About Jan Mark
Jan Mark was a British author, best known as a writer for children. She was christened Janet Marjorie Brisland in Welwyn Garden City in 1943 and was raised and educated in Kent. She was a secondary school teacher between 1965 and 1971, and became a full-time writer in 1974. She wrote over fifty novels and plays and many anthologized short stories. She was divorced, and is survived by her daughter Isobel. Her son Alex took his own life 8 months after her death. She won the Carnegie Medal for "Thunder and Lightnings" (1976) and for "Handles" (1983).
Novels
Thunder and Lightnings (1976)
Under the Autumn Garden (1977)
The Ennead (1978)
Divide and Rule (1979)
The Short Voyage of the 'Albert Ross' (1980)
Hairs in the Palm of the Hand (1981)
The Dead Letter Box (1982)
Aquarius (1982)
Handles (1983)
Trouble Halfway (1985)
Frankie's Hat (1986)
Dream House (1987)
At the Sign of the 'Dog and Rocket' (1987)
Zeno Was Here (1987)
Captain Courage and the Rose Street Gang (1987)
The Twig Thing (1988)
Man in Motion (1989)
A Can of Worms (1990)
Finders, Losers (1990)
Time and the Hour (1990)
In Black and White (1991)
The Hillingdon Fox (1991)
The Mermaid of Banff (1992)
Great Frog and Mighty Moose (1992)
The Snow Maze (1992)
All the Kings and Queens (1993)
Silly Tails (1993)
They Do Things Differently There (1994)
Taking the Cat's Way Home (1994)
Harriet's Turn (1994)
Under the Red Elephant: Colour Jets (1995)
A Fine Summer Knight (1996)
The Coconut Quins (1997)
The Sighting (1997)
God's Story (1997)
My Frog and I (1997)
The Eclipse of the Century (1999)
Lady Long-legs (1999)
Mr. Dickens Hits Town (1999)
The Lady with Iron Bones (2000)
Heathrow Nights (2000)
Eyes Wide Open (2003)
Something in the Air (2003)
Stratford Boys (2003)
Useful Idiots (2004)
Riding Tycho (2005)
The Electric Telepath (2005)
Robin Hood All at Sea (2005)
Turbulence (2005)
Voyager (2006)
King John and the Abbot (2006)
Road Closed (2006)
Formula One (2010)
Under the Autumn Garden (1977)
The Ennead (1978)
Divide and Rule (1979)
The Short Voyage of the 'Albert Ross' (1980)
Hairs in the Palm of the Hand (1981)
The Dead Letter Box (1982)
Aquarius (1982)
Handles (1983)
Trouble Halfway (1985)
Frankie's Hat (1986)
Dream House (1987)
At the Sign of the 'Dog and Rocket' (1987)
Zeno Was Here (1987)
Captain Courage and the Rose Street Gang (1987)
The Twig Thing (1988)
Man in Motion (1989)
A Can of Worms (1990)
Finders, Losers (1990)
Time and the Hour (1990)
In Black and White (1991)
The Hillingdon Fox (1991)
The Mermaid of Banff (1992)
Great Frog and Mighty Moose (1992)
The Snow Maze (1992)
All the Kings and Queens (1993)
Silly Tails (1993)
They Do Things Differently There (1994)
Taking the Cat's Way Home (1994)
Harriet's Turn (1994)
Under the Red Elephant: Colour Jets (1995)
A Fine Summer Knight (1996)
The Coconut Quins (1997)
The Sighting (1997)
God's Story (1997)
My Frog and I (1997)
The Eclipse of the Century (1999)
Lady Long-legs (1999)
Mr. Dickens Hits Town (1999)
The Lady with Iron Bones (2000)
Heathrow Nights (2000)
Eyes Wide Open (2003)
Something in the Air (2003)
Stratford Boys (2003)
Useful Idiots (2004)
Riding Tycho (2005)
The Electric Telepath (2005)
Robin Hood All at Sea (2005)
Turbulence (2005)
Voyager (2006)
King John and the Abbot (2006)
Road Closed (2006)
Formula One (2010)
Collections
Nothing to Be Afraid of (1980)
Feet and Other Stories (1983)
Two stories (1984)
Enough Is Too Much Already and Other Stories (1988)
Do You Read Me? (1994)
Too Old to Rock and Roll (1994)
Simply the Best (1996) (with Joan Aiken, Jonathan Allen, Sheila Lavelle, Michael Morpurgo, Robert Swindells, Colin Thompson and Jacqueline Wilson)
Best of Friends (1997) (with Theresa Breslin, Adèle Geras, Elizabeth Laird, Alison Prince, Ian Strachan, Robert Swindells and Robert Westall)
A Jetblack Sunrise (poems) (2004)
Feet and Other Stories (1983)
Two stories (1984)
Enough Is Too Much Already and Other Stories (1988)
Do You Read Me? (1994)
Too Old to Rock and Roll (1994)
Simply the Best (1996) (with Joan Aiken, Jonathan Allen, Sheila Lavelle, Michael Morpurgo, Robert Swindells, Colin Thompson and Jacqueline Wilson)
Best of Friends (1997) (with Theresa Breslin, Adèle Geras, Elizabeth Laird, Alison Prince, Ian Strachan, Robert Swindells and Robert Westall)
A Jetblack Sunrise (poems) (2004)
Picture Books
Long Distance Poet (1982)
Bold As Brass (1984)
Fur (1986)
Out of the Oven (1986)
Fun (1987)
Strat and Chatto (1989)
This Bowl of Earth (1993)
Carrot Tops and Cotton Tails (1993)
Fun With Mrs. Thumb (1993)
Haddock (1994)
A Worm's Eye View (1994)
The Tale of Tobias (1995)
William's Version (1996)
Worry Guts (1998)
The Midas Touch (1999)
Sort It Out! (2000)
King Herla's Ride (2001)
Rats (2001)
Shipwrecks (2001)
Aeroplanes (2003)
Bold As Brass (1984)
Fur (1986)
Out of the Oven (1986)
Fun (1987)
Strat and Chatto (1989)
This Bowl of Earth (1993)
Carrot Tops and Cotton Tails (1993)
Fun With Mrs. Thumb (1993)
Haddock (1994)
A Worm's Eye View (1994)
The Tale of Tobias (1995)
William's Version (1996)
Worry Guts (1998)
The Midas Touch (1999)
Sort It Out! (2000)
King Herla's Ride (2001)
Rats (2001)
Shipwrecks (2001)
Aeroplanes (2003)
Series contributed to
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by Jan Mark
Short stories
| Nule (1977) | |||
| Kieselguhr's Syndrome (1999) |
Awards
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