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Actor

John Christopher

Writing

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Movies: 3Series: 1Crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 104542

IMDb ID: nm0160584

Known for: Writing

Born: April 16, 1922

Died: February 3, 2012

Age: 89

Place of birth: Huyton, Lancashire, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1970 - 2014

Years active: 45

Average TMDB rating: 5.5

Wikidata: Q552025

Also known as

Sam Youd • Christopher Samuel Youd • Stanley Winchester • Hilary Ford • William Godfrey • William Vine • Peter Graaf • Peter Nichols • Anthony Rye

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Novel (2)Creator (1)

Biography

Sam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012), known professionally as Christopher Samuel Youd, was a British writer, best known for science fiction under the pseudonym John Christopher, including the novels The Death of Grass, The Possessors, and the young-adult novel series The Tripods. He won the Guardian Prize in 1971 and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1976. Youd also wrote under variations of his own name and under the pseudonyms Stanley Winchester, Hilary Ford, William Godfrey, William Vine, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols, and Anthony Rye. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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