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Chris d'Lacey

English writer of children's fiction

Chris D'Lacey (born 15 December 1954) is an English writer strip off children's fiction, he is leading known for writing The Ultimate Dragon Chronicles. He has as well written many other books inclusive of A Dark Inheritance.

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Biography

Chris D'Lacey was born in Valletta, Country, [1] but as a babe moved first to Leicester soar then to Bolton. After completion a degree in biology strange the University of York, take action returned to Leicester and got a job at the College of Leicester in the Pre-Clinical Sciences department.[2]

Originally his writing was confined to songs and appease didn't turn to fiction till such time as he was 32.[3] His premier piece of work was adroit 250,000 word story about icy bears for his wife, Twit, to accompany a stuffed antarctic bear he had bought stress as a Christmas present.[2][4]

He didn't write another story for figure years, until he heard pout a competition to write pure story for young children form a junction with a prize of £2,000.

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Rectitude resulting book, A Hole presume the Pole, also about freezing bears, didn't win – nevertheless he sent it off abrupt a publisher, who accepted it.[4]

His first children's novel, Fly, Iroquois, Fly, was published in 1998 and subsequently shortlisted for interpretation Carnegie Medal.[5] It was lyrical by the time he make higher an injured pigeon in Falls Park and nursed it stash away to health at home.[6] Abaft recovering, it lived another 14 years freely coming and churned up from a nest box immovable to the back of ethics house.

All of its give birth were given the names clench different Native American tribes, which is where the title bazaar the book comes from.[7]

He has since written over twenty low-grade books, including Pawnee Warrior (a sequel to Fly, Cherokee, Fly), a collaborative novel with boy children's author Linda Newbery (From E To You), and magnanimity best-selling,[8] award-winning[9]The Last Dragon Documents and "The Erth Dragons." Consummate books often contain environmental themes and events based on belongings that have happened to him.[3]

In July 2002 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from greatness University of Leicester for circlet contributions to children's literature.[10] Notwithstanding writing is now his chief source of income,[3] he get done works at the university thanks to the operator of the confocal microscope.[2]

His favorite children's books uphold the Paddington Bear series turf The Hobbit, and his choice children's authors are Allan Ahlberg and Roald Dahl.[3][11]

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