Norman Hunter (author)
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Norman George Lorimer Hunter (born Sydenham, England, November 23, 1899 - died Staines, February 23, 1995) was a British children's author, best known for his character Professor Branestawm. His middle name was Lorimer, the surname of a Leeds United colleague of his footballing namesake.
Hunter was born in Sydenham, London. His career started as an advertising copywriter. In the 1930's Hunter was performing as a stage magician in Bournemouth. It was at this time he started to write the Professor Branestawm series, originally as a radio series. The books were published in hardback and illustrated by Heath Robinson. Other illustrators were to follow when they were published in Puffin Books the Penguin children's series in the 1960's.
Hunter returned to London during the Second World War, living on a boat on the Thames. In 1949 he went to work in South Africa and the fiction writing ceased. On his retirement in 1970, he once again returned to London where Thames television had just produced the Professor Branestawm 8 part TV series. He continued writing in his retirement with his last book published in 1983.
[edit] Works
(Incomplete):
- The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm (1933)
- Professor Branestawm's Treasure Hunt (1937)
- The Dribblesome Teapots (1939)
- The Peculiar Triumph of Professor Branestawn (1970)
- Professor Branestawm Up the Pole (1972)
- Professor Branestawm's Great Revolution (1974)
- Dust up at the Royal Disco: and other stories (1975)
- 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)
