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Chris I. Naylor

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in The United Kingdom

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Fantasy, Humor and Comedy

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I was born in the south of England, and grew up in the Midlands. At university I studied philosophy, which inevitably led to me writing humorous stories about wizards. After that I worked in an office for 30 years, mainly as a way of keeping out of the rain. I now live in the south of England with my wife and our dog, and spend a surprising amount of my time making soup.

I write to cheer myself up, and I publish in the hope that what I write will cheer a few other people up as well. I've been writing the fifth novel in my Camelot Wizards series, and I'm hoping it won't be too long before it's published.

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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	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wizards Behaving Badly 3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fear of Dragons 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trust Me, I'm a Wizard really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wizard through the Looking Glass 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man who Stole the Future really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Camelot Wizards books 1-4 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Camelot Wizards books 1-3 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two fatal errors in Anselm’s Ontological Argument 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	6 Fantasy Books it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Od Magic

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Four Views on Free Will (Great Debates in Philosophy)

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The Collected Stories Of Arthur C. Clarke

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Chris Naylor and 43 other people liked Bionic Jean's review of The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2): "Could he do it again, I wondered? To my surprise, I had thoroughly enjoyed Richard Osman’s first novel “The Thursday Murder Club”. I didn’t know what to expect from an inventor of game shows and presenter. He had a gift for quickfire comedy, but did t" Read more of this review »
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Chris Naylor and 69 other people liked Bionic Jean's review of A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel: "This is the graphic novel adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle's classic fantasy from 1962, which won the Newbery award in the US and led to four sequels. It had never been published with illustrations previously, but is here adapted by" Read more of this review »
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“Talents are like the fairies. If no-one believes in them, they die.”
― Chris Naylor

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“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

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