Andrew Norriss

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Aquila, a book by Andrew Noriss

Andrew Norriss is a British author and a writer for television. One of his more popular works was the children's book Aquila, which later became a BBC TV show. He also published Bernard's Watch, which was based on the show he wrote for ITV. His latest book, The Unluckiest Boy in the World, was published in the UK in January 2006.

The following passage is from the "About the Author" page in Bernard's Watch:

Andrew Norriss was born in 1947, went to Trinity College, Dublin, and then became a school teacher because a woman called Mrs. Morrison told him to. In 1982, another woman told him he should be a writer, so he did that instead, partly because of the money, but mostly because it means you can watch movies in the afternoon.

He lives in a thatched cottage in a little Hampshire village with a loving wife and two wonderful children, and life would be pretty near perfect if he could just get rid of the moles on the lawn, and his son didn't leave marmalade dribbling down the side of the jar so that it stuck to your fingers when you picked it up in the morning.

Norriss wrote the passage himself, and clearly writes with humour. This is reflected in almost all his works. The above passage was written in 1997; as of 2007 his circumstances have changed a little: he moved from the thatched cottage to a nice modern house in the same village and now enjoys the comforts of central heating and double glazing.

Several of his books are used in schools in year 5, 6 and 7. The Portal will be published by Puffin later this year.