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Charlie Higson

Born

in The United Kingdom

July 03, 1958

Website

http://www.charliehigson.co.uk/

Influences

Alex Rider, Jason Steed, Cherub, Jimmy Coates

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Higson was educated at Sevenoaks School and at the University of East Anglia (where his brother has taught since 1986 and is now a professor of film studies) where he met Paul Whitehouse, David Cummings and Terry Edwards. Higson, Cummings and Edwards formed the band The Higsons of which Higson was the lead singer from 1980 to 1986. They released two singles on the Specials' 2-Tone label. Higson then became a plasterer before he turned to writing for Harry Enfield with Paul Whitehouse and performing comedy. He came to public attention as one of the main writers and performers of the BBC Two sketch show The Fast Show (1994-2000). He worked with Whitehouse on the radio comedy Down the Line and is to work with him again on a television project, Higson was educated at Sevenoaks School and at the University of East Anglia (where his brother has taught since 1986 and is now a professor of film studies) where he met Paul Whitehouse, David Cummings and Terry Edwards. Higson, Cummings and Edwards formed the band The Higsons of which Higson was the lead singer from 1980 to 1986. They released two singles on the Specials' 2-Tone label. Higson then became a plasterer before he turned to writing for Harry Enfield with Paul Whitehouse and performing comedy. He came to public attention as one of the main writers and performers of the BBC Two sketch show The Fast Show (1994-2000). He worked with Whitehouse on the radio comedy Down the Line and is to work with him again on a television project, designed to be a spoof of celebrity travel programmes.[1:]

He worked as producer, writer, director and occasional guest star on Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) from 2000 to 2001. Subsequent television work has included writing and starring in BBC Three's Fast Show spin-off sitcom Swiss Toni. He is currently starring in Tittybangbang series 3 on BBC Three and has appeared as a panellist on QI.

He published four novels through the early to mid 1990s which take a slightly dystopian look at everyday life and have a considerably more adult tone than his other work, with characters on the margins of society finding themselves spiraling out of control, leading him to be described by Time Out as 'The missing link between Dick Emery and Brett Easton Ellis' [2:]

In 2004, it was announced that Higson would pen a series of James Bond novels, aimed at younger readers and concentrating on the character's school-days at Eton. Higson was himself educated at Sevenoaks School where he was a contemporary of Jonathan Evans, current Director General of MI5. The first novel, SilverFin, was released on 3 March 2005 in the UK and on 27 April 2005 in the U.S. A second novel, Blood Fever, was released on 5 January 2006 in the UK and 1 June in the U.S. The third novel, Double or Die, was published on 4 January 2007 having had its title announced the day before. The next, Hurricane Gold, came out in hardcover in the UK in September 2007.[3:]In this year he also made a debut performance on the panel show QI. His final Young Bond novel, By Royal Command, was released in hardcover in the UK on the 3 September 2008.[4:]

Charlie has signed a deal to pen a new series of children's books for Puffin. According to the author, "They are going to be action adventures, but with a horror angle ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 118,751 ratings · 8,845 reviews · 84 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Enemy (The Enemy, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 25,962 ratings — published 2009 — 55 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 Dead (The Enemy, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 13,424 ratings — published 2010 — 36 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
	SilverFin (Young Bond, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 14,740 ratings — published 2005 — 86 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 Fear (The Enemy, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 9,782 ratings — published 2011 — 32 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 Sacrifice (The Enemy #4) 4.40 avg rating — 7,144 ratings — published 2012 — 27 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
	Blood Fever (Young Bond, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 7,508 ratings — published 2006 — 50 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
	Double or Die (Young Bond, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 6,695 ratings — published 2007 — 42 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 Fallen (The Enemy, #5) 4.40 avg rating — 5,523 ratings — published 2013 — 27 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
	Hurricane Gold (Young Bond, #4) 4.15 avg rating — 5,424 ratings — published 2007 — 28 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 Hunted (The Enemy #6) 4.47 avg rating — 4,282 ratings — published 2014 — 18 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

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“If a wolf attacks his sheep, the shepherd kills the wolf, but he eats the sheep when he's hungry.”
― Charlie Higson, The Enemy

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“No such word as can't. No such word as babagoozle neither!”
― Charlie Higson, The Enemy

tags: funny

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“But I'll never see any of those fish," said Maxie."Or those whales. Or any lions or tigers. I'm never going to set foot in a rain forest now, am I? I won't even be able to watch old DVD's about them without electricity. What does the future hold? It's like going back to the middle ages. Nobody knowing what was going on beyond their front doorstep. All I'll ever know is this. This little bit of London.”
― Charlie Higson, The Enemy

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What About Will by Ellen Hopkins

7 votes, 29.2%

Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan

4 votes, 16.7%

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

2 votes, 8.3%

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

2 votes, 8.3%

Saltwater Secrets by Cindy Callaghan

2 votes, 8.3%

Wonderland by Barbara O'Connor

2 votes, 8.3%

Ghost Girl by Ally Malinenko

2 votes, 8.3%

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

1 vote, 4.2%

Rescue at Lake Wild by Terry Lynn Johnson

1 vote, 4.2%

Root Magic by Eden Royce

1 vote, 4.2%

SilverFin by Charlie Higson

0 votes, 0.0%

Raising Lumie by Joan Bauer

0 votes, 0.0%

The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland

0 votes, 0.0%

The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi

0 votes, 0.0%

Forest World by Margarita Engle

0 votes, 0.0%

Story Thieves by James Riley

0 votes, 0.0%

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