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Robin Jarvis (born May 8, 1963) is a British children's novelist, who writes fantasy novels, often about anthropomorphic rodents and small mammals – especially mice – and Tudor times.[1] A lot of his works are based in London, in and around Deptford and Greenwich where he used to live, or in Whitby.
His first novel – The Dark Portal, featuring the popular Deptford Mice – was the runner up for the Smarties book prize in 1989.[2]
Jarvis new book, "Dancing Jax", was published by Harper Collins in February 2011.
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[edit] Biography
Jarvis was born in Liverpool, the youngest of four children, and grew up in Warrington, attending Penketh High School. His favourite subjects at school were Art and English and he went on to study Graphic Design at Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University). After college, he moved to London and worked in the television and advertising industries as a model-maker. He lives in Greenwich, South London.[3]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Dancing Jax
- Dancing Jax (February 2011)
- Freax and Rejex (February 2012)
[edit] Tales from the Wyrd Museum
- The Woven Path (1995) (To be re-published July 2011)
- The Raven's Knot (1999) (To be re-published October 2011)
- The Fatal Strand (1999) (To be re-published Spring 2012)
[edit] The Deptford Mice
- The Deptford Mice Trilogy
- The Dark Portal (1989)
- The Crystal Prison (1989)
- The Final Reckoning (1990)
- The Deptford Histories
- The Alchemist's Cat (1991)
- The Oaken Throne (1993)
- Thomas (1995)
The Deptford Mice Almanack (1997)
- The Deptford Mouselets
- Fleabee's Fortune (2004)
- Whortle's Hope (2007)
- Ogmund's Gift (Forthcoming)
[edit] Other works
- The Whitby Witches Trilogy
- The Whitby Witches (1991)
- A Warlock in Whitby (1992)
- The Whitby Child (1994)
- The Hagwood Trilogy
- Thorn Ogres of Hagwood (1999)
- Dark Waters of Hagwood (forthcoming)
- War in Hagwood (forthcoming)
The original publishers of "Thorn Ogres of Hagwood", Puffin Books, have now released the rights to the complete trilogy. [4] Other sources claim that both "Dark Waters of Hagwood" and "War in Hagwood" have already been written and the entire series will be re-launched by another publisher.
- Intrigues of the Reflected Realm
- Deathscent (2001)
[edit] References
- ^ "Robin Jarvis Homepage". Robinjarvis.com. http://robinjarvis.com/homepage.html. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
- ^ Text on the front cover of the 2000 Hodder Silver edition of The Dark Portal.
- ^ "Author Information: Robin Jarvis". Iblist.com. http://www.iblist.com/author11095.htm. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
- ^ http://everythingisnice.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/dark-waters-of-hagwood/
