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Philip Ridley


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Philip Ridley was born in the East End of London, where he still lives and works. He studied painting at St Martin's School of Art and went on to write adult novels, plays for radio and the screenplay for THE KRAYS. He received considerable acclaim for his first adult novel, IN THE EYES OF MR FURY, and his reputation as a writer for children is soaring. KRINDLEKRAX was the winner of the W H Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award and the children's choice for the Smarties Prize.
 

Genres: Children's Fiction
 
Novels
   Crocodilia (1988)
   In the Eyes of Mr Fury (1989)
   Dakota of the White Flats (1989)
   Mercedes Ice (1989)
   Krindlekrax (1991)
   Meteorite Spoon (1994)
   Kasper in the Glitter (1994)
   Scribbleboy (1997)
   ZinderZunder (1998)
   Vinegar Street (1999)
   Mighty Fizz Chilla (2002)
   Zip's Apollo (2005)
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Collections
   Flamingoes in Orbit (1990)
   Philip Ridley Plays Volume 1 (1997)
   The American Dreams (1997)
   Two Plays for Young People (1998)
   Out of This World (2000) (with others)
   Brokenville / The Pilgrimage (2001) (with Paul Goetzee)
   The Storyteller Sequence (2015)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Vespers (2023)
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