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Allan Frewin Jones | |
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| Born | 30 April 1954 London, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Children's and young adult fantasy |
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Allan Frewin Jones (born 30 April 1954) is an English writer credited with more than 90 books for children and young adults. [1] He has published under the alternate names: Fiona Kelly, A F Jones, Frewin Jones, Damien Graves, Adam Blade, Nick Shadow, and Allan Jones. [2]
Born in London, United Kingdom, Jones began writing at age nine. [3] He grew up with his mother, father, and one older sister, and enjoyed art, music, reading, and writing from an early age. Jones worked various clerical and civil service jobs until obtaining a Fine Art Diploma of Higher Education from. [4]
Jones' first book, The Mole and Beverley Miller, was published by Hodder Books in 1987. [5] Since then, he has published children's and young adult books and stories in multiple genres, including fantasy, romance, and speculative fiction.
Jones is a prolific author of novel series for young people. He was commissioned to write the first book of The Mystery Club series (published as written by non-existent author Fiona Kelly), after which he was given his own series, including The Hunter and Moon books, Dark Paths, the Little Sister books (as A F Jones), Talisman , Special Agents (under the pen name Sam Hutton), and the six volume fantasy series The Faerie Path and Warrior Princess (both as Frewin Jones). One of the Talisman books, The Tears of Isis, was shortlisted for the 2006 Stockton Children's Book of the Year literary prize.
In 2008, Jones met with the illustrator Gary Chalk and they produced a series for Hodder Children's Books, published in the UK as Sundered Lands and in America as The Six Crowns. This series was praised by the American Library Association's Booklist and well-reviewed in School Library Journal, Kirkus, and Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, among other places. Following The Six Crowns, Jones was offered a six-volume spy-boy series by Orion, published as Codename Quicksilver, while continuing to do ‘writer-for-hire’ work and continuing to collaborate with Gary Chalk on new series ideas.
Jones is represented by Pam van Hylckama Vlieg of Foreword Literary, a hybrid literary agency based in California.
Allan Frewin Jones lives in Cornwall with his wife and a cat called Tallulah Bankhead.
The Weird Eyes File, The Alien Fire File, The Skull Stone File, the Time Traveler File, The Thunderbolt File, The Star Ship File.
The Wicker Man, The Plague Pit, Unquiet Graves, the Phantom Pilot, The Wreckers, Blood Stone, The Monk's Curse, Ghostlight.
The Phantom Airman, Unquiet Graves.
Trundle's Quest, Fair Wind to Widdershins, Fire Over Swallowhaven, The Ice Gate of Spyre, Sargasso Skies, Full Circle.
In the Zone, The Tyrant King, Burning Sky, Killchase, Adrenaline Rush, End Game.
The Mystery Club (as Fiona Kelly) (1993-1995)
The Mystery Kids (as Fiona Kelly) (1995-1996)
Little Sister/Stacy & Co. (1995-1999)
Internet Detectives (as Michael Coleman) (1997)
Special Agents (as Sam Hutton) (2003-2005)
Talisman (2005)
The Faerie Path (as Frewin Jones) (2007-2011)
Warrior Princess (as Frewin Jones) (Published in the UK as Destiny’s Path and as Allan Frewin Jones) (2009-2012)
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