Andrew Norriss
Andrew Norriss is a British children's author and a writer for television .
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[edit] Background
Andrew Norriss was born in 1947, was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead followed by University at Trinity College Dublin 1966-70.[1] After teaching at Stroud School, Romsey he trained for his PGCE at University of Winchester 1973-4 and then taught History at Peter Symonds College, Winchester 1974-1985. Whilst teaching he started writing television sitcoms and children's comedy dramas with Richard Fegen. He now lives in Hampshire with his wife and two children and writes children's books.
[edit] Writing
Andrew Norriss won The Whitbread Children's Book Award (1997) for his children's book Aquila,[2] which he wrote both as a book and as the Aquila (TV series) for the BBC. He also adapted his books Bernard's Watch and Matt's Million for ITV, as well as creating and co-writing the successful sit-com The Brittas Empire.[3] He now writes children's books and loves giving talks in schools and libraries around the country for children and teachers, about books and writing. His latest books are I Don't Believe It, Archie! and Archie's Unbelievably Freaky Week published by David Fickling Books in 2011/2.
[edit] Children's Books
- "Aquila" (1997)
- "Aquila 2" (2010)
- "Bernard's Watch" (1999)
- "Ctrl-Z" (2009)
- "I Don't Believe It, Archie!" (2011)
- "Archie's Unbelievably Freaky Week" (2012)
- "Matt's Million" (1995)
- "The Portal" (2007)
- "The Touchstone" (2004)
- "The Unluckiest Boy in the World" (2006)
- "Woof! A Twist in the Tale" (1992)
- "Woof! The Tales Gets Longer" (1991)
- "Woof! The Tale Wags On" (1989)
[edit] Adult Television
- The Brittas Empire BBC
- The Labours of Erica Thames/ITV
- Ffizz Thames/ITV
- Chance in a Million Thames/ITV
[edit] Children's Television
- Bernard's Watch – Carlton/ITV
- Aquila – BBC
- Matt's Million – Carlton/ITV
- Woof! – Central/ITV based on the book by Allan Ahlberg.
[edit] References
- ^ "Andrew Norriss". Penguin Books. http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000047215,00.html. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ "Costa Book Awards". Costa Coffee. http://www.costabookawards.com/downloads/PastWinners.pdf. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ "Andrew Norriss". The Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635925/. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
[edit] External links
- Andrew Norriss' Homepage
- Information about Andrew Norriss's work
- Andrew Norriss's books on Amazon
- Brittas Discussion Page
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