Alan Temperley is a British

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 author. He was born in Sunderland and initially began a career as an English

English language

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 teacher before becoming a writer. His first novel, Murdo's War was published in 1988 and he has written a further five novels, with the most recent, Scar Hill, published in 2009.

He has become best known for his Harry series of books. Harry and the Wrinklies

Harry and the Wrinklies

Harry and the Wrinklies was a children's television series which produced three series between 1999 and 2002. The show was produced by Scottish TV and SMG TV Productions that aired on CITV. It was based on a novel of the same name by Alan Temperley. It starred Nick Robinson as the title role...

was published in 1997 and was later adapted into a TV series of the same name. A sequel, Harry and the Treasure of Eddie Carver was published in 2004.

List of books

• Scar Hill (2009)
• Harry and the Treasure of Eddie Carver (2004)
• Ragboy (2003)
• The Deck Boy (2002)
• The Magic of Samarkand (2002)
• The Brave Whale (1999)
• Huntress of the Sea (1999)
• The Simple Giant (1999 - picture book)
• Ragboy, Rats and the Raging Sea (1998)
• Harry and the Wrinklies
  Harry and the Wrinklies
  Harry and the Wrinklies was a children's television series which produced three series between 1999 and 2002. The show was produced by Scottish TV and SMG TV Productions that aired on CITV. It was based on a novel of the same name by Alan Temperley. It starred Nick Robinson as the title role...
  
  (1997)
• Murdo's War (1988)