John Flanagan (author)
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| Born | John Anthony Flanagan 22 May 1944 Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Genres | Fantasy, Adventure |
| Notable work(s) | Ranger's Apprentice The Brotherband Series |
| Spouse(s) | Leonie Flanagan[1] |
| Children | 3[2] |
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John Flanagan (born 22 May 1944) is an Australian fantasy author. He lives in Sydney with his wife. His best known work is the Ranger's Apprentice novel series, which is about a boy named Will who is taken as an apprentice Ranger to the grim and mysterious Halt. They meet up with many new people, friends and foes, along their path. Together they set out on mysterious, mind boggling adventures of a lifetime.
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[edit] Biography
Prior to becoming a novelist, John Flanagan did advertising and television commercials.[4] He co-created the television series Hey Dad! He started working on what would become Ranger's Apprentice in the 1990s, as short stories for his son Michael, who at the time was a small child of twelve. Flanagan wanted to encourage his son to read, as well as show him that heroes, like the main character Will, don't have to be big and strong. In the early 2000s, he decided to make the stories into the first novel The Ruins of Gorlan.[5] There are currently eleven books published, and all of them have been released in the United States of America.
In 2008, he won the Australian Publishers Association's Book of the Year for Older Children and the International Success Award for Erak's Ransom.[6]
Flanagan's next novel is The Outcasts of the Brotherband series, set in Skandia of the [Ranger's Apprentice] world.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Ranger's Apprentice series
- The Ruins of Gorlan (2004)
- The Burning Bridge (2005)
- The Icebound Land (2005)
- Oakleaf Bearers (2006) (The Battle for Skandia in the U.S.)
- The Sorcerer in the North (2006) (The Sorcerer of the North in the U.S.)
- The Siege of Macindaw (2007)
- Erak's Ransom (2007)
- The Kings of Clonmel (2008)
- Halt's Peril (2009)
- The Emperor of Nihon-Ja (2010)
- The Lost Stories (2011)
[edit] Brotherband series
- The Outcasts (2011)
[edit] Other
- Storm Peak (2009)
- Avalanche Pass (2010)
[edit] References
- ^ Random House Australia – John Flanagan, http://www.randomhouse.com.au/Authors/Default.aspx?Page=Author&ID=Flanagan%2c+John, retrieved 2009-12-29
- ^ "John Flanagan at IMDb". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1480455/bio. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d e John Flanagan interview – Penguin Group (USA), http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000067110,00.html?sym=QUE, retrieved 2009-12-29)
- ^ Charles, Ron (2006-07-23). "We Interview: John Flanagan". Washington Post: p. BW9. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/20/AR2006072001381.html.
- ^ Random House UK – John Flanagan, http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/catalog/author.htm?authorID=49506, retrieved 31 December 2009
- ^ "Brooks wins Book of the Year award", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2008-06-15
[edit] External links
- John Flanagan at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Ranger's Apprentice website
- John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice website.
- John Flanagan at House of Legends
- John Flanagan at Random House Australia
- John Flanagan at Fantastic Fiction
- John Flanagan at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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