David Fickling is an
English children's book editor and publisher based in Oxford. Fickling runs David Fickling Books, which became an independent publishing house in July 2013. He has published books by authors including
Philip Pullman,
Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon (born 28 October 1962) is an English novelist, best known for ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' (2003). He won the Whitbread Award, the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth Wr ...
,
John Boyne
John Boyne (born 30 April 1971) is an Irish novelist. He is the author of eleven novels for adults and six novels for younger readers. His novels are published in over 50 languages. His 2006 novel ''The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'' was adapte ...
and
Linda Newbery.
He began his career at the
Oxford University Press, and later worked at
Transworld and
Scholastic, before setting up
David Fickling Books
David Fickling Books Ltd (DFB) became an independent publishing house in July 2013 following 12 years with Scholastic and then Random House. They have published several prize-winning and bestselling books including ''Lyra's Oxford'' (from the ...
in 2000, first as an imprint with Scholastic then under
Random House.
It has since become an independent publishing house, working in partnership with larger publishers.
In 2004, David won the British Book Awards Editor of the Year.
Fickling also runs David Fickling Comics, which publishes The Phoenix comic, a story comic for children containing no advertising and all original artwork, a reincarnation of The DFC which ceased publishing on 27 March 2009.
References
External links
Company websiteThe Phoenix Comic
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
English publishers (people)
David Fickling Comics
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