William Horwood

William Horwood (born May 12, 1944 in Oxford , England) is a British author of fantasy novels and youth literature.

Life

Horwood grew up on Kent's east coast, mostly in Deal. After his parents separated, in which alcoholism also played a role, he was placed in a foster family at the age of six, where he lived for four years. He attended a school in Germany for a year, and then, at the age of 11, returned to the Grammar School . At 18, Horwood studied at Bristol University , where he graduated in 1966 with a Bachelor of Arts in geography . He took on a number of different jobs; Among other things, he gave classes, was active in fundraising and wrote for the Daily Mail .

In 1978, at the age of 34, he gave up his job at the newspaper to make novel writing his main job; inspired by reading Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The Secret Garden".
His first book The Stone of Duncton (1980) is considered a classic of "animal fantasy"; The main actors here are moles. Horwood also wrote sequels to the classic children's book The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame . His stories about wolves were not so successful. His work Wolves of Time , originally planned as a trilogy , was shortened to two volumes by the publisher, so that the medium volume Wanderers of the Wolfways never appeared.

Works

Duncton Wood

• 1. Duncton Wood , Country Life 1980, ISBN 0-600-36794-0
  • The Duncton Stone , Klett-Cotta 1984, Translator Karin Polz, ISBN 3-608-95147-4 )
• 2. Duncton Quest , Century 1988, ISBN 0-7126-1695-0
• 3. Duncton Found , Century 1988, ISBN 0-7126-2979-3
• 4. Duncton Tales , HarperCollins (UK) 1991, ISBN 0-00-223676-1
• 5. Duncton Rising , HarperCollins (UK) 1992, ISBN 0-00-223941-8
• 6. Duncton Stone , HarperCollins (UK) 1993, ISBN 0-00-224174-9

The Wind in the Willows

• 1. The Willows in Winter , HarperCollins (UK) 1993, ISBN 0-00-224353-9
  • Winter in den Weiden , Thienemann 1995, translator Anne Löhr-Gößling, ISBN 3-522-16891-7
• 2. Toad Triumphant , HarperCollins (UK) 1995, ISBN 0-00-225309-7
  • Spring in the Weiden , Omnibus 1996, translator Anne Löhr-Gößling, ISBN 3-570-26047-X
• 3. The Willows and Beyond , HarperCollins (UK) 1996, ISBN 0-00-225310-0
  • Herbst in den Weiden , Thienemann 1997, translator Anne Löhr-Gößling, ISBN 3-522-17118-7
• 4. The Willows at Christmas , HarperCollins (UK) 1999, ISBN 0-00-225604-5
  • Christmas in the Weiden , Thienemann 2001, translator Elisabeth Spang, ISBN 3-522-17389-9

The Wolves of Time

• 1. Journeys to the Heartland , HarperCollins (UK) 1995, ISBN 0-00-223677-X
  • Reise ins Herzland , Weitbrecht 1996, Translator Michael Morgental, ISBN 3-522-71920-4
• 2. Seekers at the Wulfrock , HarperCollins (UK) 1997, ISBN 0-00-223678-8
  • The fight for the heartland , Weitbrecht 1999, translator Gabriele Burkhardt, ISBN 3-522-71921-2

Willows in winter

• 1997 1st Mole Gets Lost
• 1997 2nd Flying into Danger
• 1997 3rd Toad in Trouble

Hyddenworld (Hyddenworld Quartet)

all translated by Reiner Pfleiderer.

• 1. Hyddenworld: Spring , Macmillan UK 2010, ISBN 978-0-230-73693-1
  • Hyddenworld 1: The Spring , Klett-Cotta 2012, ISBN 978-3-608-94638-3
• 2. Awakening , Macmillan UK 2011, ISBN 978-0-230-71261-4
  • Hyddenworld 2: The Awakening , Klett-Cotta 2012, ISBN 978-3-608-94639-0
• 3. Harvest , Macmillan UK 2012, ISBN 978-0-230-71262-1
  • Hyddenworld 3: The Harvest , Klett-Cotta 2014, ISBN 978-3-608-94640-6
• 4. Winter , Macmillan UK 2013, ISBN 978-0-230-71263-8
  • Hyddenworld 4: Winter , Klett-Cotta 2015, ISBN 978-3-608-94641-3

Individual novels

• The Stonor Eagles , Arrow Books 1982, ISBN 0-09-945540-4
• Callanish , Allen Lane 1984, ISBN 0-7139-1684-2
  • The flight of the eagle , Ueberreuter 1984, translator Hans Erik Hausner, ISBN 3-8000-2245-1
• Skallagrigg , Viking 1987, ISBN 0670801321
• The Boy With No Shoes , Gardners Books 2004, ISBN 0755313178
  • The boy who had no shoes , Goldmann 2006, translator Henning Ahrens, ISBN 3-442-54585-4

Web links

• Literature by and about William Horwood in the catalog of the German National Library
• William Horwood in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• William Horwood in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about William Horwood at Open Library
• William Horwood on Literature Tips
• William Horwood website