William Corlett

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William Corlett
Born8 October 1938
Sarlat, Aquitaine, France
OccupationNovelist, playwright
NationalityEnglish
Period1963–2004

William Corlett (8 October 1938 – 16 August 2005), was an English author, best known for his quartet of children's novels, The Magician's House, published between 1990 and 1992.

Biography

Corlett was born in

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
.

Later in life he

Sarlat in France.[1]

Bibliography

Plays

  • Another Round (1963)
  • The Gentle Avalanche (1964)
  • Return Ticket (1966)

Teleplay

  • "Barriers" (1980)[2]
  • "The Red Signal", "Through a Glass Darkly", "The Fourth Man", and "The Girl in the Train", (1982) from the "Agatha Christie Hour" teleseries

Novels

  • The Gate of Eden (1974)
  • The Land Beyond (1974)
  • Return to the Gate (1975)
  • The Dark Side of the Moon (1977)
  • Bloxworth Blue (1984)
  • The Magician's House quartet
    • The Steps Up the Chimney (1990)
    • The Door in the Tree (1990)
    • The Tunnel behind the Waterfall (1991)
    • The Bridge in the Clouds (1992)
  • The Summer of the Haunting (1993)
  • The Secret Line (1995)
  • Now and Then (1995)
  • Two Gentlemen Sharing (1997)
  • Kitty (2004)

Non-fiction

  • The Hindu Sound (1978)
  • The Christ Story (1978)
  • The Islamic Space (1979)
  • The Buddha Way (1980)
  • The Judaic Law (1980)

References

  1. ^ a b Tucker, Nicholas (23 August 2005), "William Corlett, writer: born Darlington, Co Durham 8 October 1938; died Sarlat, France 16 August 2005.", The Independent, archived from the original on 1 October 2007, retrieved 9 July 2007
  2. ^ Phillips, Sian (24 August 2005). "Barriers". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

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