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John Flanagan
BornJohn Anthony Flanagan
(1944-05-22) 22 May 1944 (age 80)
Sydney, Australia
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
GenreFantasy, Adventure
Notable worksRanger's Apprentice Brotherband
SpouseLeonie Flanagan[1]
Children3[2]

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.

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 USA. Only three of these books are published in Spanish: The Ruins of Gorlan (Las ruinas de Gorlan), The Burning Bridge (El puente en llamas), and The Icebound Land (La tierra del hielo).

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]

Bibliography

Ranger's Apprentice Series

  1. The Ruins of Gorlan (2005)
  2. The Burning Bridge (2005)
  3. The Icebound Land (2005)
  4. Oakleaf Bearers (2006) (The Battle for Skandia in the U.S.)
  5. The Sorcerer in the North (2006) (The Sorcerer of the North in the U.S.)
  6. The Siege of Macindaw (2007)
  7. Erak's Ransom (2007)
  8. The Kings of Clonmel (2008)
  9. Halt's Peril (2009)
  10. The Emperor of Nihon-Ja (2010)
  11. The Lost Stories (2011)

Brotherband Chronicles

  1. The Outcasts (2011)
  2. The Invaders (2012)
  3. The Hunters (2012)

Jesse Parker

  1. Storm Peak (2009)
  2. Avalanche Pass (2010)

References

  1. ^ Random House Australia – John Flanagan, retrieved 29 December 2009
  2. ^ "John Flanagan at IMDb". Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e John Flanagan interview – Penguin Group (USA), retrieved 29 December 2009) {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ Charles, Ron (23 July 2006). "We Interview: John Flanagan". Washington Post. p. BW9.
  5. ^ Random House UK – John Flanagan, retrieved 31 December 2009
  6. ^ "Brooks wins Book of the Year award", The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 June 2008


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