Chris Wooding
# Chris Wooding

Chris Wooding (born 28 February 1977) is a British writer born in Leicester, and now living in London. His first book, Crashing, which he wrote at the age of nineteen, was published in 1998 when he was twenty-one. Since then he has written many more, including The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray, which was silver runner-up for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, and Poison, which won the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year. He is also the author of three different, completed series; Broken Sky, an anime-influenced fantasy serial for children, Braided Path, a fantasy trilogy for adults, and Malice, a young adult fantasy that mixes graphic novel with the traditional novel; as well as another, four-part series, Tales of the Ketty Jay, a steampunk sci-fi fantasy for adults.

## Works

### Braided Path

* The Weavers of Saramyr (2003)
* The Skein of Lament (2004)
* The Ascendancy Veil (2005)

### Malice

* Malice (2009)
* Havoc (2010)

### Tales of the Ketty Jay

* Retribution Falls (2009)
* The Black Lung Captain (2010)
* The Iron Jackal (2011)
* The Ace of Skulls (2013)

### The Darkwater Legacy

* The Ember Blade (2019)
* The Shadow Casket (2023)

### Standalone novels

* Crashing (1998)
* Catchman (1998)
* Kerosene (1999)
* Broken Sky series (1999–2001)
* The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray (2001)
* Poison (2003)
* Storm Thief (2006)
* The Fade (2007)
* Pandemonium (2012)
* Silver (2013)
* Velocity (2015)

## Awards and nominations

* 2001: The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Silver Award (runner-up), category 9–11 years
* 2004: Poison won the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year
* 2004: Poison nominated for the Carnegie Medal
* 2007: Storm Thief nominated for the Carnegie Medal
* 2010: Retribution Falls shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award
