Andrew Norriss

Andrew Norriss

Andrew Norriss is a British children's author and a writer for television .

Background

Andrew Norriss was born in 1947, was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead followed by University at Trinity College Dublin 1966-70.^[1] After teaching at Stroud School, Romsey he trained for his PGCE at University of Winchester 1973-4 and then taught History at Peter Symonds College, Winchester 1974-1985. Whilst teaching he started writing television sitcoms and children's comedy dramas with Richard Fegen. He now lives in Hampshire with his wife and two children and writes children's books.

Writing

Andrew Norriss won The Whitbread Children's Book Award (1997) for his children's book Aquila,^[2] which he wrote both as a book and as the Aquila (TV series) for the BBC. He also adapted his books Bernard's Watch and Matt's Million for ITV, as well as creating and co-writing the successful sit-com The Brittas Empire.^[3] He now writes children's books and loves giving talks in schools and libraries around the country for children and teachers, about books and writing. His latest books are I Don't Believe It, Archie! and Archie's Unbelievably Freaky Week published by David Fickling Books in 2011/2.

Children's books

• "Aquila" (1997)
• "Aquila 2" (2010)
• "Bernard's Watch" (1999)
• "Ctrl-Z" (2009)
• "I Don't Believe It, Archie!" (2011)
• "Archie's Unbelievably Freaky Week" (2012)
• "Matt's Million" (1995)
• "The Portal" (2007)
• "The Touchstone" (2004)
• "The Unluckiest Boy in the World" (2006)
• "Woof! A Twist in the Tale" (1992)
• "Woof! The Tales Gets Longer" (1991)
• "Woof! The Tale Wags On" (1989)

Adult television

• The Brittas Empire BBC
• The Labours of Erica Thames/ITV
• Ffizz Thames/ITV
• Chance in a Million Thames/ITV

Children's television

• Bernard's Watch – Carlton/ITV
• Aquila – BBC
• Matt's Million – Carlton/ITV
• Woof! – Central/ITV based on the book by Allan Ahlberg.

References

External links

• Andrew Norriss' Homepage
• Information about Andrew Norriss's work
• Andrew Norriss's books on Amazon
• Brittas Discussion Page