(I'm not sure how many of his books could be called horror, but anyway...)

His birthday will be on the 20th. An engineer and teacher, he lives in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England.

About "Stone Cold":

"Link, 17 years old and driven from his parental home, has drifted to London, jobless and friendless. He meets Deb, a homeless girl, who gives him some meaning in life. He doesn't realize that Deb is a journalist hunting a serial killer who preys on the
homeless."

https://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/secondary/Drama/14-16/NewWindmillsFiction/Authors/RobertSwindells.aspx

"I grew up in Bradford, the eldest of five children. My only good subjects at school were English, cricket and going home. I was a book junkie: I'd read anything, but I failed the eleven-plus with flying colours and left school at fifteen.

"I've been a factory hand, a copyholder, an airman, a shop assistant, a clerk, a bingo checker, a barman, a security guard and a teacher. Writing's the best job in the world.

"At Teacher Training College I wrote a children's novel as my Long Study and was advised to show it to a publisher. I did, and to my astonishment it was accepted. I became a teacher and an author in the same year. I taught for eight
years, writing in my
spare time. I became a full-time writer in 1980. In 1986 I took a Master's Degree in Peace Studies at the University of Bradford. Besides writing, I enjoy
travel, the cinema and painting with watercolours. I dislike cruel and insensitive people, any sort
of dancing, and idiots who say so-and-so is eighty-two years young.

"There are two things I've learned from my life:

"No examination can determine what a child will achieve in its life.

"You need luck as well as determination and hard work if you're going to succeed."


https://biography.jrank.org/pages/462/Swindells-Robert-Edward-1939.html
(includes awards and long piece about his work)

https://www.fantasticfiction.com/s/robert-swindells/
(book covers)

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1284&bih=858&ei=JrqKXL7LGKPv_QbQ9LrAAQ&q=robert+swindells+kirkus&oq=robert+swindells+kirkus&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i160l2.874.2171..2340...0.0..0.119.642.4j3......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i67j0j0i22i30.CUHhg1qKMG0
(three Kirkus videos)

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/168735.Robert_Swindells
(reader reviews)

http://www.achuka.co.uk/archive/interviews/bobsint.php
(Q&A from 2001)

http://kidsbookzone.blogspot.com/2007/11/robert-swindells-interview.html
(Q&A from 2005)

http://mystworld.com/youngwriter/authors/robert_swindells.html

http://booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/124/childrens-books/articles/authorgraph/authorgraph-no124-robert-swindells

https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+swindells+interview&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQ45W5vYLhAhVyUN8KHeKHA-gQ_AUIDygC&biw=1284&bih=858

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Swindells


WRITINGS:

When Darkness Comes, illustrated by Charles Keeping, Brockhampton Press (Leicester, England), 1973, William Morrow (New York, NY), 1975.
A Candle in the Night, David & Charles (Newton Abbot, Devon, England), 1974, published as A Candle in the Dark, Knight Books (Sevenoaks, Kent, England), 1983.
Voyage to Valhalla, illustrated by Victor Ambrus, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1976, Heinemann Educational (Portsmouth, NH), 1977, reprinted, Knight Books (Sevenoaks, Kent, England), 1994.
The Very Special Baby, illustrated by Victor Ambrus, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1977.
The Ice-Palace, illustrated by Jane Jackson, Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1977.
Dragons Live Forever, illustrated by Petula Stone, Prentice-Hall (Englewood
Cliffs, NJ), 1978.
The Weather-Clerk, illustrated by Petula Stone, Hodder & Stoughton (London,
England), 1979.
The Moonpath and Other Stories, Wheaton (Exeter, England), 1979, published as The Moonpath and Other Tales of the Bizarre, illustrated by Reg Sandland, Carolrhoda Books (Minneapolis, MN), 1983.
Ghost Ship to Ganymede, illustrated by Jeff Burns, Wheaton (Exeter, England), 1980.
World Eater, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1981.
Brother in the Land, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 1984, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1985.
The Thousand Eyes of Night, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1985.
The Ghost Messengers, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1986.
Staying Up, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 1986.
Mavis Davis, illustrated by Amelia Rosato, Oxford University Press (Oxford,
England), 1988.
The Postbox Mystery, illustrated by Kate Rogers, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1988.
A Serpent's Tooth, Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1988, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1989.
Follow a Shadow, Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1989, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1990.
Night School, illustrated by Rob Chapman, Paperbird, 1989.
Room 13 (also see below), illustrated by Jon Riley, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1989.
Daz 4 Zoe, Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1990.
Tom Kipper, illustrated by Scoular Anderson, Macmillan (London, England), 1990.
Dracula's Castle, illustrated by Jon Riley, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1991.
Hydra, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1991.
Rolf and Rosie, illustrated by David McKee, Andersen Press (Ann Arbor, MI),
1992.
You Can't Say I'm Crazy, illustrated by Tony Ross, Hamish Hamilton (London,
England), 1992.
Fallout, William Morrow (New York, NY), 1992.
The Go-Ahead Gang, illustrated by M. Bradley, Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1992.
Inside the Worm (also see below), illustrated by Jon Riley, Doubleday (London, England), 1993.
Sam and Sue and Lavatory Lou, illustrated by Val Biro, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1993.
The Siege of Frimly Prim, illustrated by Scoular Anderson, Methuen (London,
England), 1993.
Stone Cold, Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1994.
Timesnatch, illustrated by Jon Riley, Doubleday (London, England), 1994.
The Muckitups, illustrated by Laura Beaumont, Piccadilly (London, England),
1995.
Unbeliever, Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1995.
Jacqueline Hyde, Doubleday (London, England), 1996.
Last Bus, Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1996.
Hurricane Summer, illustrated by Kim Palmer, Mammoth (London, England), 1997.
Nightmare Stairs, Doubleday (London, England), 1997.
Smash!, Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1997.
Abomination, Doubleday (London, England), 1998.
Dosh, Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1999.
Roger's War, illustrated by Kim Palmer, Mammoth (London, England), 1999.
Invisible!, Corgi Yearling (London, England), 2000.
Doodlebug Alley, illustrated by Kim Palmer, Mammoth (London, England), 2000.
A Wish for Wings, Doubleday (London, England), 2001.
Wrecked, Puffin (London, England), 2001.
Blitzed, Doubleday (London, England), 2002.
No Angels, Puffin (London, England), 2003.
Room 13; and, Inside the Worm, illustrated by Jon Riley, Corgi (London, England), 2007.
The Shade of Hettie Dayes, Corgi (London, England), 2008.
Knife-Edge, Barrington Stoke (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2008.
(Reteller) A Midsummer Night's Dream ("Shakespeare Retold" series), A. & C.
Black (London, England), 2009.
Shrapnel, Corgi (London, England), 2009.
The First Hunter, Barrington Stoke (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2009.
Just a Bit of Fun, Barrington Stoke (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2009.
(Reteller) Henry V ("Shakespeare Retold" series), A. & C. Black (London, England), 2010.
Dan's War, Barrington Stoke (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2010.
Blackout, Corgi Children's (London, England), 2011.
A Skull in Shadows Lane, Corgi Children's (London, England), 2012.
Trick or Treat, Barrington Stoke (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2012.
The Deep End, Barrington Stoke (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2013.


"NORAH" NOVEL SERIES

Norah's Ark, illustrated by Avril Haynes, Wheaton (Exeter, England), 1979.
Norah's Shark, illustrated by Avril Haynes, Wheaton (Exeter, England), 1979.
Norah and the Whale, illustrated by Avril Haynes, Wheaton (Exeter, England), 1981.
Norah to the Rescue, illustrated by Avril Haynes, Wheaton (Exeter, England), 1981.


"OUTFIT" MIDDLE-GRADE MYSTERY NOVELS

The Secret of Weeping Wood, illustrated by Carolyn Dinan, Scholastic (London, England), 1993.
We Didn't Mean to, Honest!, illustrated by Carolyn Dinan, Scholastic (London, England), 1993.
Kidnap at Denton Farm, Scholastic (London, England), 1994.
The Ghosts of Givenham Keep, Scholastic (London, England), 1995.
Peril in the Mist, Scholastic (London, England), 1997.
The Strange Tale of Ragger Bill, Scholastic (London, England), 1998.


TRANSLATOR; "ALFIE" SERIES

Gunilla Bergstrom, Alfie and His Secret Friend, Wheaton (Exeter, England), 1979.
Gunilla Bergstrom, Who'll Save Alfie Atkins?, Wheaton (Exeter, England), 1979.
Gunilla Bergstrom, Alfie and the Monster, Wheaton (Exeter, England), 1979.
Gunilla Bergstrom, You're a Sly One, Alfie Atkins, Wheaton (Exeter, England), 1979.
Gunilla Bergstrom, Is That a Monster, Alfie Atkins?, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY), 1989.


OTHER

(Editor) The Wheaton Book of Science Fiction Stories, illustrated by Gary Long, Wheaton (Exeter, England), 1982.
(With Peter Utton) The Orchard Book of Vikings, Orchard (London, England), 2000.
The Orchard Book of Egyptian Gods and Pharaohs, illustrated by Stephen Lambert, Orchard (London, England), 2000.
The Orchard Book of Stories from Ancient Egypt, illustrated by Stephen Lambert, Orchard (London, England), 2000.



Lenona.

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