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Robert Swindells


(Robert Edward Swindells)
UK flag (b.1939)

Robert Swindells is a prestigious children's author. He has won a number of awards for his books, including twice the Children's Book Award as well as the Carnegie Medal for his novel Stone Cold, which has been adapted for television by the BBC. Robert lives in Yorkshire.
 

Awards: Carnegie (1994)

Genres: Children's Fiction
 
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Series
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   1. The Secret of the Weeping Woods (1993)

     aka The Secret of Weeping Wood

   2. We Didn't Mean To, Honest (1993)

     aka We Didn't Mean To!

   3. Kidnap at Denton Farm (1994)
   4. The Ghosts Of Givenham Keep (1995)

     aka The Ghosts of Givenham Mansion

   5. The Peril in the Mist (1997)
   6. The Strange Tale of Ragger Bill (1998)
   The Fight for Froglet Pond (2024)
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Novels
   When Darkness Comes (1973)
   A Candle in the Night (1974)
   Voyage to Valhalla (1977)
   The Ice Palace (1977)
   Ghost Ship to Ganymede (1980)
   World-Eater (1983)
   The Weather Clerk (1983)
   Brother in the Land (1984)
   The Ghost Messengers (1985)
   The Thousand Eyes of Night (1986)
   Staying Up (1986)
   A Candle in the Dark (1987)
   A Serpent's Tooth (1988)
   The Postbox Mystery (1988)
   Follow a Shadow (1989)
   Room 13 (1990)
   Dracula's Castle (1990)
   Daz 4 Zoe (1990)
   Hydra (1991)
   Rolf and Rosie (1992)
   You Can't Say I'm Crazy (1992)
   Go-ahead Gang (1992)
   Fallout (1992)
   Inside the Worm (1993)
   The Siege of Frimly Prim (1993)
   Stone Cold (1993)
   Timesnatch (1994)
   Unbeliever (1995)
   Jacqueline Hyde (1996)
   The Last Bus (1996)
   Hurricane Summer (1997)
   Nightmare Stairs (1997)
   Smash! (1997)
   Abomination (1998)
   Invisible! (1999)
   Dosh (1999)
   Doodlebug Alley (2000)
   A Wish for Wings (2001)
   Wrecked (2001)
   Blitzed (2002)
   No Angels (2003)
   Roger's War (2004)
   Ruby Tanya (2004)
   Branded (2005)
   Snapshot (2005)
   Snakebite (2006)
   In the Nick of Time (2007)
   The Shade of Hettie Daynes (2008)
   Knife-Edge (2008)
   Shrapnel (2009)
   The First Hunter (2009)
   Dan's War (2010)
   Blackout (2011)
   A Skull in Shadows Lane (2012)
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Collections
   The Moonpath (1979)
   Wheaton Book of Science Fiction Stories (1981)
   Best of Friends (1997) (with others)
   The Orchard Book of Vikings (1999)
   Egyptian Gods and Pharaohs (2001)
   We're Having a Party! (2013) (with others)
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Books containing stories by Robert Swindells
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Simply the Best (1996)
edited by
Anthony Lewis

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Awards
1994 Carnegie Medal : Stone Cold


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