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Brian Williams

I’ve written getting on for 200 books for children and adults, some of them co-authored with Brenda (Clarke/Williams). With a publishing background in information (as managing editor, and consultant for Britannica and World Book), I have wide-ranging interests but currently I write mostly biographies and history – with diversions into inventions, aviation, sport, and quizzes (books and TV). I’m also consultant and writer for the BBC Schools Primary History website.

Email: brianpwilliams@btinternet.com

Website: www.bbwilliams.co.uk

Age group preference

	5-7
	7-11
	11-14
	Adult / family

Current projects

BBC schools history website – biographies and ancient history. History and heritage guides for adults (recent titles include Life in a Wartime House, Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry and Britain’s Prime Ministers). Books on contemporary issues, such as The War on Terror, and War Stories from history. Not forgetting more light-hearted stuff as Murders and Mysteries, Secrets and Scandals. Since Brenda works with KS-1 children, we have a shared interest in information books for early readers.

Selection of books:

	M&S Encyclopedia of World History Parragon A popular illustrated history encyclopedia for family readers
	Fusion History series Raintree Levelled texts on key concepts, with a high-interest twist
	Time Travellers Easy reading, swashbuckling facts
	Timelines Franklin Watts Series exploring major conflicts of the modern world for younger readers, with quotations and statistics.
	Unlocking History Heinemann Library KS2 titles that make good use of primary sources, with graphics and diagrams; six titles cover Romans to modern Britain
	A Place in History Arcturus Iconic sites in modern history, set in the context of the events to which each is linked, with lots of background information and first-hand stories for young readers.
	Pitkin History of Britain (co-author Brenda Williams) Illustrated series for adult/family readers that ranges across the history of Britain from pre-Roman times to the 20^th century.