About Susan Gates
Susan Gates was born in 1950, in Grimsby on the Lincolnshire coast. At 18 she went to Africa to teach in a school in Malawi, before returning to England to study English and American literature at Warwick University. She then spent ten years as a teacher, in comprehensive schools and on youth training schemes, before becoming a full-time writer.
Novels
The Burnhope Wheel (1989)
The Lock (1990)
Dragline (1991)
Deadline for Danny's Beach (1993)
African Dreams (1993)
Beware the Killer Coat (1994)
Beetle and the Biosphere (1994)
Raider (1995)
Whizz Bang and the Crocodile Room (1996)
Firebug (1996)
Waiting for Goldie (1996)
Pet Swapping Day (1996)
Danny's Secret Fox (1997)
Lie Detector (1997)
Don't Mess with Angels (1997)
Iron Heads (1997)
Criss Cross (1997)
Black Dan (1998)
Fisherwitch (1998)
The Return of the Killer Coat! (1998)
The Three Heads in the Well (1998)
Humanzee (1998)
Cry Wolf (1999)
The Hummingbird Secret (1999)
Revenge of the Toffee Monster (1999)
Batty the Hero (1999)
Killer Mushrooms Ate My Gran (2000)
White Stranger (2000)
Attack of the Tentacled Terror (2000)
Pagans (2000)
The Magician's Pigeon (2001)
Night of the Haunted Trousers (2001)
Ruffs and Ruffians (2001)
Invasion of the Vampire Spiders (2002)
Return of the Mad Mangler (2002)
Toffs and Toshers (2002)
Crocs and Curses (2002)
A Brief History of Slime! (2003)
The Last Sniffer (2003)
Snakepit School (2003)
Dr. Fell's Cabinet of Smells (2003)
When I Had Wings (2003)
Sugar Bag Baby (2003)
Dusk (2004)
The Spud from Outer Space (2004)
The Ice Thief (2005)
Snail Boy and the Toilet Bots (2005)
Firebird (2005)
Beyond the Billboard (2007)
Ghost Dogs (2009)
The Wolf Cupboard (2012)
The Lock (1990)
Dragline (1991)
Deadline for Danny's Beach (1993)
African Dreams (1993)
Beware the Killer Coat (1994)
Beetle and the Biosphere (1994)
Raider (1995)
Whizz Bang and the Crocodile Room (1996)
Firebug (1996)
Waiting for Goldie (1996)
Pet Swapping Day (1996)
Danny's Secret Fox (1997)
Lie Detector (1997)
Don't Mess with Angels (1997)
Iron Heads (1997)
Criss Cross (1997)
Black Dan (1998)
Fisherwitch (1998)
The Return of the Killer Coat! (1998)
The Three Heads in the Well (1998)
Humanzee (1998)
Cry Wolf (1999)
The Hummingbird Secret (1999)
Revenge of the Toffee Monster (1999)
Batty the Hero (1999)
Killer Mushrooms Ate My Gran (2000)
White Stranger (2000)
Attack of the Tentacled Terror (2000)
Pagans (2000)
The Magician's Pigeon (2001)
Night of the Haunted Trousers (2001)
Ruffs and Ruffians (2001)
Invasion of the Vampire Spiders (2002)
Return of the Mad Mangler (2002)
Toffs and Toshers (2002)
Crocs and Curses (2002)
A Brief History of Slime! (2003)
The Last Sniffer (2003)
Snakepit School (2003)
Dr. Fell's Cabinet of Smells (2003)
When I Had Wings (2003)
Sugar Bag Baby (2003)
Dusk (2004)
The Spud from Outer Space (2004)
The Ice Thief (2005)
Snail Boy and the Toilet Bots (2005)
Firebird (2005)
Beyond the Billboard (2007)
Ghost Dogs (2009)
The Wolf Cupboard (2012)
Omnibus
Sea Hags, Suckers and Cobra Sharks (1998)
More Cool School Stories (1999) (with Aidan Chambers and Marilyn Watts)
The Big Bad School Book (1999) (with Sylvia Green)
More Cool School Stories (1999) (with Aidan Chambers and Marilyn Watts)
The Big Bad School Book (1999) (with Sylvia Green)
Collections
Silent Night (2002) (with Joan Aiken, Terence Blacker, Helen Dunmore, Lesley Howarth, Tony Mitton, K M Peyton, Celia Rees, James Swallow and Patrick Wood)
Picture Books
Bill's Baggy Pants (2001)
Wolf Child (2004)
Run! Run! It's Scary Poo! (2004)
Bill's Scary Backpack (2011)
Wolf Child (2004)
Run! Run! It's Scary Poo! (2004)
Bill's Scary Backpack (2011)
Chapter Books
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