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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781913101466
Publisert
2021-03-04
Utgiver
Vendor
Guppy Publishing Ltd
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Dybde
27 mm
Aldersnivå
J, U, P, 02, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
384

Forfatter
Illustratør

Biographical note

Julian Sedgwick is the author of six books for children, and co-author of the graphic novel Dark Satanic Mills and illustrated novel Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black.

On the way to realising his childhood ambition to write, Julian read Chinese Studies and Philosophy at Cambridge, before working as a bookseller, painter, researcher and script developer for film and TV, and shiatsu therapist.

For the last three years Julian has been patron of reading for Leighton Park School and has now visited over 150 schools both in the UK and abroad. Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black has just been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2020.

Julian lives near Ely, Cambridgeshire is married and has two grown-up sons. He still combines writing with his work as a therapist. In his spare time he draws as much as possible, juggles torches and knives, tries his best to learn Japanese - and waits for the weather to get cold enough to go fen skating.