.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Wanstead
Essex

1966

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Slide 140

Malcolm Rose













Lost Bullet
Framed
Roll Call
The Final Lap
Blood Brothers
Hurricane Force
Four Degrees More
The Kiss of Death
The Death Gene
The Alibi
Concrete Evidence
Smoking Gun

http://www.malcolmrose.co.uk/
Origin

Born

Died

Coventry

1953

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Slide 141

J.K. Rowling



Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows



The Tales of Beedle the Bard








http://www.jkrowling.com/en/

Origin

Born

Died

Gloucestershire

31st Jul 1965

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Slide 142

Chris Ryan
Alpha Force Series

Survival

Red Centre

Rat Catcher

Hostage

Desert Pursuit

Untouchable

Hunted

Fault Line

Blood Money

Black Gold
Code Red Series

Flash Flood

Wild Fire

Outbreak

Vortex

http://www.chrisryanadventures.co.uk/

Origin

Born

Died

Rowlands Gill, Tyne &
Wear, N.E. England

1961

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Slide 143

S.F. Said



Varjak Paws
The Outlaw Varjak Paws

http://www.varjakpaw.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Beirut

May 1967

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Slide 144

Marcus Sedgwick
The Dark Horse
The Dark Flight Down
Book of Dead Days/
The Foreshadowing
Witch Hill
Floodland
My Swordhand is Singing
The Kiss of Death
Revolver

Blood Red, Snow White
Flood and Fang
Ghosts and Gadgets

http://www.marcussedgwick.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Kent

1968

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Slide 145

Anna Sewell
• Black Beauty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Sewell
Origin

Born

Died

Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk

30th March
1820

25th April 1878


Slide 146

Alex Shearer
The Hunted
• Tins
• Canned
• The Great Blue Yonder
• The Stolen
• Bootleg
• The Speed of the Dark
• Sea Legs
• The Lost
•

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/alex-shearer/
Origin

Born

Died

U.K.

1949

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Slide 147

Mary Shelley



Frankenstein
The Last Man

http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/m/Mary_Shelley.htm
Origin

Born

Died

Somers Town,
London

30th Aug
1797

1st Feb
1851


Slide 148

Steve Skidmore


Mad Myths - Series





Quick Reads Series
Star Bores
Tales of the Dark Forest - 4 books
The Outernet
Vernon Bright Series
The Lost Diaries



See also Steve Barlow






http://www.the2steves.net/
Origin

Born

Died

Birstall

12th July
1960

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Slide 149

Lemony Snicket
Pseudonym for Daniel Handler
A Series of Unfortunate Events:

The Bad Beginning

The Reptile Room

The Wide Window

The Miserable mill

The Austere Academy

The Ersatz Elevator

The Vile Village

The Hostile Hospital

The Carnivorous Carnival

The Slippery Slope

The Grim Grotto

The Penultimate Peril

The End


www.lemonysnicket.com

The Unauthorized Autobiography

Origin

Born

Died

San Francisco,
California,U.S.A.

28th February 1970

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Slide 150

Johanna Spyri
Heidi

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/johanna-spyri/
Origin

Born

Died

Zurich,
Switzerland

12th June 1827

7th July 1901


Slide 151

Russell Stannard








The Time and Space of Uncle Albert
Black Holes and Uncle Albert
Uncle Albert and the Quantum Quest
An update of George Gamow's classic Mr Tomkins
The Curious History of God
Our Physical Universe
Virtutopia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Stannard
Origin

Born

United
Kingdom

c. 1931

Died


Slide 152

Robert Louis Stevenson








Treasure Island
The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses
Kidnapped
The Master of Ballantrae
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
New Arabian Nights
The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables

http://www.robert-louis-stevenson.org/
Origin

Born

Died

Edinburgh
Scotland

13th November
1850

3rd December
1894


Slide 153

Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
Muddle Earth
Far Flung Adventures
Edge Chronicles:

Fergus Crane

The Lost Barkscrolls

Corby Flood

The Immortals

Hugo Pepper
The Quint Trilogy

The Curse of the Gloamglozer

The Winter Knights

Clash of the Sky Galleons
The Twig Trilogy

Beyond the Deepwoods

Stromchaser

Midnight over the Sanctaphrax
The Rook Trilogy

The Last of the Sky Pirates

Vox

Freeglader
Barnaby Grimes

Curse of the Night Wolf

Return of the Emerald Skull
Origin
Born

Legion of the Dead
London
1955


www.stewartandriddell.co.uk
Died

Origin

Born

-----------

South
Africa

1962

Died


Slide 154

Bram Stoker









Dracula
The Primrose Path
The Snake’s Pass
The Shoulder of Shasta
The Mystery of the Sea
The Jewel of Seven Stars
The Man

http://www.stoker-dracula.org/
Origin

Born

Died

Clontarf,
Ireland

8th Nov
ember1847

20th April 1912


Slide 155

Jeremy Strong
















Viking at School
Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog
I’m Telling You, they’re Aliens
Dinosaur Pox
There is a Viking In my Bed
The Karate Princess
Trouble With Animals
The Indoor Pirates on Treasure Island
Fatbag
Kingfisher Treasury of Dinosaur Stories
Let’s do the Pharaoh
Weird
Giant Jim
The Monster Mugg
STUFF

http://www.jeremystrong.co.uk/
Origin

Born

Died

Eltham,
S.E. London

18th Nov
1949

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Slide 156

Jonathan Stroud







Heroes of the Valley
The Last Siege
The Leap
Buried Fire
The Lost Treasure of Captain Blood
The Viking Saga of Harry Bristlebeard

The Bartimaeus Trilogy

The Amulet of Samarkand

The Golem’s Eye

Ptolemy’s Gate

http://www.jonathanstroud.com/
Origin

Born

Died

Bedford, England

27th Aug 1970

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Slide 157

Robert Swindells













Abomination
When Darkness Comes
A Candle in the Night
Voyage to Valhalla
The Ice Palace
The Weather Clerk
Ghost Ship to Ganymede
World – Eater
Brother in the Land
The Thousand Eyes of Night
Staying Up
Hurricane Summer

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/robert-swindells/
Origin

Born

Died

Bradford,
Yorkshire

20th March
1939

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Slide 158

Mildred D. Taylor










Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Let the Circle Be Unbroken
The Gold Cadillac
The Friendship
Logan
Mississippi Bridge
The Road to Memphis
The Well
The Land

http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/taylor_mildred/
Origin

Born

Died

Jackson,
Mississippi

13th Sept
1943

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Slide 159

David Thorpe


Hybrids

http://www.davidthorpe.info/

Origin

Born

Died

United
Kingdom

1954

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Slide 160

J.R.R. Tolkien
Lord of the Rings:

Fellowship of the Ring

The Two Towers

Return of the King

The Children of Hurin

Tales from the Perilous Realm

The Silmarillion

Tree and Leaf

The Hobbit

Tales of Tom Bombadil

Smith of Wooton Major

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JRR_Tolkein
Origin

Born

Died

Bloemfontein,
South Africa
& Birmingham England

3rd Jan 1892

2nd Sep1973


Slide 161

Mark Twain
•
•
•

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Prince and the Pauper

http://www.cmgww.com/historic/twain/
Origin

Born

Died

Missouri, USA

30th Nov 1835

21st Apr 1910


Slide 162

Eleanor Updale
Montmorency
• Montmorency on the Rocks
• Montmorency and the Assasins
• Montmorencey’s Revenge
•

•

Saved

http://www.eleanorupdale.co.uk/

Origin

Born

London

1953

Died


Slide 163

Jules Verne
Around the World in 80 days

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

5 weeks in a Balloon

The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

From the Earth to the Moon

In search of the Castaways

Around the Moon

A Floating City

Invasion of the Sea

Master of the World
And many more…


http://www.jules-verne.co.uk/
Origin

Born

Died

Nantes,
France

8th Feb
1828

24th Mar
1905


Slide 164

Cynthia Voigt







Izzy, Willy-Nilly
Tree by Leaf
Glass Mountain
When She Hollers
Good Morning Rosie
Angus and Sadie

Older Reader

Tillerman Cycle – series – 7 Books


Kingdom Series – 4 Books

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/v/cynthia-voigt/

Origin

Born

Died

Boston,
Massachusetts

25 Feb 1942

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Slide 165

Mark Walden
H.I.V.E Series

H.I.V.E: Higher Institute of Villainous Education

The Overlord Protocol

Escape Velocity

Dreadnought

Rogue

Interception Point (World Book Day 2009)

http://www.markwalden.net/blog/

Origin

Born

Died

London

-----------

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Slide 166

H.G. Wells





War of the Worlds
The Time Machine
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Invisible Man

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/h-g-wells/
Origin

Born

Died

Kent

21st Sep 1866

13th Aug 1946


Slide 167

E B White




Charlotte's Web
Stuart Little
The Trumpet of the Swan

http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,15_1000051117,00.html

Origin

Born

Died

Mount Vernon,
New York

11th July 1899

1st October
1985


Slide 168

John Wyndham
•The Day of the Triffids
•The Kraken Wakes

•The Chrysalids
•The Midwich Cuckoos

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/john-wyndham/

Origin

Born

Died

England

10th July
1903

11th March
1969


Slide 169

Diana Wynne Jones
• Chrestomanci Series
• Charmed Life

•Magicians of Caprona
•Conrad’s Fate

• Dalemark Quartet

• Howl’s Castle Series
•Enchanted Glass
• House of Many Ways
•Power of Three
• Time of the Ghost
• Dogsbody

• The Merlin Conspiracy

http://www.dianawynnejones.com/dwjflash.htm

Origin

Born

Died

London

16th Aug 1934

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Slide 170

Adeline Yen Mah



Chinese Cinderella
Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society



Falling Leaves

http://adelineyenmah.com/

Origin

Born

Tianjin, China 1937

Died
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Slide 171

Markus Zusak



Book Thief
I am the Messenger

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/markuszusak/
Origin

Born

Died