John Sleigh Pudney was a British journalist and writer. He was known for short stories, poetry, non-fiction and children's fiction. He was born in at Langley Marish and educated at Gresham's School, Holt, where he was a friend of W. H. Auden, leaving school at the age of sixteen in 1925. He later lived in Buckinghamshire.
Series
Adventure
Saturday Adventure (1950)
Sunday Adventure (1951)
Monday Adventure (1952)
Tuesday Adventure (1953)
Wednesday Adventure (1954)
Friday Adventure (1961)
Spring Adventure (1961)
Summer Adventure (1962)
Autumn Adventure (1964)
Winter Adventure (1965)
Thursday Adventure (1975)
Saturday Adventure (1950)
Sunday Adventure (1951)
Monday Adventure (1952)
Tuesday Adventure (1953)
Wednesday Adventure (1954)
Friday Adventure (1961)
Spring Adventure (1961)
Summer Adventure (1962)
Autumn Adventure (1964)
Winter Adventure (1965)
Thursday Adventure (1975)
Hartwarp
Hartwarp Light Railway (1962)
The Hartwarp Dump (1962)
The Hartwarp Balloon (1963)
The Hartwarp Circus (1963)
The Hartwarp Bakehouse (1964)
The Hartwarp Explosion (1965)
The Hartwarp Jets (1967)
Hartwarp Light Railway (1962)
The Hartwarp Dump (1962)
The Hartwarp Balloon (1963)
The Hartwarp Circus (1963)
The Hartwarp Bakehouse (1964)
The Hartwarp Explosion (1965)
The Hartwarp Jets (1967)
Novels
The Green Grass Grew All Round (1942)
World Still There (1945)
Estuary (1947)
The Accomplice (1950)
Hero of a Summer's Day (1951)
The Net (1952)
A Ring for Luck (1953)
Sixpenny Songs (1953)
The Grandfather Clock (1957)
Trespass in the Sun (1957)
The Trampoline (1959)
Thin Air (1961)
Tunnel to the Sky (1965)
Long Time Growing Up (1971)
World Still There (1945)
Estuary (1947)
The Accomplice (1950)
Hero of a Summer's Day (1951)
The Net (1952)
A Ring for Luck (1953)
Sixpenny Songs (1953)
The Grandfather Clock (1957)
Trespass in the Sun (1957)
The Trampoline (1959)
Thin Air (1961)
Tunnel to the Sky (1965)
Long Time Growing Up (1971)
Collections
Spring Encounter (poems) (1933)
And Lastly the Fireworks (1935)
Open the Sky (poems) (1935)
Uncle Arthur (1939)
Dispersal Point (poems) (1942)
Beyond This Disregard (poems) (1943)
South of Forty (poems) (1943)
Almanack of Hope (poems) (1944)
Flight Above Cloud (poems) (1944)
Ten Summers (poems) (1944)
Edna's Fruit Hat (1946)
It Breathed Down My Neck (1946)
Selected Poems (poems) (1946)
Low Life (poems) (1947)
Selected Poems Taken from Ten Summers (poems) (1947)
Commemorations (poems) (1948)
Collected Poems (poems) (1957)
Spill Out (poems) (1967)
Spandrels (poems) (1969)
Take This Orange (poems) (1971)
Selected Poems, 1967-73 (poems) (1973)
For Johnny (poems) (1976)
Living in a One-sided House (poems) (1976)
And Lastly the Fireworks (1935)
Open the Sky (poems) (1935)
Uncle Arthur (1939)
Dispersal Point (poems) (1942)
Beyond This Disregard (poems) (1943)
South of Forty (poems) (1943)
Almanack of Hope (poems) (1944)
Flight Above Cloud (poems) (1944)
Ten Summers (poems) (1944)
Edna's Fruit Hat (1946)
It Breathed Down My Neck (1946)
Selected Poems (poems) (1946)
Low Life (poems) (1947)
Selected Poems Taken from Ten Summers (poems) (1947)
Commemorations (poems) (1948)
Collected Poems (poems) (1957)
Spill Out (poems) (1967)
Spandrels (poems) (1969)
Take This Orange (poems) (1971)
Selected Poems, 1967-73 (poems) (1973)
For Johnny (poems) (1976)
Living in a One-sided House (poems) (1976)
Anthologies edited
The Pick of Today's Short Stories (1949)
The Pick of Today's Short Stories 2 (1950)
The Pick of Today's Short Stories 3 (1952)
Pick of Today's Short Stories 4 (1953)
Popular Poetry (1953)
Pick of Today's Short Stories 5 (1954)
Pick Of Today's Short Stories 9 (1958)
The Pick of Today's Short Stories 2 (1950)
The Pick of Today's Short Stories 3 (1952)
Pick of Today's Short Stories 4 (1953)
Popular Poetry (1953)
Pick of Today's Short Stories 5 (1954)
Pick Of Today's Short Stories 9 (1958)
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by John Pudney
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