Dave Luckett is an Australia

Australia

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n children's writer

Children's literature

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 born in Stanmore, New South Wales

Stanmore, New South Wales

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. He has written three non-fiction books about cricket

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 and medieval weapons and armor. He has also written three series of fantasy

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 books as well as a number of standalone fantasy books. One of the series, The Rhianna Chronicles, has been reprinted in the United States

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 and Poland

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. His A Dark Winter

A Dark Winter

A Dark Winter is a 1998 fantasy novel by Dave Luckett. It follows the story of Wii de Parkin who along with Silvus and Sister Winterridge have set out to defeat the Dark armies and save the castle of Ys.-Background:...

won the Aurealis Award

Aurealis Award

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 for best fantasy novel in 1998.

Tenabran Trilogy

1. A Dark Winter
   A Dark Winter
   A Dark Winter is a 1998 fantasy novel by Dave Luckett. It follows the story of Wii de Parkin who along with Silvus and Sister Winterridge have set out to defeat the Dark armies and save the castle of Ys.-Background:...
   
   (1997)
2. A Dark Journey (1999)
3. A Dark Victory
   A Dark Victory
   A Dark Victory is a 1999 young-adult fantasy novel by Dave Luckett and is the last book in the Tenabran Trilogy. It follows the story of how Will is preparing for his final battle as Prince Nathan's armies mass on the moors.-Background:...
   
   (1999)

The Rhianna Chronicle

1. Rhianna and the Wild Magic (2000) (US title The Girl, the Dragon, and the Wild Magic (2003))
2. Rhianna and the Dogs of Iron (2002) (US title: The Girl, the Apprentice, and the Dogs of Iron (2004))
3. Rhianna and the Castle of Avalon (2002) (US title: The Girl, the Queen, and the Castle (2004))

Standalone fiction books

• Jupiter Tonnens (1993)
• The Patternmaker (1994)
• The Adventures of Addam (1994)
• The Wizard and Me (1995)
• Night Hunters (1995)
• Switching Current (1996)
• Deals On Wheels (1996)
• The Best Batsman in the World (1996)
• The Last Eleven (1997)
• I am Cool (2000)
• City, Seen by Lightning (2003)
• Subversive Activity (2009)

Nonfiction

• Cricket Australia: Kids' Ultimate Fan's Handbook (2004)
• Iron Soldiers: A Story of Arms and Armour (2005)
• Howzat!: A Celebration of Cricket (2005) with (Max Fatchen
  Max Fatchen
  Max Fatchen is an Australian journalist and children's writer.Max Fatchen spent his boyhood on an Adelaide Plains farm at Angle Vale. He learned to drive a team of Clydesdale horses and did part of his High School studies at home, driving his horse and buggy in once a week to Gawler High School to...
  
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External links

• Dave Luckett's biography at jrank.org