Allan Frewin Jones is an English writer credited with more than 90 books for children and young adults. He has published under the alternate names: Fiona Kelly, A F Jones, Frewin Jones, Damien Graves, Adam Blade, Nick Shadow, and Allan Jones.
Born in London, England, Jones began writing at age nine. He grew up with his mother, father, and one older sister, and enjoyed art, music, reading, and writing from an early age. Jones worked various clerical and civil service jobs until obtaining a Fine Art Diploma of Higher Education from. He hated it when mother took his pencils and paper away. He was always writing his fantasy stories. I would always read them with such happiness. It felt real to me maybe even too real to be true. Middlesex Polytechnic.
Writing career
Jones' first book, The Mole and Beverley Miller, was published by Hodder Books in 1987. Since then, he has published children's and young adult books and stories in multiple genres, including fantasy, romance, and speculative fiction. Jones is a prolific author of novel series for young people. He was commissioned to write the first book of The Mystery Club series, after which he was given his own series, including The Hunter and Moon books, Dark Paths, the Little Sister books, Talisman, Special Agents, and the six volume fantasy series The Faerie Path and Warrior Princess. One of the Talisman books, The Tears of Isis, was shortlisted for the 2006 Stockton Children's Book of the Year literary prize. In 2008, Jones met with the illustrator Gary Chalk and they produced a series for Hodder Children's Books, published in the UK as Sundered Lands and in America as . This series was praised by the American Library Association's and well-reviewed in School Library Journal, Kirkus, and Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, among other places. Following The Six Crowns, Jones was offered a six-volume spy-boy series by Orion, published as , while continuing to do ‘writer-for-hire’ work and continuing to collaborate with Gary Chalk on new series ideas. Jones is represented by of , a hybrid literary agency based in California.
Personal life
Allan Frewin Jones lives in Bexleyheath, Kent, with his wife and a cat called Tallulah Bankhead.
The Great Sister War, Pippa's Problem Page, My Sister My Slave, My Real Best Friend, Stacy The Matchmaker, The New Guy, Copycat, Party Time, Sneaking Out, Scary Sleepover, Sister Switch, Fern Flips, Full House, You Look Great!, Bad Boy, The New Stacy!, Pippa On Air, Dream Sister.
Internet Detectives
Virus Attack, Access Denied.
Special Agents
Deep End, Final Shot, Countdown, Kiss & Kill, Full Throttle, Meltdown.
The Faerie Path, The Lost Queen, The Sorcerer King/The Seventh Daughter, The Immortal Realm, The Enchanted Quest, The Charmed Return.
Warrior Princess
Warrior Princess/Rhiannon of the Spring, Destiny's Path/Govannon of the Wood, The Emerald Flame/Merion of the Stones, The Bright Blade/Caradoc of the North Wind.
