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Roy Brown


Born
in Vancouver, Canada
December 21, 1921

Died
September 14, 1982


Roy Frederick Brown, born in Vancouver B.C., was deputy headmaster of the Helen Allison School for Autistic Children, Gravesend, Kent, from 1969-75.

"Among major children's writers of the 1970s, Roy Brown was one particularly open to his times, in tune with their issues and concerns and, while the readability and human interest of his stories guarantee a wide readership, the settings indicate a conscious desire to offer the non-academic urban child a means of identification. The years brought development in technique but not deviation from city backgrounds and characters at risk or disadvantage in modern society." [source: Peggy Heeks in Twentieth Century Children's Writers (Macmillan, 1978). ...more

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The Viaduct
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Find Debbie!
3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1975 — 5 editions
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The Cage
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A Saturday in Pudney
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Reynard the Fox
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Chips and the Crossword Gang
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“Venceréis Al Dios Del Miedo... Sólo Entonces Seréis Libres"- Profecía de Urayoán”
― Roy Brown
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