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After working as an
in-house journalist and editor in consumer electronics magazines, Ian Graham
became a freelance writer. He has written more than 230 illustrated non-fiction
books for children and teens, and contributed chapters to books including
Dorling Kindersley’s Know it All and Big Ideas that Changed the World.
He also works as a consultant to publishers, assessing and checking other
authors’ books.
Ian Graham writes
on a variety of popular science, technology and engineering topics including
spaceflight, aviation, astronomy, forensic science, military technology, energy
and robots. He has also written graphic novels retelling the stories of
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe.
He has a degree in
applied physics and a postgraduate diploma in journalism, and is a member of the
Society of Authors and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
Contact details:
Email:
igtext@btinternet.com
Website:
www.ian-graham.co.uk
Age group
preferences:
Sample books by
Ian Graham:
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Fighting
Crime
Heinemann Library
A book in
the ‘Why Science Matters’ series that explains how scientists use the
jumble of specks, smudges, splinters, stains and prints to unravel the
story of a crime and the identity of the criminal.
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Space
Travel
Dorling Kindersley
A highly
illustrated book in DK’s e.explore series about the history and
technology of spaceflight, manned and unmanned.
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(c) Book House
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Great
Britons
Book House
Nearly 200
pages on the lives and works of the greatest British scientists,
engineers, inventors, explorers, actors, musicians, artists, writers,
kings and queens, politicians, military leaders and sports stars.
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(c) Book House
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A
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Book House
A retelling
of Shakespeare’s comic tale of love’s excesses as a graphic novel with
illustrations by Penko Gelev.
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Solar
System
Silver Dolphin
An
interactive journey through the solar system in the 3-D Explorer series,
with pop-up scenes.
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Ripley’s
Mighty Machines
Ripley Publishing
A book of
astonishing facts and amazing stories of machines ranging from stretch
limos and monster trucks to robots and rockets from the world of
Ripley’s Believe it or Not!
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Military
and Government Technology
Raintree
A Raintree
Freestyle book in the ‘From Fail to Win’ series about the lessons learnt
from military and government projects that went wrong, including
warships made of ice, bat-powered flying bombs, the first military
submarine and superguns.
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The
Science in a Bicycle
Franklin Watts
A book
about the forces and energy involved in balancing, riding, steering and
falling off a bike.
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(c) Book House
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Avoid
Being a World War II Pilot
Book House
One of Book
House’s popular Danger Zone titles, this book tells the reader what it
was like to be a fighter pilot during World War II.
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