Alan Gibbons - Children's Author

Alan Gibbons is a full time writer and a visiting speaker and lecturer at schools, colleges and literary events nationwide, including the major Book Festivals: Edinburgh, Northern Children's Book Festival, Swansea, Cheltenham, Sheffield and Salford. Alan is also a key contributor at the QCA/National Literary Strategy 'Writing Together' conferences. He lives in Liverpool with his wife and four children.

Alan Gibbons Q+A
If you could choose a football dream team – which players would you choose?

Peter Schmeichel, Gary Neville, Paolo Maldini, George best, Bobby Charlton, Duncan Edwards, Ryan Giggs, Diego Maradonna, Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and Bobby Moore. What a great side!

Which sports person would you most like to meet and why?

Muhammad Ali. He was quite simply The Greatest. If I had a tardis and could time travel I’d like to meet George Best when he was very young so as to tell him to stay away from the booze.

Which were the best football matches you’ve ever seen? And which was the best sports event?

The 1966 World Cup Final when England best West Germany and the 1970 World Cup Final when Brazil beat Italy. Then there was the night Muhammad Ali beat George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle and won back the world heavy weight boxing title.

Do you think any British team will ever get the World Cup final again?

My head says “no” but my heart says “yes.” Wayne Rooney to score the winner in South Africa.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Alan Gibbons

The Number 7 Shirt
Alan Gibbons
Interest Age 9 -14 Reading Age 8+. Perfect for reluctant or struggling readers. This is an action-packed story involving a boy who dreams of being a football pro. Because fiction and non-fiction are interwoven together, it’s likely to attract less...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Dyslexia-friendly | Reluctant Readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/09/2012
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An Act of Love
Alan Gibbons
Childhood friends Chris and Imran celebrate the Millenium as inseparable blood brothers, they are both seven years old. But by 2011 their lives have taken very different paths. One has joined the Army and served in Afghanistan, the other is...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2011
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The Dying Photo
Alan Gibbons
Interest Age 9+ Reading Age 8+. A brilliantly taut ghost story based on a blurb by a Year 6 boy from a Liverpool primary school who won a city-wide competition. A real page turner and a roller coaster ride that’s...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Dyslexia-friendly
Format: Paperback - Released: 14/07/2010
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Charles Darwin
Alan Gibbons
Discover the world of Darwin through the diary of a ship's boy.  Combining non-fiction and fiction but factually absolutely accurate, this book is published to coincide with Darwin's 200th birthday.  It begins with a diary, told from the point of view of...
Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2008
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Scared To Death
Alan Gibbons
A compelling new series from a master storyteller combining urban menace, ancient horror and an ongoing quest for good against evil and set in modern east London against a backdrop of the infamous Jack the Ripper murders. Gibbons is at...
Featured in: 11+ readers | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2008
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Rise of the Blood Moon
Alan Gibbons
A sweeping epic of breathtaking power that's full of gargantuan battles, betrayals, broken promises and allegiances, and finally, secrets revealed.  It's all mixed with a vividly-imagined cast of shape-shifters and demons from the award-winning author of the Legendeer Trilogy.  A...
Featured in: 11+ readers | eBooks
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 06/07/2006
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Shadow of the Minotaur
Alan Gibbons
A unique blend of fantasy and thriller and myths and legends but grounded firmly in real present-day life. It was winner of the 2000 Blue Peter Award 'book i couldn't put down category'.  With twists and turns virtually on every...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Reluctant Readers | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2000
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