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O’Brien Press

Books for 5+:

  • The Baby Giant -2009

Books for 6+:

  • Mad Grandad’s Flying Saucer - 2003
  • Mad Grandad’s Robot Garden - 2003
  • Mad Grandad And The Mutant River - 2005
  • Mad Grandad And The Kleptoes - 2005
  • Mad Grandad’s Wicked Pictures - 2007
  • Mad Grandad’s Doppelganger - 2010

Books for 8+:

  • The Evil Hairdo - 2006
  • The Poison Factory - 2006
  • Wired Teeth - 2008

Novels:

  • The Gods And Their Machines - 2004
  • The Harvest Tide Project - 2004
  • Under Fragile Stone - 2005

Random House

  • Small-Minded Giants - 2006
  • Ancient Appetites - 2007
  • Strangled Silence - 2008
  • The Wisdom of Dead Men - 2009

Barrington Stoke

  • The Goblin of Tara - 2007
  • The Evil Eye - 2009

Awards and Recognition

In 2009, Strangled Silence was shortlisted for Falkirk Council’s 2010 RED Book Award.

In 2008, Small-Minded Giants was shortlisted for the Coventry Inspiration Awards, which are open to any book, rather than just those published in the relevant year.

In 2007, Ancient Appetites was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.

In May 2007, Small-Minded Giants was recommended by the Education Secretary, Alan Johnson and the School Library Association in the UK on a one-off list of Top 160 Books For Boys (No. 44).

In 2006, Under Fragile Stone was shortlisted for the Bisto Book of the Year Award.

In 2006, The Gods And Their Machines, published by Tor in the United States, was shortlisted for Locus Magazine's Best First Novel Award.

In 2005, The Gods and Their Machines and The Harvest Tide Project were both shortlisted for the Reading Association of Ireland Award, the first time an author has had two books on the same shortlist for this award.

In 2005, The Gods and Their Machines won a Bisto Book of the Year Merit Award.