Joseph Delaney

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Joseph Henry Delaney is an author of science fiction and fantasy books.

His writing career began with the release of the erotic sci-fi thriller Mercer's Whore, written under the pen-name of J.K. Haderack. This was followed up by, under his real name, the first in the wardstone chronicles, The Spook's Apprentice. The sequel, entitled The Spook's Curse was released in mid-2005, and the third book, The Spook's Secret, was released in the summer of 2006. In America they call this series The Last Apprentice, beginning with "Revenge of the Witch." The 4th book of the wardstone cronicles is called "The Spook's Battle" and is due for release on the 5th of July 2007 in the UK.

The rights for the feature-length film of The Spooks Apprentice are currently being discussed.

1 Early Work
2 External Links
- 2.1 Information about the books:
- 2.2 Information about the author:

[edit] Early Work

Joseph Delaney was an English, Media Studies and Film Studies professor at the Blackpool Sixth Form College for twenty years. He specialised in vampire literature.

"The County", as written about in the books, is based upon Lancashire in the north of England. The locations concerned are also largely based upon those known to Delaney, for example, the town of Priestown is based loosely on Preston. He still lives in the county with his family.