Bernard Ashley

Bernard John Ashley (born 1935 in London , United Kingdom ) is a British writer . His first work, The Trouble with Donovan Croft , was published in 1974. With it he won the 1975 "Other Award", an alternative to the Children's Rights Workshop's Carnegie Medal . In addition to some non-fictional books, he has written over 20 children's books - mostly for younger teenagers . He spent 30 years as headmaster in various schools in London before devoting himself entirely to writing. He was awarded two honorary doctorates .

Life

Ashley was born in the Woolwich district of south London . After his military service in the Royal Air Force , he studied to become a teacher at Trent Park College of Education . He worked as a school principal for 30 years. His last schools were in south and east London. The experience as a teacher helped him with many of his books and stories.

For several years he has been working exclusively as an author. His children's books often present a somber realism that children can identify with. This realism provides a context for empathy and compassion with the underdog of the story and the young readers' desire for decency, justice and morality.

Ashley is married to Iris Ashley, a former London headmistress. They have three sons and four grandchildren together.

Works

Stage plays

Bernard Ashley wrote the following plays:

• The Old Woman Who Lived in A Cola Can , Edinburgh Festival and Tour
• The Secret of Theodore Brown , (Unicorn Theater for Children in West End London)
• Little Soldier (published by Heinemann)

TV productions

Bernard Ashley works as a writer or author on various television productions.

• 1981: Break in the Sun , 6 episodes
• 1986: Terry on the Fence , film
• 1986: Running Scared , 6 episodes
• 1989: The Country Boy , 6 episodes
• 1991: Dodgem , 6 episodes
• 1993-94: Three Seven Eleven

literature

• The Men and the Boats: Britain's Lifeboat Service . Allman, London 1968, ISBN 978-0-204-79372-4 .
• Bernard Ashley, Fermin Rocker : The Trouble with Donovan Croft . Puffin, Harmondsworth 1974, ISBN 978-0-14-030974-4 .
• Bernard Ashley, Charles Keeping: Terry on the Fence . SG Phillips, New York 1977, ISBN 978-0-87599-222-8 .
  • Terry in a tight spot . Klopp, Berlin 1984, ISBN 978-3-7817-0125-0 .
• A Kind of Wild Justice . SG Phillips, New York 1979, ISBN 978-0-19-271889-1 .
• Bernard Ashley, Charles Keeping: Break in the Sun . SG Phillips, New York 1980, ISBN 978-0-87599-230-3 .
• Bernard Ashley, Janet Duchesne: Dinner Ladies Don't Count . Julia MacRae Books, London / New York 1981, ISBN 978-0-531-04281-6 .
• Bernard Ashley, Lyn Jones: I'm Trying to Tell You . Kestrel, Harmondsworth 1981, ISBN 978-0-7226-5725-6 .
• Dodgem . Julia MacRae Books, New York 1982, ISBN 978-0-531-04363-9 .
• High pavement blues . J. MacRae Books, New York 1983, ISBN 978-0-531-04607-4 .
• Bernard Ashley, Stephen Cain: Your Guess is as Good as Mine . F. Watts, New York 1983, ISBN 978-0-531-03765-2 .
• Bernard Ashley, Trevor Stubley: A Bit of Give and Take . Hamilton, London 1984, ISBN 978-0-241-11301-1 .
• Janey . MacRae, London 1985, ISBN 978-0-86203-208-1 .
• Running scared . MacRae, London 1986, ISBN 978-0-86203-238-8 .
• Bernard Ashley, Jane Cope: Clipper Street - Calling for Sam . Orchard, London 1987, ISBN 978-1-85213-076-3 .
  • Bernard Ashley, Jane Cope: Clipper Street - Down and Out . Orchard, London 1988, ISBN 978-1-85213-077-0 .
  • Bernard Ashley, Jane Cope: Clipper Street - The Royal Visit . Orchard, London 1988, ISBN 978-1-85213-079-4 .
  • Bernard Ashley, Jane Cope: Clipper Street - Sally Cinderella . Orchard, London 1989, ISBN 978-1-85213-080-0 .
  • Bernard Ashley, Jane Cope: Clipper Street - All I Ever Ask . Orchard, London 1989, ISBN 978-1-85213-078-7 .
• Bad blood . MacRae, London 1988, ISBN 978-0-86203-316-3 .
• Seeing Off Uncle Jack . Penguin, Viking 1991, ISBN 978-0-670-83942-1 .
• Dockside School Stories and More Dockside School Stories . Walker, 1992, ISBN 978-0-7445-3014-8 .
• Bernard Ashley, Derek Brazell: Cleversticks . Crown, New York 1992, ISBN 978-0-517-58878-9 .
• Johnnie's Blitz . Viking, London 1995, ISBN 978-0-670-86378-5 .
• Bernard Ashley, David Mitchell: A Present for Paul . Collins, London 1996, ISBN 978-0-00-193683-6 .
• Bernard Ashley, Kim Harley: Madonna's Roller . A. & C. Black, London 1997, ISBN 978-0-7136-4562-0 .
• City Limits - Stitch-Up . Orchard, London 1997, ISBN 978-1-86039-404-1 .
  • City Limits - The Scam . Orchard, London 1997, ISBN 978-1-86039-405-8 .
  • City Limits - Framed . Orchard, London 1997, ISBN 978-1-86039-406-5 .
  • City Limits - Mean Street . Orchard, London 1997, ISBN 978-1-86039-577-2 .
• Bernard Ashley, Susan Hellard: Flash . Orchard, London 1997, ISBN 978-1-86039-546-8 .
• Bernard Ashley, Mark Robertson: King Council . Collins, London 1998, ISBN 978-0-00-675338-4 .
• Tiger without teeth . Orchard, London 1998, ISBN 978-1-86039-605-2 .
• Little Soldier . Scholastic, New York 1999, ISBN 978-0-439-22424-6 .
• Justin and the Big Fight . Puffin, London 1999, ISBN 978-0-14-038386-7 .
• Bernard Ashley, Anne Wilson: Growing Good . Bloomsbury Children's Books, London 1999, ISBN 978-0-7475-4149-3 .
• Bernard Ashley, Kim Harley: Rapid . A. & C. Black, London 1999, ISBN 978-0-7136-4946-8 .
• Bernard Ashley, Philip Hopman: Who Loves You Billy? Collins, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-00-675459-6 .
• Playing Against the Odds . Barrington Stoke, Edinburgh 2000, ISBN 978-1-902260-69-3 .
• Respect . A. & C. Black, London 2001, ISBN 978-0-7136-5336-6 .
• Revenge House . Orchard, London 2002, ISBN 978-1-84121-814-4 .
• Bernard Ashley, Carol Thompson: Double the Love . Orchard, London 2003, ISBN 978-1-84121-278-4 .
• Freedom Flight . Orchard, London 2003, ISBN 978-1-84121-306-4 .
• Bernard Ashley, Lynne Willey: The Bush . Tamarind, Northwood 2003, ISBN 978-1-870516-60-0 .
• Bernard Ashley, Nick Ward: Justin and the Demon Drop Kick . Happy Cat, London 2005, ISBN 978-1-903285-98-5 .
• Ben Maddox - Ten Days to Zero . Orchard, London 2005, ISBN 978-1-84362-649-7 .
  • Ben Maddox - Down to the Wire . Orchard, London 2005, ISBN 978-1-84616-965-6 .
  • Ben Maddox - Flashpoint . Orchard, London 2007, ISBN 978-1-84616-060-8 .
• The Play Version of Little Soldier . Heinemann, Oxford 2006, ISBN 0-435-12581-8 .
• Smokescreen . Usborne, London 2006, ISBN 978-0-7460-6791-8 .
• Solitaire . Usborne, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-7460-8137-2 .
• Angel boy . Frances Lincoln Children's, London 2008, ISBN 978-1-84507-814-0 .
• No way to go . Orchard, London 2009, ISBN 978-1-4083-0239-2 .
• Ronnie's War . Frances Lincoln Children's, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-84780-054-1 .
• Aftershock . Frances Lincoln Children's Books, London 2011, ISBN 978-1-84780-055-8 .
• Dive bombing . Ashley Chappel, London 2012, ISBN 978-1-4083-1392-3 .
• Hero Girls . Ashley Chappel, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-9570357-2-0 .
• Jack and the German Spy . Frances Lincoln Children's, London 2013, ISBN 978-1-84780-280-4 .
• Shadow of the Zeppelin . Orchard, London 2014, ISBN 978-1-4083-2727-2 .
• Nadine Dreams of Home . Barrington Stoke, Edinburgh 2014, ISBN 978-1-78112-369-0 .
• Torrent . Barrington Stoke, Edinburgh 2015, ISBN 978-1-84299-196-1 .
• The Way It Is . Troika Books, 2015, ISBN 978-1-909991-05-7 .
• Dead End Kids . Hodder & Stoughton, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4083-3895-7 .

Awards

• 1975: "The Other Award", an alternative Carnegie medal for The Trouble with Donovan Croft ,
• 1978: Shortlisted Carnegie Medal and recommended for A Kind of Wild Justice
• 1986: Shortlist "Carnegie Medal" and recommendation for Running Scared
• 1993: Royal Television Society Award for best entertainment program for the TV drama Dodgem , which is based on a novel of its own
• 1999: Shortlisted "Carnegie Medal" for Little Soldier
• 2000: Shortlist Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for Little Soldier
• 2002: Longlist "Guardian Children's Fiction Prize" for Revenge House
• 2009: Longlist Booktrust Teenage Prize for Solitaire
• 2015: Shortlist Little Rebels Award for Nadine Dreams of Home

• Honorary Doctorate in Education from the University of Greenwich
• Honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University of Leicester

Web links

• Literature by and about Bernard Ashley in the catalog of the German National Library
• Bernard Ashley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Since 2002 the Carnegie Medal shortlist has eight publications. In previous years the number fluctuated very significantly. In addition, individual books (dt. Shortlisted as "Recommended" recommended ) or "Highly Recommended" (dt. Highly recommended ) highlighted.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bernard Ashley: Little Soldier . Hachette Children's Books, ISBN 978-1-4083-1526-2 , pp. 180 ( preview in Google Book Search [accessed July 8, 2015]).
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Bernard Ashley: About Bernard Ashley ( English ) In: bashley.com . Bernard Ashley. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
3. ↑ JRank: Bernard (John) Ashley (1935–) Biography ( English ) In: biography.jrank.org . JRank. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
4. ↑ IMDb: Bernard Ashley ( English ) In: imdb.com . International Movie Database. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
5. ↑ Pat Triggs: Authorgraph No.6 - Bernard Ashley (BfK No. 6) ( English ) In: booksforkeeps.co.uk . Books for Keeps. January 1981. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
6. ↑ Bernard Ashley: A Kind of Wild Justice . Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-271889-1 , pp. 202 ( preview in Google Book Search [accessed July 29, 2012]).
7. ↑ ^{a b} CCSU: Carnegie Medal Award ( English ) In: web.ccsu.edu . Central Connecticut State University. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
8. ↑ ^{a b} Award Annals: Book: Little Soldier ( English ) In: awardannals.com . Award Annals Database. January 29, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
9. ^ The Guardian: Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2000 ( English ) In: The Guardian . March 28, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
10. ^ Award Annals: Book: Revenge House ( English ) In: awardannals.com . Award Annals Database. January 5, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
11. ↑ Book Trust: Booktrust Teenage Prize 2009 ( English ) In: booktrust.org.uk . Book Trust. 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
12. ↑ Little Rebels Award: The 2015 Shortlist ( English ) In: littlerebelsaward.wordpress.com . Little Rebels Children's Book Award. April 8, 2015. Accessed July 8, 2015.
13. ↑ Harriet Mallinson: Stories with a message make the Little Rebels book award shortlist ( English ) In: The Guardian . April 9, 2015. Accessed July 8, 2015.