Edward Ormondroyd
Edward Ormondroyd (* 1925 in Wilkinsburg , Pennsylvania ) is an American writer who is mainly known for his books for children and young people .
He grew up in Pennsylvania and Michigan and served as a sailor aboard a destroyer during World War II . After the war, he studied English and librarianship at the University of California, Berkeley . In the 1970s he moved to New York State, where he still lives today. Between 1957 and 1985 he published a dozen books, the best known of which is the youthful fantasy novel David and the Phoenix . His novel Time at the Top was filmed for television in 1999 .
Ormondroyd is married and has seven children with his wife.
plant
- David and the Phoenix (1957)
- The Tale of Alain (1960)
- Time at the Top (1963)
- Jonathan Frederick Aloysius Brown (1964)
- Theodore (1966)
- Michael, the Upstairs Dog (1967)
- Broderick (1969)
- Theodore's Rival (1971)
- Castaways on Long Ago (1973)
- Imagination Greene (1973)
- All in Good Time (1975)
- Johnny Castleseed (1985)
Web links
- Edward Ormondroyd in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ormondroyd, Edward (1982). Time at the top. Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-20960-4 .
- ^ "Edward Ormondroyd" Purple House Press. Retrieved August 17, 2007.
- ↑ Time at the Top (IMDb)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ormondroyd, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American youth and fantasy writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania |