Talk:Robert Swindells

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Robert E. "Bob" Swindells was born 20 March 1939 in Bradford and the first of 5 siblings. He is a children’s and young adult author.

        Robert Swindells worked for a local newspaper after leaving school aged 15 he also worked at the Royal Air Force and had lots of different job before training to be a teacher. His first novel When Darkness Comes (which won the Children's Book Award with Brother in the Land 1985) in 1973 when he was in training to be a teacher.
      His first novel When Darkness Comes (which won the Children's Book Award with Brother in the Land in 1985. Swindells also won the award for Room 13 in 1990, Nightmare Stairs (Short novel, 1998) and Blitzed (Younger readers, 2003). His young adult novel Stone Cold in1993, which dealt with homelessness, won the Carnegie Medal in 1994.
    Robert Swindells is married and has two daughters and three grandchildren.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.183.221.203 (talk) 04:57, 18 March 2008 (UTC)