Colin Thompson

Children's Author

Birthday October 18, 1942

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace England

Age 81 years old

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About

British author of The Floods series, The Dragons series, and other works of children's literature and science fiction. His Floods series, published between 2005 and 2013, includes a dozen titles.

Before Fame

He published one of his first literary works, Pictures of Home, in 1992.

Trivia

He won the Aurealis Award, the Hampshire Illustrated Book Award, and the Ibby Award, among other honors.

Family Life

He was born Colin Willment, but his mother changed his last name to Thompson after she and his father divorced and she remarried.

Associated With

He and Jacqueline Wilson were contemporaries.