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Aidan Chambers
(b.1934)A constant reader, Aidan Chambers was for eleven years during the 1950s and 60s a teacher of English and drama in secondary schools, seven of them as a modern-style monk. In 1968 he became a freelance author of fiction and a writer about and speaker on reading and literature.
In recent years he has lectured in Sweden, Holland, Italy, Canada and Belgium, where in March 2009 he delivered a keynote speech at a European Union Conference on Cultural Education, Innovation, Creativity and Youth, organised by the Flemish Ministry of Education. He has an honorary PhD from the University of Umeå, Sweden, and a Doctorate of Letters from the University of Gloucestershire, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
He lives with his wife, Nancy, in a village in Gloucestershire.
In recent years he has lectured in Sweden, Holland, Italy, Canada and Belgium, where in March 2009 he delivered a keynote speech at a European Union Conference on Cultural Education, Innovation, Creativity and Youth, organised by the Flemish Ministry of Education. He has an honorary PhD from the University of Umeå, Sweden, and a Doctorate of Letters from the University of Gloucestershire, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
He lives with his wife, Nancy, in a village in Gloucestershire.
Awards: Printz (2003), Carnegie (2000) see all
Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Horror
Series
Dance Sequence
1. Breaktime (1978)
2. Dance on My Grave (1983)
3. Now I Know (1987)
4. The Toll Bridge (1992)
5. Postcards from No Man's Land (1999)
6. This Is All (2005)
1. Breaktime (1978)
2. Dance on My Grave (1983)
3. Now I Know (1987)
4. The Toll Bridge (1992)
5. Postcards from No Man's Land (1999)
6. This Is All (2005)
Novels
Cycle Smash (1967)
Marle (1968)
Fighters in the Sky (1976)
Men At War (1977)
Ghost Carnival (1977)
Snake River (1977)
Escapers (1978)
Animal Fair (1979)
Loving You Loving Me (1980)
Seal Secret (1980)
The Present Takers (1983)
A Quiver of Ghosts (1987)
This Place Is Haunted (1990)
Driving Down to Galilee (2008)
Dying to Know You (2012)
Blindside (2015)
Marle (1968)
Fighters in the Sky (1976)
Men At War (1977)
Ghost Carnival (1977)
Snake River (1977)
Escapers (1978)
Animal Fair (1979)
Loving You Loving Me (1980)
Seal Secret (1980)
The Present Takers (1983)
A Quiver of Ghosts (1987)
This Place Is Haunted (1990)
Driving Down to Galilee (2008)
Dying to Know You (2012)
Blindside (2015)
Collections
Anthologies edited
World Zero Minus (1971) (with Nancy Chambers)
I Want to Get Out (1971)
In Time to Come (1973)
Ghosts That Haunt You (1980)
Ghost After Ghost (1982)
Out of Time (1984)
Shades of Dark (1984)
A Sporting Chance (1985)
Love All (1988)
On the Edge (1990)
Favorite Ghost Stories (2002)
More Ghost Stories (2004)
Haunted Stories (2005)
I Want to Get Out (1971)
In Time to Come (1973)
Ghosts That Haunt You (1980)
Ghost After Ghost (1982)
Out of Time (1984)
Shades of Dark (1984)
A Sporting Chance (1985)
Love All (1988)
On the Edge (1990)
Favorite Ghost Stories (2002)
More Ghost Stories (2004)
Haunted Stories (2005)
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Books containing stories by Aidan Chambers
Awards
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