Chris Wooding

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Chris Wooding (born 28 February 1977) is a British writer born in Leicester, England and now living in London. His first book, Crashing, which he wrote at the age of nineteen, was published in 1998 when he was twenty-one. Since then he has written many more, including The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray, which won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Silver Award, and Poison, which won the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year. He is also the author of two different series: Broken Sky, an anime-influenced fantasy serial for children, and Braided Path, a fantasy trilogy for adults.

Contents 1 Works 2 Awards and nominations 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Works

• Crashing (1998)
• Catchman (1998)
• Kerosene (1999)
• Endgame (2000)
• Broken Sky series (1999-2001)
• The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray (2001)
• Poison (2003)
• Braided Path series:
  • 1. 1 The Weavers of Saramyr (2003)
    2. 2 The Skein of Lament (2004)
    3. 3 The Ascendancy Veil (2005)
• Storm Thief (2006)
• The Fade (2007)
• Malice (2009)
• Retribution Falls: A Tale of The Ketty Jay (June 2009)

[edit] Awards and nominations

• 2001, The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Silver Award^[1]
• 2004, Poison won the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year^[2]
• 2004, Poison nominated for the Carnegie Medal^[3]
• 2007, Storm Thief nominated for the Carnegie Medal^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Interview with Chris Wooding at Transition Tradition Magazine
• Chris Wooding at Fantastic Fiction