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Kjartan Poskitt

Born

in York, The United Kingdom

May 15, 1956

Website

http://www.kjartan.co.uk/

Genre

Children's, Science

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Kjartan Poskitt is an author and TV presenter who is best known for writing the Murderous Maths children's series of books. Poskitt was educated at Collingwood College, Durham. In addition to his popular science and maths books, which include books on Isaac Newton (Dead Famous: Isaac Newton and his Apple), puzzles, practical jokes and secred codes, Poskitt has written a book of magical tricks, a GCSE Maths support book and four Rosie and Jim annuals. In 2007, Poskit published the first in a new series of children's novels called Urgum the Axeman.

He also wrote the theme tune for the children's art program SMart, as well as the title theme and music for the first two series of Brum. He is also the creator of a logic puzzle, Kjarposko.

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Average rating: 4.13 · 5,557 ratings · 417 reviews · 134 distinct works • Similar authors

	Murderous Maths (Murderous Maths, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 799 ratings — published 1997 — 33 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
	Isaac Newton and His Apple 4.20 avg rating — 648 ratings — published 1999 — 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
	The Runaway Pea by Kjartan Poskitt, Alex Willmore (Illustrations) 4.16 avg rating — 477 ratings — 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
	The Gobsmacking Galaxy (The Knowledge) by Kjartan Poskitt, Daniel Postgate (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 359 ratings — published 1997 — 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
	Do You Feel Lucky?: The Secrets of Probability (Murderous Maths, #6) 4.27 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 2001 — 11 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
	More Murderous Maths (Murderous Maths, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 1998 — 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 Essential Arithmetricks (Murderous Maths, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 1998 — 10 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
	Desperate Measures (Murderous Maths, # 5) 4.14 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2000 — 9 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 Phantom X (Murderous Maths, #9) 4.33 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2003 — 10 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
	Urgum the Axeman by Kjartan Poskitt, Philip Reeve (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2006 — 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

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Series by Kjartan Poskitt

Murderous Maths (13 books)
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4.13 avg rating — 2,884 ratings

Mortos de Fama (1 book)
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4.20 avg rating — 648 ratings

Runaway Pea (3 books)
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4.12 avg rating — 646 ratings

Cultura Horrível (1 book)
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4.05 avg rating — 359 ratings

Killer Puzzles (4 books)
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4.14 avg rating — 57 ratings

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