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Robert E. Swindells (born 20 March 1939) is an English author who writes books for children and young adults.

One of his most famous books is Stone Cold, published in 1993. This story is about homelessness. It won the important Carnegie Medal. This award celebrates the best children's book written by a British subject each year.

About Robert E. Swindells

Robert Swindells was born in Bradford, Yorkshire. After leaving school at 15, he worked for a newspaper. He also served in the Royal Air Force and had other jobs. Later, he trained to be a primary school teacher.

While he was training, he wrote his first book, When Darkness Comes. It was published in 1973. He continued to write books while teaching until 1980. From then on, he became a full-time writer. He was still writing when he turned 71 in 2010.

He won his first Red House Children's Book Award for Brother in the Land (1984). This novel is set in a world after a big disaster. Swindells said he wrote it because he felt angry and frustrated about nuclear weapons. He believed these weapons could harm millions of people. He won three more Red House awards for Room 13 (1989), Nightmare Stairs (1998), and Blitzed (2003).

Awards Robert Swindells Has Won

Robert Swindells has received several important awards for his books.

Books by Robert Swindells

  • When Darkness Comes (1973)
  • A Candle in the Night (1974)
  • Voyage to Valhalla (1976)
  • Ice Palace (1977)
  • The Weather Clerk (1979)
  • Ghost Ship to Ganymede (1980)
  • World-Eater (1983)
  • Brother in the Land (1984)
  • The Thousand Eyes of Night (1985)
  • Staying Up (1986)
  • A Serpent's Tooth (1988)
  • Room 13 (1989)
  • Follow a Shadow (1989)
  • Daz 4 Zoe (1990)
  • Stone Cold (1993)
  • Timesnatch (1994)
  • Inside The Worm (1994)
  • Unbeliever (1995)
  • Jacqueline Hyde (1996)
  • The Last Bus (1996)
  • Nightmare Stairs (1997)
  • Smash! (1997)
  • Hurricane Summer (1997)
  • Abomination (1998)
  • Dosh (1999)
  • Invisible! (1999)
  • The Orchard Book of Egyptian Gods and Pharaohs (2000)
  • Doodlebug Alley (2000)
  • A Wish for Wings (2001)
  • Wrecked (2001)
  • Blitzed (2002)
  • No Angels (2003)
  • Ruby Tanya (2004)
  • Roger's War (2004)
  • Branded (2005)
  • Snapshot (2005)
  • Snakebite (2006)
  • In the Nick of Time (2007)
  • Burnout (2007)
  • The Shade of Hettie Daynes (2008)
  • The Tunnel (2008)
  • Blitzed (2008)
  • A Skull in Shadows Lane (2012)
  • The Deep End (2013)
  • The Ghosts of Givenham Mansion (2021)

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