Kevin Brooks

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About Kevin Brooks

Kevin Brooks was born in 1959 and grew up in Exeter, Devon. After finishing school he moved to London to try and become a rock star, and had many interesting and unusual day jobs – working in a zoo, a crematorium and a post office – before turning his hand to what he does best: writing hard-hitting and utterly compelling teen fiction.

Kevin has written five enormously successful young adult novels for Chicken House: Martyn Pig, Lucas, Kissing the Rain, Candy, and The Road of the Dead.

Kevin now lives in North Yorkshire.

Accolades and awards

  • THE BUNKER DIARY
    Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2014
  • iBOY
    Winner of the 2012 Angus Book Award
  • THE ROAD OF THE DEAD
    Shortlisted for the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult 2007
  • CANDY
    Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2005
  • KISSING THE RAIN
    Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2004
  • LUCAS
    Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2003

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