| 词条 | Patrick Skene Catling |
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| name = Patrick Skene Catling | image = Patrick Skene Catling.jpeg | image_size = 200px | alt = | caption = Catling in February 2014 | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1925|2|14|df=y}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Writer, journalist, book reviewer | language = | nationality = British | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = Oberlin College | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = Susan Crosland (1952–1960) | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }} Patrick Skene Catling (born 14 February 1925)[1] is a British journalist, author and book reviewer best known for writing The Chocolate Touch in 1952.[2] He has written 12 novels, 3 works of non fiction and 9 books for children. BackgroundCatling was born and schooled in London and was educated there and at Oberlin College in the United States. Catling served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a navigator and as a journalist at The Baltimore Sun[3] and The Manchester Guardian. He has traveled extensively. His present home is in the Republic of Ireland.[2] He continues writing books, and writes reviews for The Spectator, The Telegraph, and other publications.[4][5] CareerHis first publication of The Chocolate Touch in 1952 received enthusiastic responses from several reviewers. Catling has since written dozens of books, and has developed the popular The Chocolate Touch character John Midas into the children's book series: John Midas in the Dreamtime (1986), John Midas and the Vampires (1994), John Midas and the Radio Touch (1994), and John Midas and the Rock Star (1995). Of John Midas in the Dreamtime, School Library Journal wrote, "...children who have been dragged around tourist sights will relate to John's boredom".[6] Selected works
Journalism
References1. ^{{cite book|last=Catling|first=Patrick Skene|title=Better Than Working|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F9_nAAAACAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Liberties Press|isbn=9781905483068|page=11}} 2. ^1 {{cite web |url= http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=15980|title= Patrick Skene Catling bio|accessdate=2009-01-21 |work= |publisher= HarperCollins website|date= }} 3. ^Better Than Working by Patrick Skene Catling. New York: Macmillan. 1960. Also: The Baltimore Sun 1837-1987 by Harold A. Williams. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1987. p.335-336 4. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.spectator.co.uk/search/author/?searchString=Patrick%20Skene%20Catling|title= list of Patrick Skene Catling reviews|accessdate=2009-01-21 |work= |publisher= The Spectator|date= }} 5. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/fictionreviews/3554350/Reasons-to-be-paranoid.html|title= Reasons to be paranoid|accessdate=2009-01-21 |work= |publisher= The Daily Telegraph|date= 3 July 2008}} 6. ^{{cite web |url= http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HeApbf7STAwJ:martsubhub.lib.wv.us:8000/kcweb/kcContent%3Fisbn%3D9780688061074%26type%3Dreview%26controlnumber%3D%2B%2B%2B86005392%26referedby%3Dtitlelist+%22John+Midas+in+the+Dreamtime%22,+review&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us|title= review of John Midas of The Chocolate Touch|accessdate=2009-01-21 |work= |publisher= School Library Journal|date= }} 7. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene |author2=Margot Apple | title = The Chocolate Touch | publisher = HarperCollins | series = Juvenile Fiction | year = 1979 | isbn = 9780688321871 |pages= 128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aYRdZXQNle4C&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 }} 8. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene | title = Better Than Working | publisher = Macmillan, Secker & Warburg | series = Journalists | origyear = 1960| year = 2004 | isbn = 9780436206245 |pages= 212, 356 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FN_nAAAACAAJ&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling }} 9. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene | title = John Midas in the Dreamtime | publisher = Morrow | series = Juvenile Fiction | year = 1986 | isbn = 9780688321871 |pages= 119 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQWpAAAACAAJ&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling }} 10. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene | title = The Exterminator | publisher = Bodley Head | series = | year = 1969 | isbn = 9780370006550 |pages= 252 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LglnAAAACAAJ&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling }} 11. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene | title = Jazz, Jazz, Jazz | publisher = St Martins Press | series = Fiction | year = 1981 | isbn = 9780312440732 |pages= 320 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jo6_HAAACAAJ&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling }} 12. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene | title = The Experiment | publisher = | series = | year = 1968 | isbn = |pages= 317 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cEEcGQAACAAJ&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling }} 13. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene | title = Best Summer Job | publisher = Simon & Schuster | series = | year = 1974 | isbn = 9780671217532 |pages= 283 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mgb3AAAACAAJ&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling }} 14. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene | title = Tourist Attraction | publisher = Macmillan, London | series = | year = 1963 | isbn = 9780722121740 |pages= 185, 220, 175 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cMPLAAAACAAJ&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling }} 15. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene | title = Freddy Hill: The Story of a Modern Man of Pleasure | publisher = Bodley Head | series = | year = 1969 | isbn = 9780370014128 |pages= 220 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vB5MAgAACAAJ&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling }} 16. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene |author2=Mark Foreman | title = Eskimo Surprise | publisher = Heinemann | series = Juvenile Fiction | year = 1993 | isbn = 9780434962655 |pages= 42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oNWsAAAACAAJ&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling&lr= }} 17. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene |author2=Philip Hopman | title = Chocolate Magic | publisher = Mammoth | series = Girls | year = 2000 | isbn = 9780749742119 |pages= 96 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A6RqAAAACAAJ&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling&lr= }} 18. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene | title = The Catalogue | publisher = HarperCollins | series = | year = 1972 | isbn = 9780586035894 |pages= 203 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kaU3AAAACAAJ&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling&lr= }} 19. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene |author2=Tony Ross | title = John Midas and the Vampires | publisher = Methuen | series = Children's | year = 1994 | isbn = 9780416189179 |pages= 111 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecsqAAAACAAJ&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling&lr= }} 20. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene | title = John Midas and the Radio Touch | publisher = Mammoth | series = | year = 1994 | isbn = 9780749717681 |pages= 109 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-M2AQAACAAJ&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling&lr= }} 21. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene |author2=Mark Foreman | title = A Trunkful of Tricks | publisher = Heinemann | series = | year = 1994 | isbn = 9780434978236 |pages= 48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rKjcAQAACAAJ&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling&lr= }} 22. ^{{cite book | last = Catling | first = Patrick Skene |author2=Tony Ross | title = John Midas and the Rock Star | publisher = Methuen | series = | year = 1995 | isbn = 9780416191240 |pages= 90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lCSAAAAACAAJ&dq=Patrick+Skene+Catling&lr= }} External links
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