Robin Jarvis

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Robin Jarvis (born May 8, 1963) is a British children's novelist, who writes fantasy novels, often about anthropomorphic rodents and small mammals - especially mice - and Tudor times. A lot of his works are based in London, in and around Deptford and Greenwich where he used to live, or in Whitby.

His first novel - The Dark Portal, featuring the popular Deptford Mice - was the runner up for the Smarties book prize in 1989.

Biography

Jarvis was born in Liverpool, the youngest of four children, and grew up in Warrington, attending Penketh High School. His favourite subjects at school were Art and English and he went on to study Graphic Design at Newcastle Polytechnic. After college, he moved to London and worked in the television and advertising industries as a model-maker. He lives in Greenwich, South London.

Bibliography

• The Deptford Mice Trilogy
  • The Dark Portal (1989)
  • The Crystal Prison (1989)
  • The Final Reckoning (1990)
• The Whitby Witches Trilogy
  • The Whitby Witches (1991)
  • A Warlock in Whitby (1992)
  • The Whitby Child (1994)
• The Deptford Histories
  • The Alchymist's Cat (1991)
  • The Oaken Throne (1993)
  • Thomas (1995)
• The Wyrd Museum
  • The Woven Path (1995)
  • The Raven's Knot (1996)
  • The Fatal Strand (1998)
• The Hagwood Trilogy
  • The Thorn Ogres of Hagwood (1999)
  • The Dark Waters of Hagwood (due 2008)
• The Deptford Mouselets
  • Fleabee's Fortune (2004)
  • Whortle's Hope (due 2006)
  • Ogmund's Gift (due 2007)
• Other titles
  • The Deptford Mice Almanack (1997)
  • Deathscent (2001)

External links

• Official site