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Nicholas Stuart Gray

Born

in The United Kingdom

October 23, 1922

Died

March 17, 1981

Genre

Children's Books, Fantasy, Young Adult

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Nicholas Stuart Gray (23 October 1922, Scotland - 17 March 1981) was a British actor and playwright, perhaps best known for his work in children's theatre in England. He was also an author of children's fantasy; he wrote a number of novels, a dozen plays, and many short stories. Neil Gaiman has written that Gray "is one of those authors I loved as a boy who holds up even better on rereading as an adult". Many other modern fantasy authors, such as Hilari Bell, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, Kate Forsyth, Cassandra Golds, Katherine Langrish, Sophie Masson, and Garth Nix, cite Gray's work as something they enjoyed as children.

Perhaps his best-known books are The Seventh Swan and Grimbold's Other World. Gray often produced adaptations or continuations ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 1,670 ratings · 202 reviews · 42 distinct works • Similar authors

	Grimbold's Other World 4.35 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 1963 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seventh Swan 3.73 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 1962 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stone Cage 4.53 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1963 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Apple-Stone 4.08 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1965 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mainly in Moonlight 4.29 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1965 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Over the Hills to Fabylon 4.50 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1968 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Princess and the Swineherd 3.62 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1952 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Wind from Nowhere 3.93 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1978	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Down in the Cellar by Nicholas Stuart Gray, Edward Ardizzone (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1961 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Edge of Evening 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1976	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“When a unicorn is slain, men have destroyed again the image of beauty that they seek.”
― Nicholas Stuart Gray

tags: beauty, magic, unicorns

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“[T]o give the children a sense of magic. Nobody attends to this enough. They give them too much realism. They can see it all on the box, they can see frightful things there. But they’re not being given a world to escape to … the world of the imagination. Children must have an escape line somewhere.”
― Nicholas Stuart Gray

tags: interview

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“Chorus for a Cat

I will never subject be,
I am free.
Try to curb me and, no doubt,
You'll find out
Just exactly what a claw
Is for!
Or I'll dematerialize
Before your eyes:
Ere you lay a finger on
Me, I'm gone!
You may think I'm in the lane;
Think again!
You may guess I'm on the roof;
Any proof?
I am not to hold or bind,
Or find.
I will hunt and sing and fight
In the night.
All day long I lie and doze,
Comatose:
Never answer when you call
And bawl.
If to order me you choose,
You will lose.
Try to understand my mind
And you'll find
Truest friendship I will give
While I live;
Kindly amiability,
And sympathy.
If subservience you prefer,
Buy a cur!”
― Nicholas Stuart Gray, The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories

tags: cats

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