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Jonathan Anthony Stroud (born 27 October 1970) is a British writer of fantasy fiction, best known for the Bartimaeus young adult sequence and Lockwood & Co. children's series. His books are typically set in an alternate history London with fantasy elements, and have received note for his satire, and use of magic to reflect themes of class struggle. The Bartimaeus sequence is the recipient of the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire and Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards. Stroud's works have also been featured on ALA Notable lists of books for children and young adults. In 2020, Netflix announced a TV series based on Lockwood & Co., with filming initiated in July 2021.

Jonathan Stroud
Stroud at the Gothenburg Book Fair in 2016
Born	(1970-10-27) 27 October 1970 (age 51) Bedford, England
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	British
Period	1999–present
Genre	Children's fantasy
Website
www.jonathanstroud.com

Biography

Born in 1970 in Bedford, England, Stroud began to write stories at a very young age.[1] He grew up in St Albans where he attended Wheatfields Junior School and St Albans Boys' School.[2] He enjoyed reading books, drawing pictures, and writing stories. He attributes his love of reading and writing to being ill between the ages of seven and nine. To escape boredom, he would occupy himself with books and stories.[3] After he completed his studies of English literature at the University of York, he worked in London as an editor for the Walker Books store. During the 1990s, he started publishing his own works and quickly gained success.[3]

Among his works are the best-selling[4] Bartimaeus Trilogy, which has received note for its satire and use of magic to explore themes of class struggle. By narrating the story from the perspective of Bartimaeus, a sarcastic and slightly egomaniacal djinni, Stroud examines the stereotypes and ethics of the magician class and the enslaved demons.[5][6] The books in this series, his first to be published in the United States, are The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem's Eye, Ptolemy's Gate, and prequel The Ring of Solomon.

In 2013, Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase was released, and achieved critical acclaim, with Rick Riordan calling Stroud a "genius".[7] The second book, The Whispering Skull, was released in September 2014. A third novel, titled The Hollow Boy, was announced through a competition orchestrated by Stroud, asking readers to send in an idea for a ghost to feature in the third story.[8] The fourth book, The Creeping Shadow, was published in 2016, and the last book in the series, The Empty Grave, was published in 2017.[9]

In late 2020, Netflix announced that Stroud's Lockwood & Co. series would be made into a television show produced by Nira Park, Rachael Prior, and Joe Cornish.[10] Filming began in July 2021 in London.[11]

Stroud lives in St Albans, Hertfordshire, with his three children and his wife Gina,[12] an illustrator of children's books.[3]

Awards and honours

Bartimaeus sequence

Book	Year	Award Name	Award Body	Result	Ref.
The Amulet of Samarkand	2004	Best Books for Young Adults	American Library Association	Top Ten	[13]
	2004	Notable Children's Books	American Library Association	Won	[14]
	2004	Boston Globe–Horn Book Award	The Boston Globe and The Horn Book Magazine	Honor book	[15]
	2004	Locus Award (YA)	Locus	Nominated	[16]
	2004	Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults	American Library Association	Won	[17]
	2005	Nevada Young Readers' Award (YA)	Nevada Library Association	Nominated	[18]
	2005	Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Jugendbuch		Nominated	[19]
	2006	Evergreen Teen Book Award	Washington Young Adult Review Group	Nominated	[20]
	2006	Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers	Georgia Library Association	Nominated	[21]
	2007	Indian Paintbrush Book Award (Grades 4-6)	Wyoming Library Association	Nominated	[22]
The Golem's Eye	2005	Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults	American Library Association	Won	[23]
	2005	Best Books for Young Adults	American Library Association	Won	[24]
	2005	Locus Award (YA)	Locus	Nominated	[16]
	2007	Colorado Blue Spruce Award (YA)	Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Awards	Nominated	[25]
Ptolemy's Gate	2006	Cybils Award (Speculative Fiction)	Cybils Awards	Won	[26]
	2006	Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel	Locus	Nominated	[16]
	2006	Corine International Book Prize	Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels	Won	[27]
	2007	Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults	American Library Association	Won	[28]
	2007	Notable Children's Recordings	American Library Association	Won	[29]
Bartimaeus trilogy (books 1–3)	2006	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature	Mythopoeic Society	Won	[30]
	2007	Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire (Youth Novel)	Utopiales	Won	[31]
The Ring of Solomon	2010	Costa Children's Book Award	Costa Coffee	Nominated	[32]
	2010	Der Leserpreis (The Reader's Award)	Lovelybooks.de	Shortlisted	[33]
	2012	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	American Library Association	Won	[34]

Lockwood & Co.

Book	Year	Award Name	Award Body	Result	Ref.
The Screaming Staircase	2013	Cybils Award (Speculative Fiction)	Cybils Awards	Won	[35]
	2013	Goodreads Choice Award (Middle Grade & Children's)	Goodreads	Nominated	[36]
	2014	Los Angeles Times Book Prize	Los Angeles Times	Finalist	[37][38]
	2014	Edgar Awards (Best Juvenile)	Mystery Writers of America	Nominated	[39]
	2014	WeRead Prize	Jewish Community Secondary School	Won	[40]
	2014	Booktrust Best Book Awards (9-11 Best Story)	BookTrust and Amazon Kindle	Shortlisted	[41]
	2014	North Carolina Young Adult Book Award		Nominated	[42]
	2014	Carnegie Medal	CILIP	Nominated	[43]
	2014	Worcestershire Teen Book Award	Worcestershire Public Libraries	Shortlisted	[44]
	2014	Silver Inky Award	Inside a Dog	Shortlisted	[45]
	2015	Sakura Medal	International Librarians of Japan	Nominated
	2015	Warwickshire Secondary Book Awards	Stratford Girls' Grammar School	Won	[46]
	2015	Coventry Inspiration Book Awards	Coventry City Council	Shortlisted
	2015	UKYA Blogger Awards	UKYA Blogger Awards	Nominated	[47]
	2015	The Weald Book Award	The Weald School	Shortlisted	[48]
	2015	Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults	American Library Association	Won	[49]
	2016	Beehive Book Awards (Young Adult Fiction)	Children's Literature Association of Utah	Nominated	[50]
	2016	Nevada Young Readers' Award (Intermediate)	Nevada Library Association	Won	[51]
	2016	Sasquatch Award	Washington Library Association	Nominated	[52]
	2017	Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award	Rebecca Caudhill	Nominated	[53]
The Whispering Skull	2014	Goodreads Choice Award (Middle Grade & Children's)	Goodreads	Nominated	[54]
	2015	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	American Library Association	Top 30	[55]
The Hollow Boy	2015	Goodreads Choice Award (Middle Grade & Children's)	Goodreads	Nominated	[56]
The Creeping Shadow	2016	Goodreads Choice Award (Middle Grade & Children's)	Goodreads	Nominated	[57]
The Empty Grave	2017	Goodreads Choice Awards (Middle Grade & Children's)	Goodreads	Nominated	[58]
	2017	Booklist Editor's Choice for Youth	Booklist	Won	[59]
	2019	Carnegie Medal	CILIP	Nominated	[60]

Other works

Book	Year	Award Name	Award Body	Result	Ref.
Heroes of the Valley	2009	Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas for Mejor novela extranjera independiente		Nominated	[61]
	2010	Locus Award (YA)	Locus	Nominated	[16]
	2010	Best Books for Young Adults	American Library Association	Won	[62]
	2010	Carnegie Medal in Literature	CILIP	Nominated
	2011	Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas for Mejor novela extranjera perteneciente a saga		Nominated	[63]

Bibliography

Fiction (Solo)

Children's literature

Title	Publisher	Date	Genre	Length	ISBN
The Viking Saga of Harri Bristlebeard	Walker Books	1 September 1997	Children's fiction, puzzle book	32 pages (hardcover)	ISBN 978-0-7636-0270-3
The Hare and the Tortoise	Walker Books	5 October 1998	Children's fiction, sticker book	n/a	ISBN 978-1-4063-0295-0
Walking Through the Jungle	Walker Books	1 January 1998	Children's fiction, sticker book	n/a	ISBN 978-1-4063-0300-1
Little Red Car	Walker Books	2 August 1999	Children's fiction	15 pages (UK paperback)	ISBN 978-0-7445-2951-7
Alfie's Big Adventure	Walker Books	2 August 1999	Children's fiction	14 pages (UK paperback)	ISBN 978-0-7445-2948-7
Little Spike and Long Tail	Walker Books	3 January 2000	Children's literature, puzzle book	n/a	ISBN 978-0-7445-2964-7
Goldilocks and the Three Bears	Walker Books	2000	Children's literature, puzzle book	15 pages (UK paperback)	ISBN 978-0-7445-6554-6
The Leap	Red Fox	1 January 2001	Children's literature	192 pages (UK paperback)	ISBN 978-0-09-940285-5
The Lost Treasure of Captain Blood	Walker Books	1 January 2006	Children's literature, puzzle book	32 pages (UK paperback)	ISBN 978-1-84428-767-3

Novella

Title	Publisher	Date	Genre	Length	ISBN
The Ghost of Shadow Vale	Barrington Stoke	1 January 2009	Teen and YA, fantasy	64 (paperback)	ISBN 978-1-84299-705-5

Teen and YA

Title	Publisher	Date	Genre	Length	ISBN
Buried Fire	Gardners Books	3 April 2003	Teen and YA, science fiction/fantasy	304 (UK paperback)	ISBN 978-0-552-54933-2
The Last Siege	Gardners Books	31 January 2004	Teen and YA	261 pages (UK paperback)	ISBN 978-0-552-55146-5
Heroes of the Valley	Hyperion Books	29 January 2009	Teen & YA, fantasy	496 pages (UK hardcover)	ISBN 978-1-4231-0966-2

Heroes of the Valley was featured on the VOYA Magazine's Perfect Tens list in 2009.[64]

Non-fiction

Title	Publisher	Date	Genre	Length	ISBN
Justin Credible's Word Play World	Walker Books	1994	Puzzle book	n/a	ISBN 0-00-000000-0
Ancient Rome: A Guide to the Glory of Imperial Rome	Kingfisher	15 April 2000	Children's history book	30 pages (UK hardcover)	ISBN 978-0-7534-5235-6
Life and Times in Ancient Rome	Kingfisher	3 September 2007	Children's history book	30 pages (UK hardcover)	ISBN 978-1-4352-7505-8

Fiction (YA series)

Bartimaeus Sequence

No.	Title	Publisher	Date	Length	ISBN
1	The Amulet of Samarkand	Doubleday	1 October 2003	272 pages (UK hardcover)	ISBN 978-0-385-60599-1
2	The Golem's Eye	Gardners Books	30 September 2004	259 pages (UK hardcover)	ISBN 978-0-385-60615-8
3	Ptolemy's Gate	Doubleday	1 January 2005	528 pages (UK paperback)	ISBN 978-0-385-60868-8
4	The Ring of Solomon	Doubleday	14 October 2010	528 pages (UK paperback)	ISBN 978-0-385-61915-8

The Amulet of Samarkand given a starred review by Booklist and Publishers Weekly in 2003, recommended on Texas Lone Star's YA reading list (2005), and given commendation for Great Graphic Novels for Teens (2011).[65]

Lockwood & Co.

No.	Title	Publisher	Date	Length	ISBN
1	The Screaming Staircase	Corgi Books	3 July 2014	480 pages (UK paperback)	ISBN 978-0-552-56678-0
2	The Whispering Skull	Corgi Books	25 February 2015	496 pages (UK paperback)	ISBN 978-0-552-56805-0
2.5	The Dagger in the Desk	Penguin Books	9 February 2015	35 pages (Penguin eBook)	ISBN 978-1-4481-9694-4
3	The Hollow Boy	Corgi Books	24 September 2015	448 pages (UK paperback)	ISBN 978-0-552-57314-6
4	The Creeping Shadow	Corgi Books	15 September 2016	560 pages (UK paperback)	ISBN 978-0-552-57315-3
5	The Empty Grave	Corgi Books	21 September 2017	560 pages (UK paperback)	ISBN 978-0-552-57579-9

The Screaming Staircase has been recommended by Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (audiobook) and Children and Teens (ten to fourteen) (2014); Texas Lone Star Reading List (2014); Cooperative Children's Book Center (2014); Look! Hoo's Reading (2014), and Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults (2014).[66][67] The Whispering Skull was selected by the CCBC Choices (2015) and the Junior Library Guild (2015) and was given a starred review by Booklist (2014), Kirkus (2014), and School Library Journal (2014).[68] The Hollow Boy was selected by the CCBC Choices (2016) and the Junior Library Guild (2016) and was given a starred review by Booklist (2015) and School Library Journal (2015).[69] The Creeping Shadow was given a starred review by Booklist (2016) and was selected by the Junior Library Guild as their mystery/adventure novel of 2017.[70] The Empty Grave was given a starred review by Booklist in 2017.[71]

Scarlett and Browne

No.	Title	Publisher	Date	Length	ISBN
1	The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne	Walker Books	1 April 2021	432 pages (hardcover)	ISBN 978-1-4063-9481-8
2	The Notorious Scarlett and Browne	Walker Books	7 July 2022	416 pages (paperback)	ISBN 978-1-4063-9482-5

References

External links

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[ru] Страуд, Джонатан

Джо́натан Э́нтони Стра́уд (англ. Jonathan Anthony Stroud) — британский писатель-фантаст, автор произведений для детей и подростков.

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