John Christopher

This article is about the British author. For the American herbalist, see John Christopher (herbalist).

John Christopher
BornChristopher Samuel Youd
(1922-04-16)16 April 1922
Huyton, Lancashire, England
Died3 February 2012(2012-02-03) (aged 89)
Bath, Somerset, England
Pen nameJohn Christopher (science fiction), several others
OccupationWriter
Alma materPeter Symonds College
GenreScience fiction
Notable works
Notable awardsGuardian Prize
1971

Sam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012) was a British writer best known for science fiction written under the name of John Christopher, including the novels The Death of Grass, The Possessors, and the young-adult novel series The Tripods. He won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1971[1] and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1976.

Youd also wrote under variations of his own name and under the pseudonyms Stanley Winchester, Hilary Ford, William Godfrey, William Vine, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols, and Anthony Rye.[2][3]

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