Chris Priestley

Chris Priestley

Christopher Priestley (born August 25, 1958 in Hull ) is a British author , illustrator and cartoonist .

Life

Priestley studied at Manchester Polytechnic from 1976 to 1980. From 1981 to 1985 he worked as a cartoonist for Record Mirror magazine and provided illustrations for The Times and The Independent . From 1990 to 1996 he worked for The Economist and then worked for The Independent for two years .

He has been writing himself since 1998. Priestley has been interested in scary stories since childhood, which is reflected in his work. He also paints. Chris Priestley lives in Cambridge with his family .

Works

Horror story series

• Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror . 2007
  • Uncle Montague's horror stories . Bloomsbury Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-8270-5371-8
• Tales of Terror from the Black Ship . 2008.
  • Horror stories from the black ship . Bloomsbury Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-8270-5422-7
• Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth . 2009.
  • Horror stories from the mouth of the tunnel . Bloomsbury Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-8270-5502-6

Tom Marlowe Adventure

• Death and the Arrow , 2003
• The White Rider , 2004
• Redwulf's Curse , 2005

Other works

• Dog Magic! , 2000
• Jail-breaker Jack , 2001
• Battle of Britain: My Story , 2002
• Battle of Hastings , 2003
• Witch Hunt , 2003
• Billy Wizard , 2005
• New World , 2007
• The Dead Of Winter , 2010
• Mister Creecher , 2010
  • Mister Creecher . Bloomoon Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-7607-9928-5
• Through Dead Eyes , 2013
  • Dead Eyes - The Curse of the Mask . Bloomoon Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-845803753

Web links

• Literature by and about Chris Priestley in the catalog of the German National Library
• Chris Priestley's blog until the end of 2016
• Chris Priestley's website as of 2017
• British Cartoon Archives, University of Kent
• Bloomsbury
• Berlin publishers

• Reviews
  • Uncle Montagues Schauergeschichten : KinderundJugendmedien.de