William Corlett
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William Corlett | |
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Born | 8 October 1938 Darlington, County Durham |
Died | 16 August 2005 Sarlat, Aquitaine, France | (aged 66)
Occupation | Novelist, playwright |
Nationality | English |
Period | 1963–2004 |
William Corlett (8 October 1938 – 16 August 2005), was an English author, best known for his quartet of children's novels, The Magician's House, published between 1990 and 1992.
Biography
Corlett was born in Darlington, County Durham. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, then trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Later in life he came out as gay, and it was from his partner, Bryn Ellis, that he gained some of his inspiration for The Magician's House.[1] Corlett died at Sarlat in France.[1]
Bibliography
Plays
- Another Round (1963)
- The Gentle Avalanche (1964)
- Return Ticket (1966)
Teleplay
- "Barriers" (1980)[2]
- "The Red Signal", "Through a Glass Darkly", "The Fourth Man", and "The Girl in the Train", (1982) from the "Agatha Christie Hour" teleseries
Novels
- The Gate of Eden (1974)
- The Land Beyond (1974)
- Return to the Gate (1975)
- The Dark Side of the Moon (1977)
- Bloxworth Blue (1984)
- The Magician's House quartet
- The Steps Up the Chimney (1990)
- The Door in the Tree (1990)
- The Tunnel behind the Waterfall (1991)
- The Bridge in the Clouds (1992)
- The Summer of the Haunting (1993)
- The Secret Line (1995)
- Now and Then (1995)
- Two Gentlemen Sharing (1997)
- Kitty (2004)
Non-fiction
- The Hindu Sound (1978)
- The Christ Story (1978)
- The Islamic Space (1979)
- The Buddha Way (1980)
- The Judaic Law (1980)
References
- ^ a b Tucker, Nicholas (23 August 2005), "William Corlett, writer: born Darlington, Co Durham 8 October 1938; died Sarlat, France 16 August 2005.", The Independent, archived from the original on 1 October 2007, retrieved 9 July 2007
- ^ Phillips, Sian (24 August 2005). "Barriers". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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