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Chris d'Lacey


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Born in Malta, Chris d'LaceyBorn in Malta, Chris d'Lacey is a well known English author. He is known for his numerous contributions to children's fiction - in particular, his first novel Fly, Cherokee, Fly, was highly commended for the 1999 Carnegie Medal. However Chris is probably better known for his popular series The Last Dragon Chronicles, which follows the adventures of David Rain and his quests to save the tear of the last dragon, Gawain, and protect dragonkind. His favourite book of the series is The Fire Within, which he originally began as a surprise present for his wife Jay fifteen years before it was published!

He has lived most of his life in Leicester, England. Chris worked as a research technician at Leicester University for 28 years and in 2002 was awarded a doctorate by them for his services to children's fiction. He now writes full time.
 

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Children's Fiction
 
Series
Last Dragon Chronicles
   1. The Fire Within (2001)
   2. Icefire (2003)
   3. Fire Star (2005)
   4. The Fire Eternal (2007)
   5. Dark Fire (2009)
   Rain and Fire (2010) (with Jay d'Lacey)
   6. Fire World (2010)
   7. The Fire Ascending (2012)
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Dragons of Wayward Crescent
   1. Gruffen (2009)
   2. Gauge (2009)
   3. Glade (2009)
   4. Grabber (2010)
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Unicorne Files
   1. A Dark Inheritance (2014)
   2. Alexander's Army (2015)
   3. A Crown of Dragons (2016)
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Erth Dragons
   1. The Wearle (2015)
   2. Dark Wyng (2016)
   3. The New Age (2017)
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Novels
   Henry Spaloosh! (1998)
   Fly, Cherokee, Fly (1998)
   The Snail Patrol (1998)
   The Table Football League (1998)
   Riverside United (1999)
   Lofty (1999)
   From E to You (2000)
   Scupper Hargreaves, Football Genie (2000)
   Pawnee Warrior (2002)
   The Salt Pirates of Skegness (2002)
   Falling for Mandy (2003)
   The Prompter (2003)
   Horace (2004)
   Shrinking Ralph Perfect (2005)
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Collections
   On Me 'ead Santa! (1999)
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