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Robin Jarvis (born 8 May 1963) is a British Young-Adult fiction (YA) and children's novelist, who writes dark fantasy, suspense and supernatural thrillers. His books for Young Adults have featured a sinister "world-switching" dystopian future, triggered by a sinister and hypnotic book (Dancing Jax), Norse Fates, Glastonbury crow-demons and a time travelling, wise-cracking teddy bear. (The Wyrd Museum series), dark powers, a forgotten race and ancient evils on the North Yorkshire coast (The Whitby Witches trilogy), epic medieval adventure (The Oaken Throne) and science-fiction dramatising the "nefarious intrigue" 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12007060-freax-and-rejex )〕 within an alternate Tudor realm,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Robin Jarvis Homepage )〕 peopled by personalities of the time, automata servants and animals known as Mechanicals and ruled by Queen Elizabeth I. (Deathscent). Jarvis' books for younger readers have featured anthropomorphic rodents and small mammals – especially mice - as featured in the Deptford Mice series. A number of his works are based in London, in and around Deptford and Greenwich where he used to live, Felixstowe, or in Whitby. His first novel – ''The Dark Portal'', featuring the popular Deptford Mice – was the runner up for the Smarties book prize in 1989.〔Text on the front cover of the 2000 (Hodder Silver ) edition of ''The Dark Portal''.〕 The first of his most recent trilogy; ''Dancing Jax'', was published by Harper Collins in February 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8713020-dancing-jax )〕 The second in the series, ''Freax and Rejex'' was published in February 2012 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12007060-freax-and-rejex )〕 and the trilogy finale, ''Fighting Pax'', was released in 2014. His work has been described as "Genre Busting" 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12007060-freax-and-rejex )〕 and "original, spooky, unusual, psychological supernatural horror fantasy with a very modern twist".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://talltalesandshortstories.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/review-dancing-jax-by-robin-jarvis.html )〕 Jarvis has said that he is not a writer of horror fiction,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bookzone4boys.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=dancing+jax )〕 however his work has also been compared to that of "…Stephen King, but for Young Adults.".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RHJSTU7FAP7GJ/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#RHJSTU7FAP7GJ )〕 The Deptford Mice was adapted and dramatised by Tiny Dog Productions, and staged in January 2010 and April 2011. ==Biography== Jarvis was born in Liverpool, the youngest of four children, and grew up in Warrington, attending Penketh High School. His favourite subjects at school were Art and English and he went on to study Graphic Design at Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University). After college, he moved to London and worked in the television and advertising industries as a model-maker. He lives in Greenwich, South London.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Author Information: Robin Jarvis )〕 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「Robin Jarvis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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