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Robert Arthur Leeson (31 March 1928, Northwich, Cheshire[1] – 29 September 2013)[2] was an English author, mainly known for his children's books. Before becoming a writer, he worked as Literary Editor of the left-wing British newspaper the Morning Star.[3] He was a prolific writer, having had over 70 books for young people published between 1973 and 2003. His books include several historical novels, such as Maroon Boy (1974), The Third Class Genie (1975) (a humorous fantasy novel) and the science-fictionTime Rope (1986) and Zania Experiment (1993) series.[3][4] Leeson also wrote social realist novels such as It's My Life (1980) about a teenage girl who has to look after her family after her mother walks out on them.[3] Silver's Revenge is a humorous sequel to Treasure Island, and Candy for the Kingis a fairytale about a giant influenced by Voltaire's Candide.[4] Leeson's Reading and Righting: the past,present and future of Fiction for the young (1985) is a history of children's literature. He has also written for radio, television and the theatre. Leeson cited the fiction of Geoffrey Trease as an influence on his work.[5] Bibliography
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References1. ^http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=robert&lastname=leeson&eventyear=1928&eventyear_offset=0 2. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/20/robert-leeson-obituary Robert Leeson obituary] 3. ^1 2 Humphrey Carpenter and Mari Prichard,"The Oxford Companion to children's literature" Oxford University Press, 1998. {{ISBN|978-0-19-860228-6}} (p. 308) 4. ^1 Emer O'Sullivan,Historical Dictionary of Children's Literature.Scarecrow Press, 2010, {{ISBN|0-8108-6080-5}}, (p.156). 5. ^Peter Hunt and Dennis Butts, Children's Literature: an illustrated history .Oxford University Press, 1995, {{ISBN|978-0-19-212320-6}} (p.295). External links
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