W. J. Corbett
William Jesse Corbett(21 February 1938 – 15 February 2003)[1]was anEnglishchildren's writer.Born and raised inBirmingham,West Midlands.He joined theBritish Merchant Navyat the age of 16 and later worked in physical training for the British Army, among other jobs.[1]He decided to become a writer and wroteThe Song of Pentecost,featuring the adventures of a group of mice who travel to a new home. It was published by Methuen in 1982, a 215-page novel with illustrations by Martin Ursell.[2]It was an internationalbestsellerand the 1982Whitbread AwardsChildren's Book of the Year. He followed with two sequels and several other books.[1]
Beside the Pentecost trilogy (1982 to 1987), the books by Corbett most widely held in WorldCat libraries areThe Ark of the People(1998) andThe Quest for the End of the Tail(2000), featuring the tiny Willow People.[2]Those were first two of three 300-page novels published byHodder Children's Books,sometimes called the Ark of the People series.
Corbett died on 15 February 2003 and two more books were published later that year.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^abcd "W J Corbett".The Wee Web. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
- ^ab "Corbett, W. J.".WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
External links[edit]
- W. J. Corbettat theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
- The Song of Pentecostin libraries (WorldCatcatalog)
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- English children's writers
- English fantasy writers
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- 20th-century English novelists
- 21st-century English novelists
- English male novelists
- 20th-century British short story writers
- 21st-century British short story writers
- 20th-century English male writers
- 21st-century English male writers
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