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'''Russell Hoban''' (1925-2011), known to children and parents for a huge range of children's books (the Frances the Badger series, ''Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas'', ''How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen'', ''The Mouse and His Child'', etc.), best known otherwise for the post-apocalyptic fantasy ''Riddley Walker''.

Notes are here for these books:

* ''[[Turtle Diary]]''
* [http://www.errorbar.net/rw ''Riddley Walker''] (a larger annotation project of its own)

== Other reading ==
* [[wikipedia:Russell Hoban|Wikipedia]] - biography etc.
* A fine [https://news.avclub.com/r-i-p-russell-hoban-author-of-riddley-walker-the-mou-1798228930 obituary] by Emily VanDerWerff
* [http://www.ocelotfactory.com/hoban/index.html The Head of Orpheus] - comprehensive fan site

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−	'''Russell Hoban''' (1925-2011), known to children and parents for a huge range of children's books (the Frances the Badger series, ''Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas'', ''How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen'', ''The Mouse and His Child'', etc.), best known otherwise for the post-apocalyptic fantasy ''Riddley Walker'' but wrote a whole lot of things.	+	'''Russell Hoban''' (1925-2011), the unofficial Pennsylvanian ambassador to London, was known to children and parents for a huge range of children's books (the Frances the Badger series, ''Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas'', ''How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen'', ''The Mouse and His Child'', etc.) and is best known otherwise for the post-apocalyptic fantasy ''Riddley Walker'' but wrote a whole lot of things. I was very privileged to know him slightly in his later years.

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 Notes are here for these books:
-* ''[[Turtle Diary]]''
+* '''''[[Turtle Diary]]'''''
-* [http://www.errorbar.net/rw ''Riddley Walker''] (a larger annotation project of its own)
+* [http://www.errorbar.net/rw '''''Riddley Walker'''''] (a larger annotation project of its own)
 == Other reading ==

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-'''Russell Hoban''' (1925-2011), known to children and parents for a huge range of children's books (the Frances the Badger series, ''Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas'', ''How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen'', ''The Mouse and His Child'', etc.), best known otherwise for the post-apocalyptic fantasy ''Riddley Walker''.
+'''Russell Hoban''' (1925-2011), known to children and parents for a huge range of children's books (the Frances the Badger series, ''Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas'', ''How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen'', ''The Mouse and His Child'', etc.), best known otherwise for the post-apocalyptic fantasy ''Riddley Walker'' but wrote a whole lot of things.
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 * A fine [https://news.avclub.com/r-i-p-russell-hoban-author-of-riddley-walker-the-mou-1798228930 obituary] by Emily VanDerWerff
 * [http://www.ocelotfactory.com/hoban/index.html The Head of Orpheus] - comprehensive fan site
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 [[Category:Russell Hoban]]