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Philip Reeve
Philip Reeve was born and raised in Brighton, where he worked in a bookshop for years while also producing and directing a number of no-budget theatre projects. Philip then began illustrating and has since provided cartoons and jokes for around forty books, including the best-selling Scholastic series Horrible Histories, as well as Murderous Maths and Dead Famous. He's been writing stories since he was five, but Mortal Engines was the first to be published.
Mortal Engines defies easy categorisation. It is a gripping adventure story set in an inspired fantasy world, where moving cities trawl the globe. A magical and unique read, it immediately caught the attention of readers and reviewers and won several major awards. Three more Hungry Cities novels followed, and Philip's latest project are the Fever Crumb books, prequels set centuries before the events of Mortal Engines. Philip has also written Buster Bayliss, a series for younger readers, and stand alone novels including Here Lies Arthur, which won the Carnegie Medal. Philip lives in Devon with his wife and son and his interests are walking, drawing, writing and reading.
Philip Reeve's publisher, Marion Lloyd, describes his Mortal Engines series:
“..inspiring adventure stories, in whose futuristic, post-apocalyptic setting, moving cities trawl the Earth. They attack and consume each other in wastelands where natural resources are scarce, and Ancient technology is fought for. Fast-paced, sometimes violent, always surprising and original, Reeve’s epic sequence of love, war and adventure are richly rewarding for both adults and children.”
Praise for Philip Reeve:
‘Conveys big truths while being witty and playful...clever and moving’ The Sunday Times on Fever Crumb
‘Intelligent, funny and wise’ Literary Review on Fever Crumb
‘I felt as if the pages themselves were charged with electricity...
Fever Crumb is a terrific read, a sci-fi Dickens, full of orphans,
villains, chases and mysteries’ Frank Cottrell Boyce, Guardian on Fever
Crumb
‘Reeve drives his juggernaut of a talent through the streets of a
mob-crazed futuristic London with Cecil B DeMille grandeur. Resent
being suckered into sequels? Fever Crumb is a complete story – but it may prove addictive’
Geraldine McCaughrean, Daily Telegraph on Fever Crumb
‘A bold, brightly honed narrative that grabs and holds the attention from the start’
Interzone on Fever Crumb
‘If you’ve never read a Philip Reeve novel before, you’re in for a
treat. His storytelling abilities are accomplished and his use of
language most ingenious – and irreverent’
Waterstone’s Books Quarterly on Fever Crumb
‘A masterpiece’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Big, brave, brilliant’ Guardian
‘A majestic achievement’ Sunday Times
‘Mind bogglingly well-imagined’ Independent
‘Marvellous… utterly captivating in its imaginative scope and energy’ Daily Telegraph
‘The Mortal Engines quartet is one of the most inventive and ambitious
children’s novel sequences of recent years’ Nicolette Jones
‘Brilliant… an absorbing and emotionally engaging work’ Amanda Craig, The Times
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April 2012 Book of the Month. Fans of Mortal Engines will devour Philip Reeves’s richly detailed goblin extravaganza. The dank and dark towers and stairways of Clovenstone Keep are packed full of dirty, smelly, squabbling goblins. As a breed, they all...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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The next awe-inspiring adventure in the Mortal Engines series by a superb, award-winning writer at the height of his powers. A fabulous new adventure to add to his best-selling Mortal Engines fantasy sequence. Fever Crumb, heroine of previous adventures, comes...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2011
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This is the author’s first stand alone novel since the spectacular Here Lies Arthur, winner of the 2008 Carnegie Medal. Reeve’s brilliant imagination has conjured up a dragon story in the grand tradition of children’s fantasy fiction, but one that is spectacularly different...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2010
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Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2010. Reeves' post-apocalyptic world where mobile cities fight for survival has brought many a child into the world of reading for fun. Now Fever Crumb, the stand-alone prequel to the quartet and set many generations before the events of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2010
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Philip Reeve’s epic Mortal Engines series has set the imagination of many a child completely wild since it first began. This is the 6th novel to be set in the awesome world of Mortal Engines and the sequel to Fever...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/04/2010
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Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award 2011: Favourite Story* Philip Reeve’s epic Mortal Engines series has set the imagination of many a child completely wild since it first began. This is the 6th novel to be set in the...
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With comic genius and storytelling brilliance the author has woven an ingenious and inventive space travel fantasy adventure, featuring a wild and wacky family that will enthral every reader and get both children and adults turning the pages faster than...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/07/2009
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This is one of the most eagerly anticipated novels of 2009 from the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling author of the Mortal Engines Quartet. Reeves' post-apocalyptic world where mobile cities fight for survival has brought many a child into the world of...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/05/2009
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New Edition. Winner of the prestigious 2008 Carnegie. Prize-winning author Philip Reeve gives a brilliant new take on the legend of King Arthur. Myrddin rides with Arthur spinning tales for and about him but what is the truth and can Gwyna discover it?...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2009
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Charlie Higson, April 2012 Guest Editor: "Reeve is my favourite living children’s author. His book, Here Lies Arthur, is a really clever and exciting reworking of the King Arthur legends that looks at the power of story telling, and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2009
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New Edition. Tom and Hester's adventure continues in the amazing world he created in Mortal Engines. They flee from the 'fire' of London into the 'frying pan' of the once beautiful ice city of Anchorage. If you love Philip Reeve's Mortal...
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New Edition. Time has moved on and Tom and Hester might have a daughter, Wren, but they are far from out of trouble as the 'Lost Boys' are back. This will be a classic series that will be read by...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2009
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New Edition. All the stories are brought together in a breathtaking climax. Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2006. By Hugh - It is a brilliant mix of action, suspense and emotion. I love how you can really understand the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2009
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With comic genius and storytelling brilliance the author has woven an ingenious and inventive space travel fantasy adventure, featuring a wild and wacky family that will enthral every reader and get both children and adults turning the pages faster than...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2008
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Definitely a series that is not of this world but the world that Philip Reeve has so cleverly created is one that children can’t fail to get hooked on. The first in the series Larklight, was received with rapturous applause and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/07/2008
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Winner of the prestigious 2008 Carnegie. Prize-winning author Philip Reeve gives a brilliant new take on the legend of King Arthur. Myrddin rides with Arthur spinning tales for and about him but what is the truth and can Gwyna...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2008
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Definitely a series that is not of this world but the world that Philip Reeve has so cleverly created is one that children can’t fail to get hooked on. The first in the series Larklight, was received with rapturous...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2007
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A glorious romp of a story, Larklight is a Victorian space adventure combining some entertaining period jokes with a fantastical trip into unknown worlds. Funny and inventive as Arthur and his sister Myrtle set off on their adventure, this is...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 18/06/2007
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Winner of the 9-11 Nestle Bronze Award 2007. Shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize 2007. Prize-winning author Philip Reeve gives a brilliant new take on the legend of King Arthur. Myrddin rides with Arthur spinning tales for and about...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/04/2007
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Buster is every boy’s favourite character for he’s a boy after most boy’s hearts - he’s out to save the world. Hilarious and action-packed kids will love it and it’s written by one of our best known writers and author...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/03/2007
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Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2006. By Hugh (10) - It is a brilliant mix of action, suspense and emotion. I love how you can really understand the character's feelings. Hester isn't just Hester, but a sad...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2007
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A glorious romp of a story, Larklight is a Victorian space adventure combining some entertaining period jokes with a fantastical trip into unknown worlds. Funny and inventive as Arthur and his sister Myrtle set off on their adventure,...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/10/2006
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Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2006. By Hugh (10) - It is a brilliant mix of action, suspense and emotion. I love how you can really understand the character's feelings. Hester isn't just Hester, but a sad...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 20/03/2006
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A stunning blend of past and future technologies, Mortal Engines sets the scene for a stunning quartet of action-packed novels set in a richly inventive world in which wheeled cities hunt each other across the dried up sea bed. Big...
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Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 20/09/2002
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