Andrew Norriss

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Aquila, a book by Andrew Noriss

Andrew Norriss is a British author and a writer for television (Brittas Empire) . One of his more popular works was the children's book Aquila, which later became a BBC TV show. He also published Bernard's Watch, which was based on the show he wrote for ITV. His latest book, The Portal, was published in the UK in August2007.

The following passage is from the "About the Author" page in Bernard's Watch:

Andrew Norriss was born in 1947, went to Trinity College, Dublin, and then became a school teacher because a woman called Mrs. Morrison told him to. In 1982, another woman told him he should be a writer, so he did that instead, partly because of the money, but mostly because it means you can watch movies in the afternoon.

He lives in a thatched cottage in a little Hampshire village with a loving wife and two wonderful children, and life would be pretty near perfect if he could just get rid of the moles on the lawn, and his son didn't leave marmalade dribbling down the side of the jar so that it stuck to your fingers when you picked it up in the morning.

Andrew also taught film studies at Cricklade college in Andover.

Norriss wrote the passage himself, and clearly writes with humour. This is reflected in almost all his works. The above passage was written in 1997; as of 2007 his circumstances have changed a little: he moved from the thatched cottage to a nice modern house in the same village and now enjoys the comforts of central heating and insulated glazing.

[edit] Books by Andrew Norriss

The Portal,
The Unluckiest Boy in the World (nominated for 6 SLS Book Awards around the country including Sheffield and Stockpport, and winner of *The Lancashire Schools Fantastic Book Prize 2007),
Aquila (Whitbread Children’s Award 1997),
Matt’s Million and Bernard’s Watch both long running TV series and
The Touchstone (Shortlisted for Sheffield, West Sussex and Solihull Book Awards in 2006) are all published by Puffin. Woof!: The Tale *Wags On", "The Tale Gets Longer", and "A Twist in the Tale" (Fantail)1992 are based on the long running TV series whose idea originally came from the Allan Ahlberg book Woof!

Andrew Norriss’s books are perfect for boys and girls aged 8 – 12 years old. They are used in schools as group and class readers as they offer great scope for discussion, creative work and developing students’ own writing. Many schools find them excellent for children whose reading lacks confidence.