James Watson (author)

James Arnold Watson (born on 8 November 1936 in Darwen, Lancashire) is an English author. He has written 12 novels for young readers including "Talking in Whispers" (winner of the The Other Award, a runner up in the Carnegie Medal and the Buxtehude Bulle Award), "Ticket to Prague", and "The Bull Leapers". He has also written three books on media studies, including [http://us.macmillan.com/mediacommunicationsecondedition Media Communications] .

His book "The Noisy Ducks of Buxtehude" is aimed at children and is written in both English and German.

He has written two plays for senior schools and four plays for radio. He is due to publish his new novel, "Fair Game – Steps of the Odessa" in 2008.

List of published work:

*"Sign of the Swallow"
*"The Bull Leapers"
*"Legion of The White Tiger"
*"The Freedom Tree"
*"Talking in Whispers"
*"Where Nobody Sees"
*"No Surrender"
*"Ticket to Prague"
*"Justice of the Dagger"
*"The Ghosts of Izieu"
*"Make Your Move" and Other Stories "
*"Banned!"
*"Tom Paine, This was Your Life"
*"Gotcha!"
*"Wars-R-Us.com"
*"Robin Hood: the Play, or How Prince John Pitted His Wits Against the Outlaws of Sherwood Forest"
*"The Noisy Ducks of Buxtehude"

[http://www.watsonworks.co.uk Author's website]