Robin Jarvis

Jarvis worked across writer and illustrator. This article rests on 68 published texts and 30 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

Jarvis was born in Liverpool, the youngest of four children, and grew up in Warrington, attending Penketh High School. His favorite 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 in southeast London.

• The Whitby Witches (Originally published 1991) (Re-published as an Egmont Modern Classic 2017,"...and the inspiration for The Power of Dark and its sequels.") • A Warlock in Whitby (1992) • The Whitby Child (1994)

• Thorn Ogres of Hagwood (1999) (Re-published December 2012) (eBook and print on demand) • Dark Waters of Hagwood (June 2013) (eBook and print on demand) • War in Hagwood (July 2016) (eBook and print on demand) Originally published by Puffin Books, Thorn Ogres of Hagwood has been published online by Open Road Integrated Media. The sequel Dark Waters of Hagwood was published in June 2013, and the series finale; War in Hagwood in July 2016. After the original publication of the first instalment, the long-awaited second and third books were finally published over ten years later. The series follows the heroic battle for survival of a peace-loving race of Werlings who have the power to Wergle or shape shift. Living an untroubled existence, they unwittingly become embroiled in an epic struggle against the mighty powers of dark faerie magic and the least likely champion must find the hero within. The first title in the series has been described as "Fun for Hobbit-addicts and Potter-philes of all ages."

• Dancing Jax (February 2011) • Freax and Rejex (February 2012) • Fighting Pax (July 2014) The Dancing Jax trilogy is a dark fantasy series for Young Adults, published in the United Kingdom by HarperCollins. Jarvis has said the series was inspired by a dream. "...it gave me everything I needed, the title of the book, the characters and their names and other key 'ingredients'". The series relates the hypnotic and destructive power held over its readers by a devilish book, originally written in the 1930s by an evil magician. The book acts as a gateway to Mooncaster, "a fairytale world, full of Jacks, Queens and Kings, unicorns and wolves", but further described as "No fairytale", and by the author himself as "Not for the faint-hearted". The book explores themes of Many-worlds interpretation, Popular culture, Dystopia and Fear conditioning. The first, second, and third volumes of the trilogy have been published in Germany by Script5.

• The Woven Path (1995) (Re-published July 2011) • The Raven's Knot (1996) (Re-published October 2011) • The Fatal Strand (1998) (Re-published February 2012)

• The Deptford Mice Trilogy • The Dark Portal (1989) (Re-published May 2012) (eBook edition) • The Crystal Prison (1989) (Re-published May 2012) (eBook edition) • The Final Reckoning (1990) (Re-published May 2012) (eBook edition) • The Deptford Histories • The Alchymist'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) The Deptford Mouselets are a series of stand-alone prequel novels for younger children, featuring characters from The Deptford Mice and The Deptford Histories series.

• Deathscent (2001)

Robin Jarvis was born on 8 May 1963. Jarvis held the nationality of United Kingdom. Jarvis was educated at Northumbria University and Penketh High School.

Jarvis wrote as well as composed, and is recorded as writer. 27 books and published texts survive in the institutional catalogues, spanning 1989 to 2016. Among them are The Crystal Prison (1989), The Dark Portal (1989), The Final Reckoning (1990), The Whitby Witches (1991), A Warlock in Whitby (1992) and The Oaken Throne (1993). The whole run is set out in the catalogue below.