John Rowe Townsend
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John Rowe Townsend is a British
United Kingdom
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 children's author
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

 and academic. His best-known children's novel is The Intruder, which won a 1971 Edgar Award and the best-known academic work is Written for Children: An Outline of English Language Children's Literature (1965), the definitive work of its time on the subject.

Background

He was born in Leeds
Leeds
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, and studied at Leeds Grammar School
Leeds Grammar School
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 and Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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. Among his popular works are Gumble's Yard (his debut novel, published in 1961), Widdershins Crescent (1965), and The Intruder
The Intruder (novel)
The Intruder is a children's novel by John Rowe Townsend, published in 1969. It was well-received, being shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and winning the Horn Book Award in 1970 and the Edgar Award in 1971...

(1969), which won a 1971 Edgar Award
Edgar Award
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 from the Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America
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 for Best Juvenile Mystery. In Britain, The Intruder was made into a children's TV series starring Milton Johns
Milton Johns
Milton Johns is an English actor whose thin features and talent for obsequious or oily characters has often influenced the many television parts he has received. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.Johns was born in Bristol...

 as the stranger. Noah's Castle was filmed by Southern television and transmitted in seven 25-minute episodes in 1980.
  • Gumble's Yard (1961)
  • Hell's Edge (1963)
  • Widdershins Crescent (1965)
  • Written for Children - an Outline of English Children's Literature (1965)
  • The Hallersage Sound (1966)
  • Pirate's Island (1968)
  • The Intruder
    The Intruder (novel)
    The Intruder is a children's novel by John Rowe Townsend, published in 1969. It was well-received, being shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and winning the Horn Book Award in 1970 and the Edgar Award in 1971...

    (1969)
  • Trouble in the Jungle (1969)
  • Goodbye to Gumble's Yard (1970)
  • A Sense of Story (1971) (Republished as A Sounding of Storytellers (1979)
  • The Summer People (1972)
  • Wish for Wings (1972)
  • Good-night, Prof, Love (1973)
  • Forest of the Night (1974)
  • Noah's Castle (1975)
  • Top of the World (1976)
  • The Xanadu Manuscript - aka The Visitors (1977)
  • Runaways (1979)
  • A Sounding of Storytellers (1979)
  • The Creatures - aka King Creature, Come (1980)
  • The Fortunate Isles (1981)
  • The Islanders (1981)
  • Kate and the Revolution (1982)
  • A Foreign Affair (1982)
  • Clever Dick: The Diary of a Dreadful Child (1982)
  • Dan Alone (1983)
  • Cloudy-Bright (1984)
  • Fame and Fortune (1984)
  • Gone to the Dogs (1984)
  • Tom Tiddler's Ground (1985)
  • The Persuading Stick (1986)
  • Downstream (1987)
  • Rob's Place (1987)
  • The Hidden Treasure (1988)
  • The Golden Journey (1989)
  • Cranford Revisited (1989)
  • Cheer and Groan (1989)
  • The Invaders (1992)
  • Sam and Jenny (1992)
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