Gideon Defoe
Gideon Defoe | |
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| Born | 26 December 1975 London, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford[1] |
| Genre | Historical fiction Fantasy comedy |
| Subject | Pirates |
| Notable works | The Pirates! book series |
Gideon Defoe (born 26 December 1975) is an English novelist of The Pirates!, a historical fiction fantasy comedy book series about a group of pirates on their adventures. He also wrote the screenplay for The Pirates! Band of Misfits which is an Aardman Animations stop-motion animated feature film based on The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists, the first book in The Pirates! book series. According to his 2020 book An Atlas of Extinct Countries, Defoe also does film development work with Locksmith Animation and StudioCanal and is developing a TV sitcom with BBC Studios.
Bibliography
[edit]The Pirates! book series
[edit]- The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists (2004)
- The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling (2005)
- The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists (2006)
- The Pirates! in an Adventure with Napoleon (2008)
- The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics (2012)[2]
Other books
[edit]- How Animals Have Sex (2005)
- Elite Dangerous: Docking is Difficult (2014)[3]
- An Atlas of Extinct Countries (2020)[4]
Awards
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
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| 2002 | Adecco Temp of the Month Award | — | — | Won | [5] |
| 2012 | 40th Annie Awards | Writing in an Animated Feature Production | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Nominated | [6] |
References
[edit]- ^ Burkeman, Oliver (10 June 2005). "How to make a book". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "The Pirates! In An Adventure With The Romantics". Janklow & Nesbit Ltd. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Gideon Defoe - Elite Dangerous: Docking is Difficult - Orion Publishing Group. 13 July 2018. ISBN 978-1-4732-0131-6.
- ^ Barry Neild (16 September 2020). "New book 'Atlas of Extinct Countries' explores the places that fell off the map". CNN.
- ^ "Tweeted picture of Adecco Temp of the Month certificate". Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ "40TH ANNUAL ANNIE AWARDS WINNERS". Retrieved 16 November 2013.
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