TERENCE BLACKER

'Terence Blacker' (born February 5, 1948 near Hadleigh, Suffolk) is an English author, columnist, journalist, and publisher.[1][2] He is the son of General Sir Cecil Hugh Blacker, and the brother of sculptor Philip Blacker.[3]
Blacker was educated in Wellington College, Berkshire, England and Trinity College, Cambridge University.[4]
Blacker began his working life in horse-racing and as an amateur jockey.[5] Subsequently he worked in publishing for 10 years during the 1970s and 1980s [6] where he was responsible for overseeing the publication of works by Jerzy Kosinski.[7]
Blacker became a full-time writer in 1983 and has written children's books and mysteries for adults. His first children's book ''If I Could Work'' was published in 1987 and his first adult novel, ''FIXX'', won critical acclaim and was described by ''The Guardian'' as a "tour de force". He is an active member of English PEN, and is also an EAW member.
He writes a weekly column for ''The Independent'' newspaper and writes the "Endpaper" for ''The Author''. For many years, he wrote the "Harvey Porlock" column in ''The Sunday Times'', as well as a column about the book business for ''Publishing News''.[8]

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Bibliography

★ 'Adult books'

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★ ''Kill Your Darlings'' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000) ISBN 0-297-64658-3

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★ ''Revenance'' (Bloomsbury, 1996) ISBN 0-7475-2436-X

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★ ''The Fame Hotel'' (Bloomsbury, 1992) ISBN 0-7475-1244-2

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★ ''Fixx'' (Bloomsbury, 1989) ISBN 0-7475-0270-6

★ 'Children's books'

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★ ''Parentswap'' (Farrar Straus Giroux, August 2006) ISBN 0-374-35752-8

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★ ''Tinseltown'' (Macmillan Children's Books, January 2005) ISBN 1-4050-5707-6

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★ ''Boy2girl'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 2004) ISBN 0-330-42121-2

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★ ''You Have Ghost Mail'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 2002) ISBN 0-333-96001-7

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★ ''The Angel Factory'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 2001) ISBN 0-333-90072-3

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★ ''The Transfer'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 1998) ISBN 0-333-68970-4

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★ ''Nasty Neighbours / Nice Neighbours'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 1992) ISBN 0-333-54675-X

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★ ''Homebird'' (Piccadilly Press, 1991) ISBN 1-85340-116-1 (Prentice Hall & IBD, 1993 ISBN 0-02-710685-3)

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★ ''If I Could Work'' (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1991) ISBN 0-517-07121-5

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★ ''The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen'' (Hodder Children's Books, 1990) ISBN 0-340-51261-X

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★ ''Herbie Hamster, Where Are You?'' by Terence Blacker, Pippa Unwin (Random House Children's Books, 1990) ISBN 0-679-80838-8

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★ ''Houdini, the Disappearing Hamster'' (Andersen Press, 1990) ISBN 0-86264-250-7

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★ ''Henry and the Frights'' (Piccadilly Press, 1989) ISBN 0-946826-99-4

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★ ''Neil's Book of the Dead'' by Terence Blacker, Nigel Planer (Pavilion Books, 1984) ISBN 0-907516-53-X

★ 'Ms Wiz series'

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★ ''Ms Wiz Superstar'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 2004) ISBN 0-330-43406-3

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★ ''The Crazy World of Ms Wiz'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 2004) ISBN 0-330-43136-6

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★ ''The Secret Life of Ms Wiz'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 2002) ISBN 0-333-99460-4

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★ ''Ms Wiz: Millionaire'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 2001) ISBN 0-333-94794-0

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★ ''Ms Wiz Goes to Hollywood'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 2000) ISBN 0-333-90175-4

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★ ''Ms Wiz and the Sister of Doom'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 1999) ISBN 0-333-76161-8

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★ ''Ms Wiz Smells a Rat'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 1998) ISBN 0-333-73734-2

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★ ''Ms Wiz Supermodel'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 1997) ISBN 0-333-71117-3

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★ ''You're Kidding Me, Ms Wiz'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 1996) ISBN 0-333-67103-1

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★ ''Ms Wiz Loves Dracula'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 1993) ISBN 0-333-60774-0 (Piccadilly Press, 1993 ISBN 1-85340-250-8)

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★ ''Power-crazy Ms Wiz'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 1993) ISBN 0-333-60773-2 (Piccadilly Press, 1992 ISBN 1-85340-177-3)

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★ ''Time Flies for Ms Wiz'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 1993) ISBN 0-333-60772-4 (Piccadilly Press, 1992 ISBN 1-85340-181-1)

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★ ''Ms Wiz Banned!'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 1993) ISBN 0-333-60771-6 (Piccadilly Press, 1990 ISBN 1-85340-092-0)

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★ ''Ms Wiz Goes Live'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 1993) ISBN 0-333-60770-8 (Piccadilly Press, 1990 ISBN 1-85340-073-4)

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★ ''In Control, Ms Wiz?'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 1993) ISBN 0-333-60769-4 (Piccadilly Press, 1990 ISBN 1-85340-061-0)

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★ ''You're Nicked, Ms Wiz'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 1993) ISBN 0-333-60768-6 (Piccadilly Press, 1989 ISBN 1-85340-051-3)

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★ ''In Stitches with Ms Wiz'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 1993) ISBN 0-333-60767-8 (Piccadilly Press, 1989 ISBN 1-85340-044-0)

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★ ''Ms Wiz Spells Trouble'' (Macmillan Children's Books, 1993) ISBN 0-333-60766-X (Piccadilly Press, 1988 ISBN 1-85340-022-X)

External links

★ ''Independent'' columns by Terence Blacker

★ Writers Online - Terence Blacker Questions & Answers

★ Open Directory Project - Terence Blacker directory category