Kevin Brooks (writer)
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Kevin M. Brooks is an English
author best known for his novels Lucas
(winner of the North East Book Award 2004) and Martyn Pig
(winner of the Branford Boase Award
2003).
United Kingdom
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author best known for his novels Lucas
Lucas (novel)
Lucas is a 2002 novel by Kevin Brooks about a teenager named Cait who lives on an isolated island off the coast of England and befriends outsider Lucas, eventually falling in love with him only to see the island's prejudices come to life.-Plot summary:...
(winner of the North East Book Award 2004) and Martyn Pig
Martyn Pig
Martyn Pig is a thriller by Kevin Brooks, published on April 1, 2002 by The Chicken House and aimed at teens and young adults. Martyn Pig won the Branford Boase Award in 2003 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 2002.-Martyn Pig:...
(winner of the Branford Boase Award
Branford Boase Award
The Branford Boase Award is a British literary award presented annually to an outstanding novel for young people by a first-time writer.Wendy Boase, Editorial Director of Walker Books and Henrietta Branford worked together previously to produce a great number of books. Both Wendy Boase and...
2003).
Johnny Delgado Series
- Johnny Delgado: Private Detective
- Like Father, Like Son (2006)
- Private Detective (2006)
Standalone novels
- Martyn PigMartyn PigMartyn Pig is a thriller by Kevin Brooks, published on April 1, 2002 by The Chicken House and aimed at teens and young adults. Martyn Pig won the Branford Boase Award in 2003 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 2002.-Martyn Pig:...
(2002) - LucasLucas (novel)Lucas is a 2002 novel by Kevin Brooks about a teenager named Cait who lives on an isolated island off the coast of England and befriends outsider Lucas, eventually falling in love with him only to see the island's prejudices come to life.-Plot summary:...
(2002) - Kissing the Rain (2004)
- Bloodline (2004)
- I See You, Baby (2005) (Co-written with Catherine Forde)
- CandyCandy (Kevin Brooks novel)Candy is a 2005 young adult novel by Kevin Brooks about a doomed teenage love affair between a musician and a prostitute.-Plot summary:The story opens when Joe from a single parent family, a music lover and with a knack for curiosity - meets 16-year-old Candy on the streets of London...
(2005) (Not to be confused with CandyCandy (novel)Candy is a 1958 novel written by Maxwell Kenton in collaboration with Mason Hoffenberg published by Olympia Press. It was later published in North America by Putnam under the authors' own names...
, a novel by Maxwell Kenton) - The Road of the DeadThe Road of the DeadThe Road of the Dead is a 2006 novel by Kevin Brooks about teenage brothers living in London who travel to the moorland in search of their sister's killer. It is shortlisted for the 2007 Carnegie Medal...
(2006) - Being (2007)
- Black Rabbit Summer (2008)
- Killing God (2009) (Renamed Dawn for the North American edition)
- iBoy (2010)
- Summary of all(2010)
- A Dance of Ghosts (2011)
- Naked (2011)