WHITBOURN, John 1958-

PERSONAL: Born March 23, 1958, in Godalming, Surrey, England; married Elizabeth Caroline Gale, 1982; children: one son, two daughters. Ethnicity: "English." Education: University of Wales, University College, Cardiff, B.A., 1981.

ADDRESSES: Agent—Colin Smythe Ltd., P.O. Box 6, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 8XA, England. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Writer.

AWARDS, HONORS: British Broadcasting Corp./Gollancz First Fantasy Novel Prize, 1991, for A Dangerous Energy.

WRITINGS:

FANTASY NOVELS

A Dangerous Energy, Victor Gollancz (London, England), 1992.

Popes and Phantoms, Victor Gollancz (London, England), 1993.

To Build Jerusalem, Victor Gollancz (London, England), 1994.

The Royal Changeling, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1998.

Popes and Phantoms has been published in Russia.

"DOWNS-LORD TRIPTYCH"; FANTASY NOVELS

Downs-Lord Dawn, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1999.

Downs-Lord Day, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2000.

Downs-Lord Doomsday, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2002.

SHORT STORIES

Binscombe Tales, Haunted Library (Chester, England), 1989.

Rollover Night, Haunted Library (Chester, England), 1990.

Popes and Phantoms, Haunted Library (Chester, England), 1993.

Binscombe Tales: Sinister Saxon Stories, Volume 1, Ash-Tree Press (Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada), 1998.

Binscombe Tales: Sinister Sutangli Stories, Volume 2, Ash-Tree Press (Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada), 1999.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1996, pp. 604-605.

PERIODICALS

Necrofile, fall, 1998, review of Binscombe Tales, p. 8.