Calling All Monsters
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Calling All Monsters is the second novel by Chris Westwood
, a British author of children's and young adult fiction. It was first published in the UK in 1990 by Viking Kestrel (part of the Penguin Group
) and in the US in 1993 by HarperCollins
Children's Books. Optioned for film three times by Steven Spielberg
, the film version of the book remains unproduced.
, The Guardian
: Chris Westwood writes a scary book about scary books in Calling All Monsters. Young Joanne finds that the horror creations of her favourite writer are crashing terrifyingly into her real life. And when she and the writer join forces to oppose them, she learns, like Dr Frankenstein, that it is deadly difficult to unmake your own monsters. You will never read another horror story again.
Chris Westwood (author)
Christopher Westwood also known as Chris Westwood is an English author and journalist. Born as the son of a coal miner and school teacher, he is best known as the author of young adult fiction and children's books...
, a British author of children's and young adult fiction. It was first published in the UK in 1990 by Viking Kestrel (part of the Penguin Group
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...
) and in the US in 1993 by HarperCollins
HarperCollins
HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
Children's Books. Optioned for film three times by Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
, the film version of the book remains unproduced.
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Douglas Arthur Hill was a Canadian science fiction author, editor and reviewer. He was born in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of a railroad engineer, and was raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. An avid science fiction reader from an early age, he studied English at the University of Saskatchewan...
, The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
: Chris Westwood writes a scary book about scary books in Calling All Monsters. Young Joanne finds that the horror creations of her favourite writer are crashing terrifyingly into her real life. And when she and the writer join forces to oppose them, she learns, like Dr Frankenstein, that it is deadly difficult to unmake your own monsters. You will never read another horror story again.