Jonathan Stroud

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Interview: When I was 12
A rather interesting interview done by CBBC Newsround, seen here

Jonathan Stroud's Top Ten Fantasy Books

Contact Information
To contact Mr. Stroud, you'll have to go through his publishers:

Jonathan Stroud
Random House Children’s Books
61-63 Uxbridge Road
London W5 5SA
UK

or

Jonathan Stroud
Hyperion Books for Children
114 Fifth Avenue, New York,
New York 10011-5690
USA

Other Books

Mr. Stroud's first book was written when he was 8, and was called Diamond Theft. This was a gamebook, a type of book where you choose the actions of the character and there are various routes and endings. Later, between the ages of 11 and 15, he wrote more such books.

The Last Siege
Summary: When Emily, Simon and Marcus discover the deserted castle, it seems like an escape from the midwinter snows and their individual loneliness. But their occupation of the ruin quickly takes on a momentum of its own, and soon threatens their friendship, their freedom and their lives.

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The Leap
Summary: Everyone says that Max is drowned, but Charlie thinks differently: she was in the mill-pool with him, and knows exactly what she saw. When she begins to see him in her dreams, her hopes are raised. It seems the reunion she craves is possible. But where exactly is Max leading her? And will she be able to return?

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Buried Fire
Summary: Two brothers, Michael and Stephen MacIntyre, together with their sister Sarah and the local vicar Tom Aubrey, uncover a deadly secret buried near their village. But time is short: can they prevent the awakening of an ancient evil before its powers corrupt them for ever?

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Early Books
-Justin Credible’s Word Play World
-The Hare and the Tortoise
-Walking through the Jungle
-The Little Red Car
-Alfie’s Big Adventure
-Little Spike and Long Tail
-Golidilocks and the Three Bears
-Sightseers: Ancient Rome

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Picture Books
-The Lost Treasure of Captain Blood
-and The Viking Saga of Harri Bristlebeard

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