Chris Priestley

Chris Priestley
Born	1958 (age 66–67)
Alma mater	Manchester Metropolitan University
Genre	Children's literature, horror

Chris Priestley (born 1957) is a British children's book author and illustrator. He lives in Cambridge, England.[1]

Biography and career

Chris Priestley grew up in Wales and Gibraltar, where as a nine-year-old, he won a medal in a local newspaper's story-writing competition. In 1976, after spending his teens in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he left to study illustration at Manchester Polytechnic,^[citation needed] leaving in 1980 to freelance in London.

He worked as an illustrator for a wide range of clients and his work appeared regularly in The Times, The Listener and The Observer. He also worked briefly as a poster designer for the Royal Court Theatre and others.^[citation needed]

He has produced several strip cartoons - Bestiary for The Independent on Sunday (with Chris Riddell), Babel for The Observer, 7:30 for 8:0 for The Independent and Payne’s Grey for the New Statesman. From 1990 to 1996 he was a weekly cartoonist on The Economist, and from 1996 to 1998 a daily cartoonist on The Independent.[2]

His paintings have been widely exhibited, most recently at the Eastern Open and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, both in 2013.^[citation needed]

In 2000 he published his first children's book, Dog Magic.[3]

In 2004, Death and the Arrow was shortlisted for an Edgar Award in the US,[4] and in 2006, Redwulf's Curse won the Lancashire Fantastic Book Award.

Tales of Terror from the Black Ship won a CPNB Vlag and Wimpel in 2010 for the Dutch translation.[5]

The German translation of Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror was shortlisted for a Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2011.[6]

Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth won the Dracula Society Children of the Night Award in 2009.

Mister Creecher won the BASH (Book Award St Helens) in 2012.[7]

Priestley has also written for radio, contributing two stories to the BBC Radio 2 It's Grimm Up North collection of Brothers Grimm updates, transmitted on Christmas Eve 2012.[8]

Bibliography

• Freeze (2021)
• Seven Ghosts (2019)
• Maudlin Towers: Attack of the Meteor Monsters (2019)
• Maudlin Towers: Treasure of the Golden Skull (2018)
• Still Water (2018)
• Maudlin Towers: Curse of the Werewolf Boy (2017)
• Superpowerless (2017)
• Flesh and Blood (2017)
• The Last of the Spirits (2015)
• Anything That Isn't This (2015)
• The Dead Men Stood Together (2013)
• Through Dead Eyes (2013)
• Blood Oath (2011)
• The Dead Of Winter (2010)
• Mister Creecher (2010)
• New World (2007)
• Billy Wizard (2005)
• Battle of Hastings (2003)
• Witch Hunt (2003)
• Battle of Britain: My Story (2002)
• Jail-breaker Jack (2001)
• Dog Magic! (2000)

Tales of Terror

• Christmas Tales of Terror (2012)
• Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror (2009)
• Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth (2009)
• Tales of Terror from the Black Ship (2010)
• The Teacher's Tales of Terror (2011)[9]

Tom Marlowe Adventures

• Death and the Arrow (2003)
• The White Rider (2004)
• Redwulf's Curse (2005)

References

1. "Chris Priestley Books".
2. "British Cartoon Archive: Chris Priestley". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
3. "Booktrust: About the Author Chris Priestley".
4. "2004 Edgar Awards". 28 March 2021.
5. "Onkel Montagues Schauergeschichten". Archived from the original on 8 April 2014.
6. "Tales of Terror".
7. "Book Awards". Archived from the original on 8 April 2014.
8. "It's Grimm Up North". Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
9. "Tales of Terror".

External links

• Bloomsbury's biography page of Chris Priestley
• British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent