Chris Wooding
Chris Wooding (born 28 February 1977) is a British writer born in Leicester, 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 was silver runner-up for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, and Poison, which won the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year.
Chris Wooding
- Born
- 1977 · Leicester.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- writer · musician
- Fields
- speculative fiction
- Known for
- The Fade
- Languages
- English
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Chris Wooding (born 28 February 1977) is a British writer born in Leicester, 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 was silver runner-up for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, and Poison, which won the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year.
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Chris Wooding (born 1977 in Leicester) is a British writer, children's writer and musician. The writer worked in Greater London.
Works include The Fade. The work spans speculative fiction.
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Braided Path
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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, four-part series, Tales of the Ketty Jay, a steampunk sci-fi fantasy for adults.
• The Weavers of Saramyr (2003) • The Skein of Lament (2004) • The Ascendancy Veil (2005)
Malice
Malice
• Malice (2009) • Havoc (2010)
Tales of the Ketty Jay
Tales of the Ketty Jay
• Retribution Falls (2009) • The Black Lung Captain (2010) • The Iron Jackal (2011) • The Ace of Skulls (2013)
Standalone novels
Standalone novels
• Crashing (1998) • Catchman (1998) • Kerosene (1999) • Broken Sky series (1999–2001) • Endgame (2000) • The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray (2001) • Poison (2003) • Storm Thief (2006) • The Fade (2007) • Pandemonium (2012) • Silver (2013) • Velocity (2015)
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1977
Chris Wooding born at Leicester.
The Darkwater Legacy
• The Ember Blade (2019) • The Shadow Casket (2023)
Awards and nominations
• 2001: The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Silver Award (runner-up), category 9–11 years • 2004: Poison won the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year • 2004: Poison nominated for the Carnegie Medal • 2007: Storm Thief nominated for the Carnegie Medal • 2010: Retribution Falls shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award
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- 1.[http://www.booktrusted.co.uk/nestle/ ]
- 2.http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/services/children/cboty/default_new.asp
- 3.Carnegiegreenaway.org.uk. The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards - Press Desk.
- 4.Carnegiegreenaway.org.uk. The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards - Press Desk.
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