Writing

John Christopher

John Christopher è noto soprattutto per The Tripods. John Christopher è nato il 16 aprile 1922. John Christopher è morto/a il 3 febbraio 2012 all’età di 89 anni.

Nascita: 16 aprile 1922
Luogo di nascita: Huyton, Lancashire, England, UK
Morte: 3 febbraio 2012 (89 anni)

Biografia

Sam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012), known professionally as Christopher Samuel Youd, was a British writer, best known for science fiction under the pseudonym John Christopher, including the novels The Death of Grass, The Possessors, and the young-adult novel series The Tripods. He won the Guardian Prize in 1971 and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1976.

Youd also wrote under variations of his own name and under the pseudonyms Stanley Winchester, Hilary Ford, William Godfrey, William Vine, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols, and Anthony Rye.

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