Ross Welford

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Ross Welford
Born20th century
Cullercoats, England, U.K.
Education Leeds University
OccupationChildren writer
Organisation The Magic Circle
Website rosswelford.com

Ross Welford (born 20th century) is an English children's science-fiction and fantasy writer.

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Biography

Welford was born in Cullercoats, a small seaside town in the north-east of England. He attended Marden High School and studied English at Leeds University before becoming a magazine journalist and then a television producer. [1] [2]

Career

He first started writing his debut novel, Time Travelling with a Hamster, in 2014. It was published in 2016 and was shortlisted for the Costa, [3] Blue Peter, [4] Waterstones, [5] and Branford Boase Awards. [6]

It was followed by nine other novels between 2017 and 2025.

Other information

Welford was admitted into The Magic Circle in 2019. [7]

Cullercoats appears as 'Culvercot' in Welford's books. [8]

Bibliography

YearTitlePublisher
2016Time Travelling with a Hamster HarperCollins Children's Books
2017What Not to Do If You Turn Invisible
2018The 1,000 Year Old Boy
2019The Dog Who Saved the World
2020The Kid Who Came from Space
2021When We Got Lost in Dreamland
2022Into the Sideways World
2023The Monkey Who Fell from the Future
2024Time Travelling with a Tortoise
2025The Unlikely Diary of Prince Kal the Alien

References

  1. ↑ "Ross Welford". Authors Aloud UK. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ↑ Lambert, Andrew (7 February 2018). "Children's author Ross Welford says too few books set in the North East". NEWSMAKER PR AND VIDEO PRODUCTION LTD. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "COSTA (FORMERLY WHITBREAD) BOOK AWARDS - Shortlists 1995 - present" (PDF). COSTA COFFEE - COSTA BOOK AWARDS. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Blue Peter Book Awards 2017". BookTrust. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2017". Waterstones. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD - Previous Winners". The Branford Boase Award. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  7. ↑ Sadr, Sabrina (12 May 2019). "Magic and myth with Ross Welford". Barnes Children’s Literature Festival. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "About the author".

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