Chris Priestley

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Chris Priestley (born 1958) is a British children's book author and illustrator.

Biography and career

Chris Priestley was born in Hull, and has lived in Wales and Gibraltar. As a nine-year-old, he won a prize in a story-writing competition.[1] Between 1976 and 1980, he studied at Manchester Polytechnic. Since 1983, he published his illustrations in The Times, The Independent, The Observer, The Economist and other newspapers. His inspirations are Jules Feiffer, Tomi Ungerer, André François and Ronald Searle.[1] In 2000, he started writing his own works and published a children's book Dog Magic. In 2004, his Death and the Arrow was shortlisted for Edgar Award; in 2006, Redwulf's Curse won the Lancashire Fantastic Book Award.[2] He has published 15 books so far.

Bibliography

  • Dog Magic!, (2000)
  • Jail-breaker Jack, (2001)
  • Battle of Britain: My Story, (2002)
  • Battle of Hastings, (2003)
  • Witch Hunt, (2003)
  • Billy Wizard, (2005)
  • New World, (2007)
  • The Dead Of Winter, (2010)
  • Mister Creecher, (2010)
  • Through Dead Eyes, (2013)

Tom Marlowe Adventure

  • Death and the Arrow, (2003)
  • The White Rider, (2004)
  • Redwulf's Curse, (2005)

Tales of Terror

  • Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror, (2007)
  • Tales of Terror from the Black Ship, (2008)
  • Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth, (2009)
  • The Teacher's Tales of Terror,

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/artists/chrispriestley/biography
  2. ↑ http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Chris-Priestley/biography.html

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