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Leon Garfield
Leon Garfield was born in Brighton in 1921. His brief art studies were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II, when he joined the army. After the war he worked as a hospital laboratory technician until in the 1960s his literary success enabled him to devote himself completely to writing. He lived with his wife, the children's writer, Vivien Alcock, in Highgate, North London, which has featured in many of his novels.
He is the author of a large number of highly acclaimed novels, some of which have been serialised for television, including Devil-in-the-Fog, and Jack Holborn. Black Jack was made into a full-length feature film, and was joint winner of the International Jury Award at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. The famous film director, John Huston, made his last screen appearance in 1987 in the film of Mr Corbett's Ghost.
He was working on a four-hour dramatisation of The Odyssey for BBC Radio when he died on 2nd June 1996.
Featured Books, with extracts by Leon Garfield
Leon Garfield
An action-packed story of pirates, ghosts, treasure and mutiny – young Jack Holborn finds himself swept up in dizzying dangers after he stows away aboard the Charming Molly. It’s an adventure that sweeps across the high seas and back into...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/08/2009
Books by Leon Garfield
Leon Garfield
An action-packed pirate story is the latest addition to the Oxford Children's Classics series, complete with ghosts, treasure, and adventures galore on the high seas.
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/08/2009
Leon Garfield
One of a series which offers classic and contemporary fiction for schools to suit a range of ages and tastes this book contains adaptations of Macbeth , Romeo and Juliet , A Midsummer Night's Dream , Twelfth Night , The...
Format: Hardback - Released: 25/02/1994
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