Samuel Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012), known professionally as Christopher Samuel Youd, was a British author, best known for his science fiction writings under the pseudonym John Christopher, including the novel The Death of Grass and the young adult oriented novel series The Tripods. He won the Guardian Award in 1971, and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1976.
Youd wrote under variations of his own name, and under the pseudonyms Sta...
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Date of birth:
- Apr 16, 1922
Date of death:
- Feb 3, 2012 (age 89 years)
Place of birth:
Also known as:
- C. S. Youd,
- Christopher S. Youd,
- Christopher Youd,
- Samuel Christopher Youd,
- William Vine,
- John Christopher,
- Hilary Ford
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