Norman Hunter (author)

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Norman Hunter (1899-1995) was a British children's author, best known for his character Professor Branestawm. Besides the Branestawm stories, Hunter also wrote about a fairy-tale kingdom called Incrediblania. He also wrote The Dribblesome Teapot read for the BBC tv series Jackanory by Kenneth Williams in 1978

BIBLIOGRAPHY (Incomplete):

• The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawn (1933)
• Professor Branestawm's Treasure Hunt (1937)
• The Peculiar Triumph of Professor Branestawn (1970)
• Professor Branestawm Up the Pole (1972)
• Professor Branestawm's Great Revolution (1974)
• Professor Branestawm Round the Bend (1977)
• Professor Branestawm's Perilous Pudding (1979)
• Professor Branestawm and the Wild Letters (1981)
• Professor Branestawm's Pocket Motor Car (1981)
• Professor Branestawm's Mouse War (1982)
• Professor Branestawm's Building Bust-Up (1982)
• Professor Branestawm's Crunchy Crockery (1983)
• Professor Branestawm's Hair-Raising Idea (1983)

Bizarrely, one of the writer's middle names was Lorimer, the surname of a Leeds United colleague of his footballing namesake.