Nicholas Fisk (1923–2016)
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Sobre l'autor
Nicholas Fisk is the pseudonym for David Higginbottom who was born in London, England on October 14, 1923. He was educated at Ardingly College in West Sussex, but left school at the age of 16 because his father died. He worked as a theatrical agent, a jazz-guitarist, and a cartoonist for the Daily mostra'n més Sketch. During World War II, he served as an RAF meteorological officer. After the war, he worked for the publishers Lund Humphries and in advertising before moving to a career as an author. His non-fiction works included Look at Cars, Lindbergh the Lone Flier, and Richthofen the Red Baron. His first novel for children, The Bouncers, was published in 1964. His other children's novels included The Fast Green Car, Space Hostages, Trillions, Grinny, and A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair. He also wrote a memoir entitled Pig Ignorant. He stopped writing in 1996 because his failing eyesight due to macular degeneration made it impossible. He died on May 10, 2016 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Nota de desambiguació:
(eng) Nicholas Fisk is the pseudonym of David Higginbottom.
Sèrie
Obres de Nicholas Fisk
Find The Lady [short story] 4 exemplars
Science Fiction 2 exemplars
Richtofen - The Red Baron 2 exemplars
IL SEGRETO DI ARGOSY 1 exemplars
The Fast Green Car 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Worlds Apart: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction and Fantasy (1986) — Col·laborador — 168 exemplars
Twisted Circuits: A Sinister Collection of Hi-tech Tales (Beaver Books) (1987) — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Fisk, Nicholas
- Nom oficial
- Higginbottom, David Lee
- Data de naixement
- 1923-10-14
- Data de defunció
- 2016-05-10
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- País (per posar en el mapa)
- England, UK
- Lloc de naixement
- London, England, UK
- Professions
- science fiction writer
cartoonist
jazz guitarist
publisher
advertising creative director - Nota de desambiguació
- Nicholas Fisk is the pseudonym of David Higginbottom.
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 56
- També de
- 15
- Membres
- 842
- Popularitat
- #30,364
- Valoració
- 3.6
- Ressenyes
- 14
- ISBN
- 140
- Llengües
- 6