Robert Dodds
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Robert Dodds

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Robert Dodds writes for both adults and children. His latest book is the comical fictionalised memoir 'The Kissing Wall'. His novels generally have a strong vein of humour, with the exception of 'The Garden of Earthly Delights', a searing portrait of life in medieval Brabant centred upon the artist Hieronymus Bosch. 'The Art School Murders' and 'Sitting Duck' -are both blackly comic murder stories. 'Paradise Por Favor' is a novel set in Spain looking at the interlinked lives of expats and locals. His two short story collections are 'Rattlesnake and Other Tales' (Polygon) and 'Secret Sharers'. Many of his short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio Four. For children he writes supernatural thrillers. 'The Midnight Clowns' (Andersen Press) was short-listed for the Kathleen Fidler Award, and is also published in France by Flammarion. His other children's novels are 'Nightland' (Andersen Press), 'The Secret of Iguando' (Andersen Press, also published in USA by Mondo, and serialised on BBC Radio Four), and 'The Murrian' (Andersen Press, also published as an audio book by Oakhill). He has two books in Bloomsbury's 'Wired' series for struggling teenage readers: 'The Haunted Mobile' and 'Pitch Dark'. In addition to writing fiction, he has had a stage play produced, and has written and directed several short films shown on television and at film festivals.
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