(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
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)
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)
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 Theresa Breslin, Adèle Geras, Elizabeth Laird, Jan Mark, Alison Prince, Ian Strachan and Robert Swindells)
Voices in the Wind (1997)
The Best of Westall 1 (1998)
The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume Two (2017) (with Elizabeth Braddon, R Chetwynd-Hayes, Isabel Colegate, Basil Copper, Stephen Gregory, Michael McDowell, Beverley Nichols, Nevil Shute and Bernard Taylor)
Shadows of War (2019)
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 Theresa Breslin, Adèle Geras, Elizabeth Laird, Jan Mark, Alison Prince, Ian Strachan and Robert Swindells)
Voices in the Wind (1997)
The Best of Westall 1 (1998)
The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume Two (2017) (with Elizabeth Braddon, R Chetwynd-Hayes, Isabel Colegate, Basil Copper, Stephen Gregory, Michael McDowell, Beverley Nichols, Nevil Shute and Bernard Taylor)
Shadows of War (2019)
Picture Books
The Witness (1986)
Rosalie (1988)
David and the Kittens (2002)
Denton the Dragon and the Tale of Tear River (2005)
Rosalie (1988)
David and the Kittens (2002)
Denton the Dragon and the Tale of Tear River (2005)
Series contributed to
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by Robert Westall
Imaginary Lands (1985)
Hidden Turnings (1989)
Best New Horror (1990)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Seventh Annual Collection (1994)
The Puffin Book of Horror Stories (1994)
Supernatural Stories (1995)
Hidden Turnings (1989)
Best New Horror (1990)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Seventh Annual Collection (1994)
The Puffin Book of Horror Stories (1994)
Supernatural Stories (1995)
Short stories
| The Vacancy (1972) | |||
| The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1985) | |||
| Fifty-Fafty (1989) | |||
| The Last Day of Miss Dorinda Molyneux (1989) | |||
| The Call [short story] (1990) | |||
| In Camera [short story] (1993) |
Awards
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