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Revision as of 20:56, 29 October 2011
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 three different, completed series; Broken Sky, an anime-influenced fantasy serial for children, Braided Path, a fantasy trilogy for adults, and Malice, a young adult fantasy that mixes graphic novel with the traditional novel; as well as another, ongoing series, Tales of the Ketty Jay, a steampunk sci-fi fantasy for adults.
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:
- The Weavers of Saramyr (2003)
- The Skein of Lament (2004)
- The Ascendancy Veil (2005)
- Storm Thief (2006)
- The Fade (2007)
- Malice duology:
- Malice (2009)
- Havoc (2010)
- Tales of the Ketty Jay:
- Retribution Falls (2009)
- The Black Lung Captain (2010)
- The Iron Jackal (2011)
A film adaptation of Malice is reported to be underway. [1]
Awards and nominations
- 2001, The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Silver Award[2]
- 2004, Poison won the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year[3]
- 2004, Poison nominated for the Carnegie Medal[4]
- 2007, Storm Thief nominated for the Carnegie Medal[5]
- 2010, Retribution Falls shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award
References
External links
- Official Site
- Interview with Chris Wooding at Transition Tradition Magazine
- Chris Wooding at Fantastic Fiction
- Audio Interview with Chris Wooding at Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib