Phil Earle

{{Short description|British children's author}}

Phil Earle is a British children's author.

In 2013, The Guardian described Heroic as "a unique, challenging and engaging read".{{cite news |title=Heroic by Phil Earle- review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2013/jun/21/review-heroic-phil-earle |access-date=15 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=21 June 2013}}

In 2016, Earle was appointed as the 13th online Writer in Residence for BookTrust, a children's reading charity.{{cite news |last1=Drabble |first1=Emily |title=Phil Earle is the new BookTrust writer in residence |url=https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/jan/18/phil-earle-book-trust-writer-in-residence |access-date=15 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=18 January 2016}}

At the 2022 British Book Awards, When the Sky Falls won Children's Book of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2022/05/the-nibbies-the-british-book-awards-name-their-2022-winners/|title=The 'Nibbies': The British Book Awards Name Their 2022 Winners|first=Porter|last=Anderson|date=May 24, 2022|website=Publishing Perspectives}} In 2022, The Times called While the Storm Rages "a fresh take on wartime evacuees".{{cite news |last1=O’Connell |first1=Alex |title=While the Storm Rages by Phil Earle review — a fresh take on wartime evacuees |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/while-the-storm-rages-by-phil-earle-review-wnrs8f86b |access-date=15 December 2022 |work=The Times |date=14 May 2022}}

Personal life

Earle is from Kingston upon Hull and studied English and drama at the University of Hull.{{Cite web|url=https://yadudebooks.ca/phil-earle/|title=Phil Earle|work=YA Dude Books|accessdate=22 February 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/author-interviews/phil-earle-i-genuinely-thought-i-was-done-i-had-nothing-left-say-1249152|title=Phil Earle: 'I genuinely thought I was done. I had nothing left to say'|work=The Bookseller|first=Fiona|last=Noble|date=19 March 2021|accessdate=22 February 2025}} Earle is married to Lou; they have five children, two dogs, "a dragon called Baz", and live in West Yorkshire.{{cite web | url=https://www.philearle.com/about/ | title=About | Phil Earle - Author }}

Publications

  • Being Billy, 2012
  • Heroic, 2013
  • Demolition Dad
  • When the Sky Falls, Andersen Press, 2021

''Until the Road Ends"

  • While the Storm Rages, 2022

References

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