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Appearing
Middlesbrough (17th), Hartlepool (18th), Newcastle Lit and Phil (19th), Durham (20th)

Author Website
www.alangibbons.com/

Publisher
Orion Children's Books

Alan Gibbons has been writing children’s books for 18 years. He is the winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2000 ‘The book I couldn’t put down’ for his best-selling book Shadow of the Minotaur. He was a judge of the 2001 Awards.

He has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 2001 and 2003 and
has won the Leicester Book of the Year Award, the Angus Book Award, the Catalyst Book Award, the Salford Librarians Special Award and the Stockport Book Award.. His books have been published in Japanese, German, Italian, French, Thai, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Swedish and other languages.

Alan taught for eighteen years, working with KS1, KS2 and KS3. He has made numerous visits to schools and libraries, colleges and education conferences. He is a popular speaker at the Edinburgh Festival, the London Book Fair, the Northern Children’s Book Festival, the Hay-on-Wye Festival, the Cheltenham Festival and many others.

Alan has also appeared on the BBC Education programme Writer’s Block, the Blue Peter Book Awards, Radio 4’s Front Row, The Jeremy Vine Show, Simon Mayo’s programme, The World Tonight, BBC 24, Channel Four News and The Message programme. He is a regular contributor to TES, Junior Education, Carousel, Books for Keeps and other journals. Alan writes an occasional column for the Liverpool Echo. One of his stories was serialised in English Street, a supplement of the Hong Kong Economic Times.

Alan is a full time writer and independent educational consultant. He has featured in the Book Trust’s Writing Together Initiative. In addition to visiting 150 schools a year across the UK, Alan has spoken in the Channel Islands, Spain, France, Cyprus, Switzerland, China, Norway, Ireland North and South and Holland. Visits to Spain (a second time) and Singapore are in the process of negotiation.

Recommended Reads

	Demon Assassin: Hell's Underground 2 Orion Children's 978-1842551806 In Book Two of the Hell's Underground series, Paul Rector begins his quest through time to root out evil from London's dark heart. He finds himself plunged into the middle of great events that will decide the future of civilisation for generations to come. It is the London Blitz. Hitler's air force, the Luftwaffe, is pounding a great city. Somewhere an assassin is on the loose. His task? To kill the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill and bring the United Kingdom to its knees. King Lud, Lord of Demons, sees his chance. Can he change history and break free of his chains? If he does, the future of the world will take a dramatic turn.
	Scared to Death: Hell's Underground Orion Childrens 978-1842551776 Paul Rector is about to go on a journey. He has just met somebody at Whitechapel Underground station. But if he thinks it’s just going to be a fun night out, he’s fooling himself. He’s in for one Hell of a time- literally! Things are about to become very hot for Paul.
	The Edge Orion Children's 978-1842550946 Danny and his mother go on the run to escape domestic violence but when they arrive on the Edgecliffe estate it is out of the frying pan and into the fire. What's more, the vicious Chris Kane is on their trail.