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Chris Priestley

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Chris Priestley
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Alma materManchester Metropolitan University
GenreChildren's literature, horror

Chris Priestley (born 1957) is a British children's book author and illustrator. He lives in Cambridge, England.[1]

Biography and career

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Chris Priestley grew up in Wales and Gibraltar, where as a nine-year-old, he won a medal in a local newspaper's story-writing competition. In 1976, after spending his teens in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he left to study illustration at Manchester Polytechnic,[citation needed] leaving in 1980 to freelance in London.

He worked as an illustrator for a wide range of clients and his work appeared regularly in The Times, The Listener and The Observer. He also worked briefly as a poster designer for the Royal Court Theatre and others.[citation needed]

He has produced several strip cartoons - Bestiary for The Independent on Sunday (with Chris Riddell), Babel for The Observer, 7:30 for 8:0 for The Independent and Payne’s Grey for the New Statesman. From 1990 to 1996 he was a weekly cartoonist on The Economist, and from 1996 to 1998 a daily cartoonist on The Independent.[2]

His paintings have been widely exhibited, most recently at the Eastern Open and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, both in 2013.[citation needed]

In 2000 he published his first children's book, Dog Magic.[3]

In 2004, Death and the Arrow was shortlisted for an Edgar Award in the US,[4] and in 2006, Redwulf's Curse won the Lancashire Fantastic Book Award.

Tales of Terror from the Black Ship won a CPNB Vlag and Wimpel in 2010 for the Dutch translation.[5]

The German translation of Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror was shortlisted for a Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2011.[6]

Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth won the Dracula Society Children of the Night Award in 2009.

Mister Creecher won the BASH (Book Award St Helens) in 2012.[7]

Priestley has also written for radio, contributing two stories to the BBC Radio 2 It's Grimm Up North collection of Brothers Grimm updates, transmitted on Christmas Eve 2012.[8]

Bibliography

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  • Freeze (2021)
  • Seven Ghosts (2019)
  • Maudlin Towers: Attack of the Meteor Monsters (2019)
  • Maudlin Towers: Treasure of the Golden Skull (2018)
  • Still Water (2018)
  • Maudlin Towers: Curse of the Werewolf Boy (2017)
  • Superpowerless (2017)
  • Flesh and Blood (2017)
  • The Last of the Spirits (2015)
  • Anything That Isn't This (2015)
  • The Dead Men Stood Together (2013)
  • Through Dead Eyes (2013)
  • Blood Oath (2011)
  • The Dead Of Winter (2010)
  • Mister Creecher (2010)
  • New World (2007)
  • Billy Wizard (2005)
  • Battle of Hastings (2003)
  • Witch Hunt (2003)
  • Battle of Britain: My Story (2002)
  • Jail-breaker Jack (2001)
  • Dog Magic! (2000)

Tales of Terror

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  • Christmas Tales of Terror (2012)
  • Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror (2009)
  • Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth (2009)
  • Tales of Terror from the Black Ship (2010)
  • The Teacher's Tales of Terror (2011)[9]

Tom Marlowe Adventures

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

References

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  1. ^ "Chris Priestley Books".
  2. ^ "British Cartoon Archive: Chris Priestley". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Booktrust: About the Author Chris Priestley".
  4. ^ "2004 Edgar Awards". 28 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Onkel Montagues Schauergeschichten". Archived from the original on 8 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Tales of Terror".
  7. ^ "Book Awards". Archived from the original on 8 April 2014.
  8. ^ "It's Grimm Up North". Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Tales of Terror".
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