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

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. He was educated at

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, then trained as an actor at the

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. Later in life he

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, and it was from his partner, Bryn Ellis, that he gained some of his inspiration for ''The Magician's House''. Corlett died at Sarlat in France.

Bibliography

Plays

* ''Another Round'' (1963) * ''The Gentle Avalanche'' (1964) * ''Return Ticket'' (1966)

Teleplay

* "Barriers" (1980) * "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 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

External links

Reviews of The Magician's House Quartet
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