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Philip
Ardagh has been variously described as 'two metres of entertainment'
Bookseller, 'a brilliantly eccentric performer in the flesh'
The Scotsman, 'a consummate performer' Guardian and 'a bizarre
cross between Fidel Castro, Lytton Strachey and Spalding
Grey' Publishing News. . . . and that's just him, not his
books. He genuinely is one of the funniest and most talented
writers/performers around which covers both him and his
books.
Over
two metres tall, with a bushy beard, Philip was born in…(don’t
be so cheeky to ask!). He is not only very hairy but has
also written over sixty books for all ages and subjects.
Not only is he very knowledgeable about serious subjects
but he also writes very funny books that make lots of readers
laugh.
Adult fans of Bleak House and Oliver Twist
will appreciate Ardagh’s clever crafting,
and kids who lap up Lemony Snicket’s series
will take quickly to this tale and clamour for
the next.’
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Publishers
Weekly
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His
best-selling Eddie Dickens Trilogy started with Awful
End, continued with Dreadful Acts and is completed
with Terrible Times (October 2002).
‘A
cross between Dickens and Monty Python’ Guardian, is
just one of the many plaudits this series of books has received.
Unlikely Exploits, Philip’s second trilogy,
started with The Fall of Fergal (paperback October
2002) and is followed by The Heir of Mystery in April
2003.
All
of Philip’s fiction is illustrated by the very talented
illustrator David Roberts.
Philip
also writes entertaining and expertly compiled and researched
information books (non-fiction), The Archaeologist's
Handbook, Why Are Castles Castle Shaped?, 100
1/2 Questions about castles, Did Dinosaurs Snore?
and The Hieroglyphs Handbook.
So far
his books have been published in 19 countries in the world
and he is about to embark on an East- to- West tour of America
(October 2002).
Currently
living as a prolific full-time writer, with a wife and two
cats in a seaside town somewhere in England. He has been
- amongst other things - an advertising copywriter, a hospital
cleaner, a (highly unqualified) librarian, and a reader
for the blind. When not writing silly books, Philip Ardagh
is very serious indeed and frowns a great deal.
Profile
supplied by Faber & Faber - Last updated September 2002.
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