Russell Hoban
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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
- Riddley Walker (a larger annotation project of its own)
Other reading
- Wikipedia - biography etc.
- A fine obituary by Emily VanDerWerff
- The Head of Orpheus - comprehensive fan site