John Farndon facts for kids
John Farndon (born in 1960) is a writer from Britain. He writes books, plays, and music. He is most famous for writing and helping with science books for kids.
About John Farndon
John Farndon went to Jesus College, Cambridge University. There, he studied Earth sciences and English literature. He is also a Fellow at the Royal Literary Fund in Cambridge. This means he helps other writers.
The Royal Literary Fund says John Farndon is very curious. He writes about many different topics. These include chemistry and even China. He writes non-fiction books, which are books based on facts. He also writes plays, song lyrics, and music. He even translates books from other languages.
In 2014, a newspaper called the Daily Telegraph reviewed one of his books. The book was called Do You Still Think You’re Clever?. It was for students hoping to go to top universities. The book teaches them how to answer very hard questions.
John Farndon has been nominated for the junior Science Book prize many times. He was nominated a record four times! He also used to be the Chairman of the Eurasian Creative Guild.
Awards and Recognition
John Farndon has won awards and been nominated for his work.
Book Awards
He has been nominated for the Royal Society/Committee on Public Understanding of Science (CoPUS) Science Book prize for several books:
- How the Earth Works
- What Happens When
- Investigations: Electricity
- Big Book of the Brain
- Project Body (in 2016)
Play Awards
His play The Naked Guest was nominated for an award. It was for the Academia Rossica Russian translation prize. This award also included some of his translations of Pushkin poems.
