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Robert Swindells

ロバート・スウィンデルズ

Robāto Suwinderuzu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1939-03-20 （Bradford, Yorkshire）
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Bradford

Career

Occupations
children's author, young adult fiction author, primary school teacher, newspaper worker, Royal Air Force serviceman
Active Years
1973-2021
Nominations
1984 Carnegie Medal high commendation Brother in the Land, 2001 Hampshire Book Award shortlist Ruby Tanya

Awards

Carnegie Medal
1993
Work: Stone Cold
Organization: CILIP
Result: winner
Red House Children's Book Award
1985
Work: Brother in the Land
Result: winner
Red House Children's Book Award
1990
Work: Room 13
Result: winner
Red House Children's Book Award
1998
Work: Nightmare Stairs
Category: Short Novel
Result: winner
Angus Book Award
1998
Work: Unbeliever
Result: winner
Red House Children's Book Award
2003
Work: Blitzed
Category: Younger Readers
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Stone Cold

1993 Young adult fiction

A novel dealing with homelessness.

homelessnesssurvival

Brother in the Land

1984 Post-apocalyptic fiction

A novel set in a post-apocalyptic world.

nuclear warsurvival

Room 13

1989 Horror novel

Horror story set in a creepy hotel.

fearsupernatural

Bibliography

  • When Darkness Comes
  • A Candle in the Night
  • Voyage to Valhalla
  • Ice Palace
  • The Weather Clerk
  • Ghost Ship to Ganymede
  • World-Eater
  • Brother in the Land
  • The Thousand Eyes of Night
  • Staying Up
  • A Serpent's Tooth
  • Room 13
  • Follow a Shadow
  • Daz 4 Zoe
  • Stone Cold
  • Timesnatch
  • Inside The Worm
  • Unbeliever
  • Jacqueline Hyde
  • The Last Bus
  • Nightmare Stairs
  • Smash!
  • Hurricane Summer
  • Abomination
  • Dosh
  • Invisible!
  • The Orchard Book of Egyptian Gods and Pharaohs
  • Doodlebug Alley
  • A Wish for Wings
  • Wrecked
  • Blitzed
  • No Angels
  • Ruby Tanya
  • Roger's War
  • Branded
  • Snapshot
  • Snakebite
  • In the Nick of Time
  • Burnout
  • The Shade of Hettie Daynes
  • The Tunnel
  • A Skull in Shadows Lane
  • The Deep End
  • The Ghosts of Givenham Mansion

Legacy

Prominent English children's and YA author who won the Carnegie Medal and several other awards. Supporter of nuclear disarmament and Green Party candidate.

Quotes

  • ... came out of my own anger and frustration ... you can't kill selectively with nuclear weapons, you wipe out millions of people ...
    Source: Comment on Brother in the Land (1984)

Trivia

  • Left school at 15 to work for a newspaper.
  • Supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
  • Stood as Green Party candidate for Bradford City Council in 2010 by-election and 2011 local elections.