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Chris I. Naylor

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in The United Kingdom
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March 2018


Chris I. Naylor grew up in the English Midlands. At university he studied philosophy, which inevitably led to him writing humorous stories about wizards. After that he worked in an office for 30 years, mainly as a way of keeping out of the rain. He now lives in the south of England with his wife, and spends a surprising amount of his time making soup.

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Published on July 15, 2026 08:44
Average rating: 3.98 · 148 ratings · 33 reviews · 17 distinct works
Wizard's Brew

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1998 — 20 editions
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Wizards Behaving Badly

3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions
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Fear of Dragons

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Trust Me, I'm a Wizard

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Wizard through the Looking ...

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The Man who Stole the Future

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Camelot Wizards books 1-4

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Camelot Wizards books 1-3

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Two fatal errors in Anselm’...

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6 Fantasy Books

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The Crooked Branch by Elizabeth Gaskell
"The Crooked Branch was first published as “The Ghost in the Garden Room” in the 1859 extra Christmas issue of Charles Dickens’s “All the Year Round”. It formed part of an end-of-year collection of eight linked stories by various authors, the overall " Read more of this review »
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The Cross on the Old Church Tower by Louisa May Alcott
"Before reviewing The Cross on the Old Church Tower I should point out that this review is of a story by Louisa May Alcott which was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1863, and later reprinted in “Hospital Sketches and Other Writings”. It app" Read more of this review »
Dancing Star - the Story of Anna Pavlova by Gladys Malvern
"When I was a youngster, one shelf of books I made a beeline for to spend any present money was Collins “Seagull Library”. These were inexpensive hardback editions of adventure stories, school stories, and classic children’s books. Some were reprints," Read more of this review »
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Aristophanes by Aristophanes
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Sommerstein's lively translation makes this a quick and easy read, though it will take longer if, like me, you don't know any Greek history, and you decide to follow up all the topical references in the endnotes (I followed up some of them until I go ...more
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“Talents are like the fairies. If no-one believes in them, they die.”
Chris Naylor

“The grass on the other side of the hill may well be greener, but you should always check that there isn't something with teeth and claws crouching in it.”
Chris Naylor, Wizard's Brew
tags: humour

“A politician has an axe to grind
With which he aims to chop off half your mind.”
Chris Naylor

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