Robert Swindells

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Robert E. "Bob" Swindells (born 20 March 1939) is an author of children's and young adult literature.

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[edit] Biography

Born in Bradford, the first of five children, Swindells worked for a local newspaper after leaving school aged 15. He served with the Royal Air Force and held various jobs before training as a teacher. His first novel, When Darkness Comes (1973), was written while he was still in training. Swindells combined writing with teaching until 1980 when he took up writing full-time.

He first won the Children's Book Award with Brother in the Land (1984), a novel set in a post-apocalyptic world. Swindells was a supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and is quoted as saying that the work "... came out of my own anger and frustration ... you can’t kill selectively with nuclear weapons, you wipe out millions of people ...". Swindells also won the award for Room 13 (1990), Nightmare Stairs (Short novel, 1998) and Blitzed (Younger readers, 2003). His young adult novel Stone Cold (1993), which dealt with homelessness, won the Carnegie Medal in 1993.

Swindells is married and has two daughters and three grandchildren.

[edit] Bibliography

  • When Darkness Comes (1973)
  • A Candle in the Night (1974)
  • Voyage to Valhalla (1976)
  • The Ice Palace (1977)
  • The Weather Clerk (1979)
  • Ghost Ship to Ganymede (1980)
  • World-Eater (1983)
  • Brother in the Land (1984)
  • The Thousand Eyes of Night (1985)
  • Daz 4 Zoe (1990)
  • Stone Cold (1993)
  • Timesnatch (1994)
  • Unbeliever (1995)
  • Jacqueline Hyde (1996)
  • The Last Bus (1996)
  • Nightmare Stairs (1997)
  • Smash! (1997)
  • Hurricane Summer (1997)
  • Abomination (1998)
  • Dosh (1999)
  • Invisible! (2000)
  • Doodlebug Alley (2000)
  • A Wish for Wings (2001)
  • Wrecked (2001)
  • Blitzed (2002)
  • No Angels (2003)
  • Ruby Tanya (2004)
  • Roger's War (2004)
  • Branded (2005)
  • Snapshot (2005)
  • Snakebite (2006)
  • In the Nick of Time (2007)
  • Burnout (2007)
  • The Shade of Hettie Daynes (2008)

54 books in total

[edit] Awards and nominations

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Red House Children's Book Award
  2. ^ The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards
  3. ^ Angus Book Award
  4. ^ Manchester Book Award
  5. ^ Hampshire Book Award

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