Joseph Delaney

Joseph Delaney is a retired English teacher living in Lancashire. He has three children and seven grandchildren and is a wonderful public speaker available for conference, library and bookshop events. His home is in the middle of Boggart territory and his village has a boggart called the Hall Knocker, which was laid to rest under the step of a house near the church.

Most of the places in the Spook's books are based on real places in Lancashire. And the inspiration behind the stories often comes from local ghost stories and legends.

The Spook's Apprentice, The Spook's Curse and The Spook's Secret have all been shortlisted for the Lancashire children's Book for the Year Award. The Spook's Apprentice is the winner of both the Sefton Book Award and the Hampshire Book Award.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Joseph Delaney

Spook's: I am Grimalkin
Joseph Delaney
This latest chilling instalment in the Wardstone Chronicles follows Grimalkin, the terrifying witch assassin, feared wherever she is known.  Click here to visit the Spooks books website featuring videos and the author's Spook's series blog.
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2011
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The Spook's Nightmare (Wardstone Chronicles 7)
Joseph Delaney
This is the terrifying seventh title in the Wardstone Chronicles about a young 13 year old boy training to be an exorcist. Ideal for readers who have outgrown Harry Potter, but be prepared the titles are very scary so for...
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/05/2010
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The Spook's Secret (Wardstone Chronicles 3)
Joseph Delaney
A book to be read after dark if you dare. This is terrific writing coupled with such an exciting and frightening storyline of good versus evil that you really will be hanging onto the bedcovers while reading it. It's the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2007
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The Spook's Apprentice (Wardstone Chronicles 1)
Joseph Delaney
Thomas Ward is the seventh son of a seventh son and has been apprenticed to the local Spook. The job is hard, the Spook is distant and many apprentices have falled before Thomas. Somehow Thomas must learn how to exorcise...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/06/2005
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