Jonathan Stroud
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Born | Bedford, England | 27 October 1970
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | British |
Period | 1999–present |
Genre | Children's fantasy |
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Jonathan Anthony Stroud (born 27 October 1970) is a British writer of fantasy fiction, mainly for children and young adults.
Biography[]
Born in 1970 in Bedford, England, Stroud began to write stories at a very young age.[1] He grew up in St Albans where he attended Wheatfields Junior School and St Albans Boys' School.[2] He enjoyed reading books, drawing pictures, and writing stories. He attributes his love of reading and writing to being ill between the ages of seven and nine. To escape boredom, he would occupy himself with books and stories.[3] After he completed his studies of English literature at the University of York, he worked in London as an editor for the Walker Books store. During the 1990s, he started publishing his own works and quickly gained success.[3]
Among his works are the best-selling[4] Bartimaeus Trilogy. A special feature of these novels compared to others of their genre is that Stroud examines the stereotypes and ethics of the magician class and the enslaved demons. This is done by telling the story from the perspective of the sarcastic and slightly egomaniacal djinni Bartimaeus. The books in this series, his first to be published in the United States, are The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem's Eye, Ptolemy's Gate, and prequel The Ring of Solomon.[5]
In 2013, Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase was released, and achieved critical acclaim, with Rick Riordan calling Stroud a "genius".[6] The second book, The Whispering Skull, was released in September 2014. A third novel, titled The Hollow Boy, was announced through a competition orchestrated by Stroud, asking readers to send in an idea for a ghost to feature in the third story.[7] The fourth book, The Creeping Shadow, was published in 2016, and the last book in the series, The Empty Grave, was published in 2017.[8]
In late 2020, Netflix announced that Stroud's Lockwood & Co. series would be made into a television show produced by Nira Park, Rachael Prior, and Joe Cornish.[9] Filming began in July 2021 in London.[10]
Stroud lives in St Albans, Hertfordshire, with his three children and his wife Gina,[11] an illustrator of children's books.[3]
Awards and honours[]
Series | Book | Year | Award Name | Award Body | Result | Reference |
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Bartimaeus | The Amulet of Samarkand | 2004 | Best Books for Young Adults | American Library Association | Top Ten | [12] |
2004 | Notable Children's Books | American Library Association | Winner | [13] | ||
2004 | Boston Globe–Horn Book Award | The Boston Globe and The Horn Book Magazine | Honor book | [14] | ||
2004 | Locus Award (YA) | Locus | Nominee | [15] | ||
2004 | Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults | American Library Association | Winner | [16] | ||
2005 | Nevada Young Readers' Award (YA) | Nevada Library Association | Nominee | [17] | ||
2005 | Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Jugendbuch | Nominee | [18] | |||
2006 | Evergreen Teen Book Award | Washington Young Adult Review Group | Nominee | [19] | ||
2006 | Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers | Georgia Library Association | Nominee | [20] | ||
2007 | Indian Paintbrush Book Award (Grades 4-6) | Wyoming Library Association | Nominee | [21] | ||
The Golem's Eye | 2005 | Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults | American Library Association | Winner | [22] | |
2005 | Best Books for Young Adults | American Library Association | Winner | [23] | ||
2005 | Locus Award (YA) | Locus | Nominee | [15] | ||
2007 | Colorado Blue Spruce Award (YA) | Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Awards | Nominee | [24] | ||
Bartimaeus Sequence | 2006 | Mythopoeic Awards (Children's Literature) | Mythopoeic Society | Winner | [25] | |
Ptolemy's Gate | 2006 | Cybils Award (Speculative Fiction) | Cybils Awards | Winner | [26] | |
2006 | Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel | Locus | Nominee | [15] | ||
2006 | Corine Internationaler Buchpreis for Kinder- und Jugendbuch | [27] | ||||
2007 | Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults | American Library Association | Winner | [28] | ||
2007 | Notable Children's Recordings | American Library Association | Winner | [29] | ||
The Ring of Solomon | 2010 | Costa Children's Book Award | Costa Coffee | Nominee | [30] | |
2010 | Der Leserpreis | Shortlisted | ||||
2012 | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | American Library Association | Winner | [31] | ||
Heroes of the Valley | 2009 | Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas for Mejor novela extranjera independiente | Nominee | [32] | ||
2010 | Locus Award (YA) | Locus | Nominee | [15] | ||
2010 | Best Books for Young Adults | American Library Association | Winner | [33] | ||
2010 | Carnegie Medal in Literature | Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals | Nominee | |||
2011 | Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas for Mejor novela extranjera perteneciente a saga | Nominee | [34] | |||
Lockwood & Co. | The Screaming Staircase | 2013 | Cybils Award (Speculative Fiction) | Cybils Awards | Winner | [35] |
2013 | Goodreads Choice Award (Middle Grade & Children's) | Goodreads | Nominee | [36] | ||
2014 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Los Angeles Times | Finalist | [37][38] | ||
2014 | Edgar Awards (Best Juvenile) | Mystery Writers of America | Nominee | [39] | ||
2014 | WeRead Prize | Jewish Community Secondary School | Winner | [40] | ||
2014 | Booktrust Best Book Awards (9-11 Best Story) | BookTrust and Amazon Kindle | Shortlisted | [41] | ||
2014 | North Carolina Young Adult Book Award | Nominee | [42] | |||
2014 | Carnegie Medal | CILIP | Nominee | [43] | ||
2014 | Worcestershire Teen Book Award | Worcestershire Public Libraries | Shortlisted | [44] | ||
2014 | Silver Inky Award | Inside a Dog | Shortlisted | [45] | ||
2015 | Sakura Medal | International Librarians of Japan | Nominee | |||
2015 | Warwickshire Secondary Book Awards | Stratford Girls' Grammar School | Winner | [46] | ||
2015 | Coventry Inspiration Book Awards | Coventry City Council | Shortlisted | |||
2015 | UKYA Blogger Awards | UKYA Blogger Awards | Nominee | [47] | ||
2015 | The Weald Book Award | The Weald School | Shortlisted | [48] | ||
2015 | Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults | American Library Association | Winner | [49] | ||
2016 | Beehive Book Awards (Young Adult Fiction) | Children's Literature Association of Utah | Nominee | [50] | ||
2016 | Nevada Young Readers' Award (Intermediate) | Nevada Library Association | Winner | [51] | ||
2016 | Sasquatch Award | Washington Library Association | Nominee | [52] | ||
2017 | Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award | Rebecca Caudhill | Nominee | [53] | ||
The Whispering Soul | 2014 | Goodreads Choice Award (Middle Grade & Children's) | Goodreads | Nominee | [54] | |
2015 | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | American Library Association | Top 30 | [55] | ||
The Hollow Boy | 2015 | Goodreads Choice Award (Middle Grade & Children's) | Goodreads | Nominee | [56] | |
The Creeping Shadow | 2016 | Goodreads Choice Award (Middle Grade & Children's) | Goodreads | Nominee | [57] | |
The Empty Grave | 2017 | Goodreads Choice Awards (Middle Grade & Children's) | Goodreads | Nominee | [58] | |
2017 | Booklist Editor's Choice for Youth | Booklist | Winner | [59] | ||
2019 | Carnegie Medal | CILIP | Nominee | [60] |
Bibliography[]
Fiction (Solo)[]
Children's literature[]
Title | Publisher | Date | Genre | Length | ISBN |
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The Viking Saga of Harri Bristlebeard | Walker Books | 1 September 1997 | Children's fiction, puzzle book | 32 pages (hardcover) | ISBN 9780763602703 |
The Hare and the Tortoise | Walker Books | 5 October 1998 | Children's fiction, sticker book | n/a | ISBN 9781406302950 |
Walking Through the Jungle | Walker Books | 1 January 1998 | Children's fiction, sticker book | n/a | ISBN 9781406303001 |
Little Red Car | Walker Books | 2 August 1999 | Children's fiction | 15 pages (UK paperback) | ISBN 9780744529517 |
Alfie's Big Adventure | Walker Books | 2 August 1999 | Children's fiction | 14 pages (UK paperback) | ISBN 9780744529487 |
Little Spike and Long Tail | Walker Books | 3 January 2000 | Children's literature, puzzle book | n/a | ISBN 9780744529647 |
Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Walker Books | 2000 | Children's literature, puzzle book | 15 pages (UK paperback) | ISBN 9780744565546 |
The Leap | Red Fox | 1 January 2001 | Children's literature | 192 pages (UK paperback) | ISBN 9780099402855 |
The Lost Treasure of Captain Blood | Walker Books | 1 January 2006 | Children's literature, puzzle book | 32 pages (UK paperback) | ISBN 9781844287673 |
Novella[]
Title | Publisher | Date | Genre | Length | ISBN |
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The Ghost of Shadow Vail | Barrington Stoke | 1 January 2009 | Teen and YA, fantasy | 64 (paperback) | ISBN 9781842997055 |
Teen and YA[]
Title | Publisher | Date | Genre | Length | ISBN |
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Buried Fire | Gardners Books | 3 April 2003 | Teen and YA, science fiction/fantasy | 304 (UK paperback) | ISBN 9780552549332 |
The Last Siege | Gardners Books | 31 January 2004 | Teen and YA | 261 pages (UK paperback) | ISBN 9780552551465 |
Heroes of the Valley | Hyperion Books | 29 January 2009 | Teen & YA, fantasy | 496 pages (UK hardcover) | ISBN 9781423109662 |
Heroes of the Valley was featured on the VOYA Magazine's Perfect Tens list in 2009.[61]
Non-fiction[]
Title | Publisher | Date | Genre | Length | ISBN |
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Justin Credible's Word Play World | Walker Books | 1994 | Puzzle book | n/a | ISBN 0000000000 |
Ancient Rome: A Guide to the Glory of Imperial Rome | Kingfisher | 15 April 2000 | Children's history book | 30 pages (UK hardcover) | ISBN 9780753452356 |
Life and Times in Ancient Rome | Kingfisher | 3 September 2007 | Children's history book | 30 pages (UK hardcover) | ISBN 9781435275058 |
Fiction (YA series)[]
Bartimaeus Sequence[]
No. | Title | Publisher | Date | Length | ISBN |
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1 | The Amulet of Samarkand | Doubleday | 1 October 2003 | 272 pages (UK hardcover) | ISBN 9780385605991 |
2 | The Golem's Eye | Gardners Books | 30 September 2004 | 259 pages (UK hardcover) | ISBN 9780385606158 |
3 | Ptolemy's Gate | Doubleday | 1 January 2005 | 528 pages (UK paperback) | ISBN 9780385608688 |
4 | The Ring of Solomon | Doubleday | 14 October 2010 | 528 pages (UK paperback) | ISBN 9780385619158 |
The Amulet of Samarkand given a starred review by Booklist and Publishers Weekly in 2003, recommended on Texas Lone Star's YA reading list (2005), and given commendation for Great Graphic Novels for Teens (2011).[62]
Lockwood & Co.[]
No. | Title | Publisher | Date | Length | ISBN |
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1 | The Screaming Staircase | Corgi Books | 3 July 2014 | 480 pages (UK paperback) | ISBN 9780552566780 |
2 | The Whispering Skull | Corgi Books | 25 February 2015 | 496 pages (UK paperback) | ISBN 9780552568050 |
2.5 | The Dagger in the Desk | Penguin Books | 9 February 2015 | 35 pages (Penguin eBook) | ISBN 9781448196944 |
3 | The Hollow Boy | Corgi Books | 24 September 2015 | 448 pages (UK paperback) | ISBN 9780552573146 |
4 | The Creeping Shadow | Corgi Books | 15 September 2016 | 560 pages (UK paperback) | ISBN 9780552573153 |
5 | The Empty Grave | Corgi Books | 21 September 2017 | 560 pages (UK paperback) | ISBN 9780552575799 |
The Screaming Staircase has been recommended by Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (audiobook) and Children and Teens (ten to fourteen) (2014); Texas Lone Star Reading List (2014); Cooperative Children's Book Center (2014); Look! Hoo's Reading (2014), and Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults (2014).[63][64] The Whispering Skull was selected by the CCBC Choices (2015) and the Junior Library Guild (2015) and was given a starred review by Booklist (2014), Kirkus (2014), and School Library Journal (2014).[65] The Hollow Boy was selected by the CCBC Choices (2016) and the Junior Library Guild (2016) and was given a starred review by Booklist (2015) and School Library Journal (2015).[66] The Creeping Shadow was given a starred review by Booklist (2016) and was selected by the Junior Library Guild as their mystery/adventure novel of 2017.[67] The Empty Grave was given a starred review by Booklist in 2017.[68]
The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne[]
No. | Title | Publisher | Date | Length | ISBN |
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1 | The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne | Walker Books | 1 April 2021 | 432 pages (hardcover) | ISBN 9781406394818 |
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