Russell Hoban is the author of many famous novels, including Turtle Diary and Riddley Walker, which won the John W. Campbell Award for science fiction. He also wrote over 50 children’s books, including such classics as The Mouse and His Child, The Sea-Thing Child, The Twenty Elephant Restaurant, Jim's Lion, Soonchild and, most recently, Rosie’s Magic Horse. Born in Pennsylvania in 1925, he moved in 1969 to London, where he lived until his death in 2011.
Awards: Campbell (1982) see all
Series
Hungry Three
They Came from Aargh! (1981)
The Battle of Zormla (1982)
The Flight of Bembel Rudzuk (1982)
They Came from Aargh! (1981)
The Battle of Zormla (1982)
The Flight of Bembel Rudzuk (1982)
Novels
The Mouse and His Child (1967)
The Pedalling Man (1970)
Lion of the Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz (1973)
Kleinzeit (1974)
Turtle Diary (1975)
A Birthday for Frances (1977)
Riddley Walker (1980)
Arthur's Funny Money (1981) (with Lillian Hoban)
Pilgermann (1983)
The Medusa Frequency (1987)
The Moment Under the Moment (1992)
Fremder (1996)
The Trokeville Way (1996)
Mr Rinyo-Clacton's Offer (1998)
Posterille Way (1998)
Angelica's Grotto (1999)
Silly Sam (2000)
Amaryllis Night and Day (2001)
The Bat Tattoo (2002)
Her Name Was Lola (2003)
Come Dance with Me (2005)
Linger Awhile (2006)
My Tango With Barbara Strozzi (2007)
Angelica Lost and Found (2010)
Soonchild (2012)
The Pedalling Man (1970)
Lion of the Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz (1973)
Kleinzeit (1974)
Turtle Diary (1975)
A Birthday for Frances (1977)
Riddley Walker (1980)
Arthur's Funny Money (1981) (with Lillian Hoban)
Pilgermann (1983)
The Medusa Frequency (1987)
The Moment Under the Moment (1992)
Fremder (1996)
The Trokeville Way (1996)
Mr Rinyo-Clacton's Offer (1998)
Posterille Way (1998)
Angelica's Grotto (1999)
Silly Sam (2000)
Amaryllis Night and Day (2001)
The Bat Tattoo (2002)
Her Name Was Lola (2003)
Come Dance with Me (2005)
Linger Awhile (2006)
My Tango With Barbara Strozzi (2007)
Angelica Lost and Found (2010)
Soonchild (2012)
Collections
Egg Thoughts, and Other Frances Songs (1972)
The Last of the Wallendas (poems) (1997)
Frances 50th Anniversary Collection (2010)
Road Stories (2012) (with others)
The Last of the Wallendas (poems) (1997)
Frances 50th Anniversary Collection (2010)
Road Stories (2012) (with others)
Picture Books show
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by Russell Hoban
The Vintage Book of Amnesia (2000)
An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss
edited by
Jonathan Lethem
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