Swindells, Robert (Edward)

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SWINDELLS, Robert (Edward)

SWINDELLS, Robert (Edward). British, b. 1939. Genres: Novellas/Short stories, Children's fiction. Career: Served in the Royal Air Force, 1957-60; Advertising Clerk, Bradford Telegraph and Argus, 1960-67; Engineer, Hep- worth and Grandage, Bradford, 1967-69; elementary sch. teacher, Bradford, 1972-77; part-time teacher, 1977-80. Publications: When Darkness Comes, 1973; A Candle in the Night, 1974, as A Candle in the Dark, 1983; Voyage to Valhalla, 1976; The Ice-Palace, 1977; The Very Special Baby, 1977; Dragons Live Forever, 1978; The Moonpath and Other Stories, 1979; Norah's Ark, 1979; Norah's Shark, 1979; The Weather-Clerk, 1979; Ghost Ship to Ganymede, 1980; Norah and the Whale, 1981; Norah to the Rescue, 1981; World Eater, 1981; Brother in the Land, 1984; The Thousand Eyes of Night, 1985; The Ghost Messengers, 1986; Staying Up, 1986; Mavis Davis, 1988; The Postbox Mystery, 1988; A Serpent's Tooth, 1988; Room 13, 1989; Night School, 1989; Follow a Shadow, 1989; Daz 4 Zoe, 1990; Tim Kipper, 1990; Dracula's Castle, 1991; Hydra, 1991; Rolf and Rosie, 1992; Go-Ahead Gang, 1992; You Can't Say I'm Crazy, 1992; Inside the Worm, 1993; Sam and Sue and Lavatory Lou, 1993; Siege of Frimly Prim, 1993; Unbeliever, 1995; Last Bus, 1996; Jacqueline Hyde, 1996; Smash!, 1997; Peril in the Mist, 1997; Nightmare Stairs, 1997; Strange Tale of Ragger Bill, 1998; Abomination, 1998; Invisible, 1999; Orchard Book of Vikings, 1999; Roger's War, 1999; Doodlebug Alley, 2000; Orchard Book of Egyptian Gods & Pharaohs, 2000; A Wish for Wings, 2001; Wrecked!, 2001. Address: 4 Spring Row, Denholme Rd, Oxenhope, Keighley, W. Yorkshire BD22 9NR, England.