Nicholas Tucker is a British

United Kingdom

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 academic and writer who is an honorary Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex

University of Sussex

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.

He was educated at Burgess Hill School in Hampstead

Hampstead

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, London

London

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, where his English teacher was briefly Bernice Rubens

Bernice Rubens

Bernice Rubens was a Booker Prize-winning Welsh novelist.-Background:She was of Russian Jewish descent and born in Cardiff, Wales where she attended Cardiff High School. She came from a very musical family, both her brothers becoming well-known classical musicians. She was married to Rudi...

. A former teacher and then an educational psychologist, he has had a long association with the Sussex University

University of Sussex

The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....

, having lectured in Educational psychology

Educational psychology

Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations. Educational psychology is concerned with how students learn and develop, often focusing...

 and Cultural studies

Cultural studies

Cultural studies is an academic field grounded in critical theory and literary criticism. It generally concerns the political nature of contemporary culture, as well as its historical foundations, conflicts, and defining traits. It is, to this extent, largely distinguished from cultural...

 and Children's literature

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

 at the institution. He was a Senior Lecturer in several of these disciplines.

Tucker is a regular broadcaster and participated in Stop the Week

Stop The Week

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 on Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

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. He contributes articles and obituaries on children's writers to The Independent

The Independent

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, and has also written for TES

Times Educational Supplement

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, THES

The Times Higher Education Supplement

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 and TLS

The Times Literary Supplement

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. He lives in Lewes

Lewes

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, East Sussex

East Sussex

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 and has three adult children.

Select bibliography

• What is a Child?, 1977, Fontana
• The Child and the Book: Psychological and Literary Exploration, 1982, 1990, Cambridge University Press
• Family Fictions; Contemporary Classics of Children’s Literature, with Nikki Gamble, 2001, Continuum
• The Rough Guide to Children's Books, 0-5 years, 2002, Rough Guides
• The Rough Guide to Children's Books, 5-11 years, 2002, Rough Guides
• Darkness Visible: Inside the World of Philip Pullman , 2003, forthcoming 2007, Wizard Books
• Rough Guide to Books for Teenagers, with Julia Eccleshare
  Julia Eccleshare
  Julia Eccleshare is a leading British journalist and writer on the subject of children's books.- Life and career :Eccleshare was born in Cambridge and grew up in North London, the third of four children of Colin Eccleshare, a publisher with Cambridge University Press, and Liz, a history...
  
  , 2003, Rough Guides