Alan Gibbons
, b. 1953
Alan Gibbons is a well-known English writer of juvenile and young adult fiction, with over seventy books to his name. Trained as a primary school teacher, Gibbons began writing stories for his students. His first novel, Whose Side Are You On? was published in 1988. His work confronts difficult themes – racism, bullying, domestic violence, and terrorism – in both realistic and fantasy contexts.
Since winning the Blue Peter Book Award for Shadow of the Minotaur in 2000, Gibbons has worked full time as a writer, in addition to visiting schools and libraries, both in the UK and internationally. He has been an outspoken advocate of literacy, organising the Campaign of the Book, Authors against the SATs Campaign and National Libraries Day. In 2010 he led a large scale campaign against library closures, with Read Ins held across the country.
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Official website (accessed: December 10, 2019)
Bio prepared by Miriam Riverlea, University of New England, mriverlea@gmail.com
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