- Keith Charters
Keith Charters (b 1965) is a British author and publisher.
Born in
Edinburgh , he grew up inGlasgow where he attended the University of Strathclyde, before he moved toLondon in 1986, where he lived until 2002. His first novel for children, "Lee and the Consul Mutants" was published in 2004 and his second, "Lee Goes For Gold", in 2006. Those two books claimed the no.1 and no.4 slots respectively in the Children's Best Sellers list published by "The Herald". In early 2007 "Lee's Holiday Showdown" was launched and was similarly well received.Keith is well known for presenting at hundreds of schools throughout the UK and Ireland and for appearing at book festivals. March 2008 will see him visiting 27 schools. In September 2008 he will present at the Islay Book Festival, followed by the Arran Book Festival. In November 2008 he will be part of the Imprint Book Festival in East Ayrshire.
In 2006 Keith established
Strident Publishing Company inScotland , to promote and publish new books for children. Strident has had great success with titles such as DarkIsle (www.darkislethebook.co.uk), by D A Nelson, which has been sold around the world.Bibliography
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Lee and the Consul Mutants , Neil Wilson Publishing, 2004
*Lee Goes For Gold , Strident Publishing, 2006
*Lee's Holiday Showdown , Strident Publishing, 2006External links
* [http://www.keithacharters.co.uk/index.html Author's homepage]
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