Author / Illustrator Profile
Robert Swindells
Robert Swindells was born in 1939 in Bradford, the
eldest of five children. He left school at 15 and went to work as a copywriter for a local newspaper. At 17 he joined the R.A.F. for three years. He then worked as a clerk, engineer and printer before training at Huddersfield and Bradford to become a teacher.
Robert is married with two daughters and has three grandchildren.
He won the Longer Novels section of the Sheffield Children's Book Award in 1996 for ‘The Unbeliever’, and was shortlisted for both ‘Nightmare Stairs’ and ‘Smash’ in 1998.
In 1999 Robert was the overall winner of the award with his book ‘Abomination’.
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Timesnatch
Room 13
Inside the Worm
Jacqueline Hyde
Shortlisted Titles
1998 Smash
1999 Abomination
2000 Invisible!
2002 Wrecked