William Corlett

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William Corlett (October 8, 1938 - August 16, 2005), was an English children's writer, best known for his quartet of novels, The Magician's House, published between 1990 and 1992.

Corlett was born in Darlington, Co Durham. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, then trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as an actor while embarking on a literary career during the 1960s, and wrote plays and adult novels as well as the children's novels for which he is particularly remembered. Several of his works were adapted for the screen.

Later in life he came out as gay, and it was from his partner, a Welshman, that he gained some of his inspiration for The Magician's House. Corlett died of cancer at Sarlat in France.

Contents 1 Plays 2 Novels 3 Non-fiction 4 Short stories 5 Sources

[edit] Plays

• Another Round (1963)
• The Gentle Avalanche (1964)
• Return Ticket (1966)

[edit] Novels

• The Gate of Eden (1974)
• The Land Beyond (1974)
• Return to the Gate (1975)
• Bloxworth Blue (1984)

[edit] Non-fiction

• The Hindu Sound (1978)
• The Christ Story (1978)
• The Islamic Space (1979)

[edit] Short stories

• Now and Then (1995)
• Two Gentlemen Sharing (1997) is more in the *Kitty (2004)

[edit] Sources

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