Chris Wooding Explained

Chris Wooding (born 28 February 1977) is a British writer born in Leicester, and now living in London. His first book, Crashing, which he wrote at the age of nineteen, was published in 1998 when he was twenty-one. Since then he has written many more, including The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray, which was silver runner-up for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, and Poison, which won the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year. He is also the author of three different, completed series; Broken Sky, an anime-influenced fantasy serial for children, Braided Path, a fantasy trilogy for adults, and Malice, a young adult fantasy that mixes graphic novel with the traditional novel; as well as another, four-part series, Tales of the Ketty Jay, a steampunk sci-fi fantasy for adults.

Works

Braided Path

1. The Weavers of Saramyr (2003)
2. The Skein of Lament (2004)
3. The Ascendancy Veil (2005)

1. Malice (2009)
2. Havoc (2010)

Tales of the Ketty Jay

1. Retribution Falls (2009)
2. The Black Lung Captain (2010)
3. The Iron Jackal (2011)
4. The Ace of Skulls (2013)

The Darkwater Legacy

1. The Ember Blade (2019)
2. The Shadow Casket (2023)

Standalone novels

• Crashing (1998)
• Catchman (1998)
• Kerosene (1999)
• Broken Sky series (1999–2001)
• The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray (2001)
• Poison (2003)
• Storm Thief (2006)
• The Fade (2007)
• Pandemonium (2012)
• Silver (2013)
• Velocity (2015)

Awards and nominations

• 2001: The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Silver Award (runner-up), category 9–11 years^[1]
• 2004: Poison won the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year^[2]
• 2004: Poison nominated for the Carnegie Medal^[3]
• 2007: Storm Thief nominated for the Carnegie Medal^[4]
• 2010: Retribution Falls shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award

External links

• • Interview at Transition Tradition Magazine

Notes and References

1. http://www.booktrusted.co.uk/nestle/
2. http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/services/children/cboty/default_new.asp
3. Web site: The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards - Press Desk . Carnegiegreenaway.org.uk . 2014-02-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207152344/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_04.html . 2012-02-07 .
4. Web site: The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards - Press Desk . Carnegiegreenaway.org.uk . 2014-02-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207152353/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_nom_07.html . 2012-02-07 .