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Kevin M. Brooks (born 30 March 1959) is an English writer best known for young-adult novels. ''The Bunker Diary'', published by Penguin Books in 2013, won the annual Carnegie Medal as the best new book for children or young adults published in the U.K., an exceptionally controversial selection by the British librarians.〔〔〔〔 Early life and education Brooks was born in Pinhoe on the outskirts of Exeter in south-west England, the second of three brothers. At the age of 11, he won a scholarship to Exeter School, where he felt estranged from the other pupils from better-off families and took solace in fiction.〔 He went on to study psychology and philosophy at Aston University in Birmingham.〔 His father died when he was 20.〔 Brooks's debut novel ''Martyn Pig'' was published in 2002 by Chicken House, where it was edited by the founder of the company Barry Cunningham, OBE. They won the next Branford Boase Award "for authors and their editors", which annually recognises an outstanding British novel for young people by a first-time novelist.〔("Previous Winners" ). The Branford Boase Award (branfordboaseaward.org.uk). Retrieved 2014-07-01. From the homepage: "The Award is made annually to the most promising book for seven year-olds and upwards by a first time novelist".〕〔("About Us" ). Chicken House (doublecluck.com). Retrieved 2014-07-01.〕 By a wide margin his work most widely held in WorldCat libraries is the 2009 novel ''Killing God'', entitled ''Dawn'' in North America.〔("Brooks, Kevin" ). WorldCat. Retrieved 2014-07-01.〕 The title character Dawn "contemplates killing God, whom she blames for her father's disappearance". "When Dawn's dad found God, it was the worst time ever. He thought he'd found the answer to everything. But that wasn't the end of it." ==Books== ;Johnny Delgado series * ''Johnny Delgado: Private Detective'' * ''Like Father, Like Son'' (2006) * ''Private Detective'' (2006) * ''Johnny Delgado: In father's Steps'' (2008) ;PI John Crane series * ''A Dance of Ghosts'' (2011) * ''Until the Darkness Comes'' (2012) * ''Wrapped in White'' (2013) ;Travis Delaney series * ''The Ultimate Truth'' (2014) * ''The Danger Game'' (2014) ;Standalone novels * ''Martyn Pig'' (Chicken House, 2002)〔 * ''Lucas'' (2002) * ''Kissing the Rain'' (2004) * ''Bloodline'' (2004) * ''I See You'' (2005), by Brooks and Catherine Forde * ''Candy'' (2005) * ''The Road of the Dead'' (2006) * ''Being'' (2007) * ''Black Rabbit Summer'' (2008) * ''Killing God'' (2009); US title, ''Dawn'' * ''iBoy'' (2010) * ''Naked'' (2011) * ''The Bunker Diary'' (Penguin, 2013) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kevin Brooks (writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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