Chris Wooding
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
- The Weavers of Saramyr (2003)
 - The Skein of Lament (2004)
 - The Ascendancy Veil (2005)
 
- Malice (2009)
 - Havoc (2010)
 
Tales of the Ketty Jay
- Retribution Falls (2009)
 - The Black Lung Captain (2010)
 - The Iron Jackal (2011)
 - The Ace of Skulls (2013)
 
The Darkwater Legacy
- The Ember Blade (2019)
 - The Shadow Casket (2023)
 
Standalone novels
- Crashing (1998)
 - Catchman (1998)
 - Kerosene (1999)
 - Broken Sky series (1999–2001)
 - Endgame (2000)
 - 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
 
References
- ^ [1] Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
 - ^ [2] Archived December 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
 - ^ "The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards - Press Desk". Carnegiegreenaway.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
 - ^ "The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards - Press Desk". Carnegiegreenaway.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
 
External links
- Official website 

 - Interview at Transition Tradition Magazine
 - Chris Wooding at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
 - Chris Wooding at Library of Congress, with 14 library catalog records