Richard Parker
Født		15. feb. 1914[1]
Død		september 1990

Richard Parker (født 15. februar 1914 i Stanmore, Middlesex, død september 1990) var en engelsk forfatter, mest kjent for sine barne- og ungdomsbøker.

Han var en produktiv forfatter, og flere av hans beste beste bøker tilhører sjangrene oppvekstskildringer og guttebøker / adventure. På norsk er han bare kjent for fem korte lettlest-bøker.

Bibliografi

• Only Some Had Guns, 1952
• The Gingerbread Man, 1953
• A Kind of Misfortune, 1954
• Draughts in the Sun, 1955
• Harm Intended, 1954
• Fiddler's Place, 1961
• Killer / Boy on a Chain^[2], 1964.

Barnebøker

• Escape from the Zoo, 1945.
• A Camel from the Desert, 1947.
• The Penguin Goes Home, 1951.
• A Moor of Spain: The Story of a Rogue, 1953.
• The Three Pebbles, 1956.
• The Sword of the Ganelon, 1958.
• Brother Turgar and the Vikings, 1959.
• The Kidnapped Crusaders, 1959.
• Lion at Large / Midnight Beast, 1959, 1961
• More Snakes than Ladders / Almost Lost, 1960/1962.
• The Green Highwayman, 1960.
• Voyage to Tasmania / New Home South, 1961
• A Valley Full of Pipers, 1962.
• Goodbye to the Bush, 1963.
• The House That Guilda Drew, 1964.
• Perversity of Pipers, 1964.
• Private Beach, 1965.
• The Boy Who Wasn't Lonely, 1965.
• Second-Hand Family, 1966.
• M for Mischief, 1966.
• One White Mouse / No House for a Mouse / The Impossible Pet, 1966/1968/1972
• New in the Neighborhood / The Punch Back Gang, 1966.
• The Hendon Fungus, 1968.
• Me and My Boots, 1968.
• Lost in a Shop, 1968.
• A Sheltering Tree, 1969.
• The Old Powder Line, 1971.
• Spell Seven, 1971.
• Frank's Fire, 1972.
• Not at Home, 1972.
• John Morris's Maid, 1972.
• Paul and Etta, 1973.
• Keeping Time, 1973.
• One Green Bottle, 1973.
• A Time to Choose, 1974.
• Three by Mistake / Snatched, 1974.
• He Is Your Brother, 1976.
• Boy into Action, 1975.
• The Fire Curse, 1975.
• Beyond the Back Gate, 1975.
• Quarter Boy, 1976.
• In and Out the Window, 1976.
• Digging for Treasure, 1976.
• Flood, 1976.
• Sausages on the Shore, 1976.
• The Sunday Papers, 1976.
• Hugo Takes Off / The Runaway, T. Nelson, 1977.
• Wildflowers, 1986.

Skuespill

• Six Plays for Boys (The New Football Boots, The Rabbit Hutch, The Wish, The Medicine Man, The Raft og No Excitement), 1951
• Seven Plays for Boys (The Rehearsal, The Hut, The Waxworks, Lazy Jack, The Dilemma, A Message to the Kite og The Coconut Shy), 1953

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