Roderick Hunt

Roderick Hunt

BornSouth Africa
OccupationWriter
Period1939–present
GenreChildren's literature
Notable worksThe Magic Key

Roderick James Hunt MBE is a British children's author. His most famous series of stories is The Magic Key, which was first written as a part of the Oxford Reading Tree in 1985 and illustrated by Alex Brychta MBE. There were originally 30 stories, and there are now over 400.