James Riordan
, 1936 - 2012
Riordan was born in Portsmouth, England, graduated from the University of Birmingham, and taught at the London Institute of Education before becoming a lecturer at Bradford University, and then head of the Russian Department at the University of Surrey. He wrote an autobiography, children’s novels, two non-fiction novels, children’s anthologies, and worked as an editor and translator. He also regularly reviewed children's books for The Times. Among his books are: Sweet Clarinet, which won the NASEN award in 1999, and Match of Death, which won the South Lanarkshire Book Award in 2004.
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Profile at amazon.com (accessed: January 17, 2018)
Bio prepared by Allison Rosenblum, Bar-Ilan University, allie.rose89@gmail.com
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