Posted 16 December 2011
Author hoban dead at 86
Revered novelist RUSSELL HOBAN has died at the age of 86.The cult writer, best known for his sci-fi classic Riddley Walker, passed away this month (Dec11) but no further details were available as - went to press. Hoban, who was born in Pennsylvania but moved to London, started his literary career writing children's books in the 1950s, and went on to pen texts across a range of genres including fantasy, fiction, sci-fi, and poetry. He won the Whitbread Prize in 1974 for his children's book How Tom Beat Captain Najork and his Hired Sportsmen. A spokeswoman for Hoban's publisher Bloomsbury tells the BBC, "We are very saddened by the news that this much-loved and hugely treasured author has died."
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