Chris Wooding (born 28 February 1977) is a British writer born in

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, and now living in London. His first book, ''Crashing'', which he wrote at the age of nineteen, was published in 1998 when he was twenty-one. Since then he has written many more, including ''

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'', which was silver runner-up for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, and ''Poison'', which won the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year. He is also the author of three different, completed series; ''

Broken Sky ''Broken Sky'' is a novel series that draws on anime influence, and was written by Chris Wooding between the years 1999 and 2001. Originally planned to be released as a series of twenty-seven books (three nine-part acts) of 80 to 100 pages each, ...

'', an anime-influenced fantasy serial for children, '' Braided Path'', a fantasy trilogy for adults, and ''

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'', a young adult fantasy that mixes graphic novel with the traditional novel; as well as another, four-part series, ''Tales of the Ketty Jay'', a

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sci-fi fantasy for adults.

Works

'' Braided Path''

# ''The Weavers of Saramyr'' (2003) # ''The Skein of Lament'' (2004) # ''The Ascendancy Veil'' (2005)

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# ''Malice'' (2009) # ''Havoc'' (2010)

''Tales of the Ketty Jay''

# ''Retribution Falls'' (2009) # ''The Black Lung Captain'' (2010) # ''The Iron Jackal'' (2011) # ''The Ace of Skulls'' (2013)

'' The Darkwater Legacy''

# ''The Ember Blade'' (2019) # ''The Shadow Casket'' (2023)

Standalone novels

* ''Crashing'' (1998) * ''Catchman'' (1998) * ''Kerosene'' (1999) * ''

'' series (1999–2001) * ''

'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2003) * ''

Storm Thief ''Storm Thief'' is a 2006 dystopian science-fiction novel written by Chris Wooding and published by Scholastic Books. It also has elements of the Gothic, tech-punk, and alternate history genres. It is set on a futuristic island-city known as O ...

'' (2006) * ''The Fade'' (2007) * ''Pandemonium'' (2012) * ''Silver'' (2013) * ''Velocity'' (2015)

Awards and nominations

* 2001: ''

'' won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Silver Award (runner-up), category 9–11 years * 2004: ''

'' won the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year * 2004: ''

'' nominated for the Carnegie Medal * 2007: ''

'' nominated for the Carnegie Medal * 2010: ''Retribution Falls'' shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award

References

External links

*
Interview at Transition Tradition Magazine
* * 1977 births British children's writers British fantasy writers Steampunk writers Living people English male novelists {{UK-child-writer-stub