William Jesse Corbett (21 February 1938 – 15 February 2003)[1] was an Englishchildren's writer. Born and raised in Birmingham, West Midlands. He joined the British Merchant Navy at the age of 16 and later worked in physical training for the British Army, among other jobs.[1] He decided to become a writer and wrote The Song of Pentecost, featuring the adventures of a group of mice who travel to a new home. It was published by Methuen in 1982, a 215-page novel with illustrations by Martin Ursell.[2] It was an international bestseller and the 1982 Whitbread Awards Children's Book of the Year. He followed with two sequels and several other books.[1]
Beside the Pentecost trilogy (1982 to 1987), the books by Corbett most widely held in WorldCat libraries are The Ark of the People (1998) and The Quest for the End of the Tail (2000), featuring the tiny Willow People.[2] Those were first two of three 300-page novels published by Hodder Children's Books, sometimes called the Ark of the People series.
Corbett died on 15 February 2003 and two more books were published later that year.[1]
corbett, william, jesse, corbett, february, 1938, february, 2003, english, children, writer, born, raised, birmingham, west, midlands, joined, british, merchant, navy, later, worked, physical, training, british, army, among, other, jobs, decided, become, write. William Jesse Corbett 21 February 1938 15 February 2003 1 was an English children s writer Born and raised in Birmingham West Midlands He joined the British Merchant Navy at the age of 16 and later worked in physical training for the British Army among other jobs 1 He decided to become a writer and wrote The Song of Pentecost featuring the adventures of a group of mice who travel to a new home It was published by Methuen in 1982 a 215 page novel with illustrations by Martin Ursell 2 It was an international bestseller and the 1982 Whitbread Awards Children s Book of the Year He followed with two sequels and several other books 1 Beside the Pentecost trilogy 1982 to 1987 the books by Corbett most widely held in WorldCat libraries are The Ark of the People 1998 and The Quest for the End of the Tail 2000 featuring the tiny Willow People 2 Those were first two of three 300 page novels published by Hodder Children s Books sometimes called the Ark of the People series Corbett died on 15 February 2003 and two more books were published later that year 1 See also editPortals nbsp Children s literature nbsp Speculative fictionReferences edit a b c d W J Corbett The Wee Web Retrieved 2013 06 12 a b Corbett W J WorldCat Retrieved 2013 09 06 External links editW J Corbett at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database The Song of Pentecost in libraries WorldCat catalog This article about a children s author from the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title W J Corbett amp oldid 1077868716, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
