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Robert Westall


UK flag (1929 - 1993)

Robert Westall was born October 1929, in Tynemouth, England. His first book, The Machine Gunners, was published in 1975, for which he won the Carnegie Medal. Amongst many more prizes and accolades, he won the Carnegie for the second time in 1980, with The Scarecrows. He died in 1993.
 

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Horror
 
Novels
   The Machine-Gunners (1975)
   The Wind Eye (1976)
   The Watch House (1977)
   Fathom Five (1979)
   The Scarecrows (1981)
   Futuretrack 5 (1983)
   The Cats of Seroster (1984)
   Urn Burial (1987)
   The Creature in the Dark (1988)
   The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral (1989)
   Blitzcat (1989)
   The Promise (1990)
   The Kingdom by the Sea (1990)
   Stormsearch (1990)
   If Cats Could Fly (1990)
   Yaxley's Cat (1991)
   The Christmas Cat (1991)
   Gulf (1992)
   The Christmas Ghost (1992)
   Size Twelve (1993)
   The Wheatstone Pond (1993)
   Falling into Glory (1993)
   A Place For Me (1993)
   A Time of Fire (1994)
   A Place to Hide (1994)
   Blitz (1995)
   The Night Mare (1995)
   Harvest (1996)
   Love Match (1997)
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Collections
   Antique Dust (1976)
   Break of Dark (1982)
   The Haunting Of Chas McGill (1983)
   Shades of Darkness (1986)
   Rachel and the Angel (1986)
   Ghosts and Journeys (1988)
   Echoes of War (1989)
   A Walk on the Wild Side (1989)
   The Call (1990)
   Fearful Lovers (1992)
   In Camera (1993)
   Demons and Shadows (1993)
   Christmas Spirit (1994)
   Blizzard (1996)
   Best of Friends (1997) (with others)
   Voices in the Wind (1997)
   The Best of Westall 1 (1998)
   Spectral Shadows (2016)
   Shadows of War (2019)
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Anthologies edited
   Ghost Stories (1988)
   Cats' Whispers and Tales (1996)
   Spinetinglers (2007)
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Series contributed to
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Hauntings
   Ghost Abbey (1988)
   Old Man on a Horse (1988)
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Picture Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Anthologies containing stories by Robert Westall
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The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume Three (2018)
(Valancourt Book of Horror Stories, book 3)
edited by
Ryan Cagle and James D Jenkins
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The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume Two (2017)
(Valancourt Book of Horror Stories, book 2)
edited by
Ryan Cagle and James D Jenkins
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A Century of Children's Ghost Stories (1996)
Tales of Dread and Delight
edited by
Philippa Pearce

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Awards
Carnegie Medal Best Book winner (1976) : The Machine-Gunners
Carnegie Medal Best Book winner (1982) : The Scarecrows


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