ALAN MACDONALD
Alan MacDonald was born in Watford and now lives a stone’s throw from the River Trent in Nottingham. He is married with three children.
After several years acting and directing in a travelling theatre company, he turned full time to writing in 1990 since when he has published over sixty books for children.
He is best known for his humorous fiction for the seven to ten age group. Recent successful series include Troll Trouble (Bloomsbury) which has been optioned for film by Twentieth Century Fox and sold in nine different territories.
Working with award winning illustrator David Roberts, he has created the Dirty Bertie books (featuring the world’s grubbiest trouble magnet) – which have sold all over the world and number a dozen books in the series.
When not busy with books, Alan writes scripts for children’s TV, working on many popular series such as Horrid Henry, The Tweenies, Boo! and Fimbles.
LATEST BOOK: DIRTY BERTIE FETCH!
Beware! Bertie’s revolting habits would rub off on you!
Meet Dirty Bertie – a boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits! He’s full to bursting with madcap plans and crazy ideas, and if it’s trouble you’re after, look no further – Bertie’s sure to be up to his neck in it!
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Alan Macdonald has written over thirty books for children, the latest of which are listed here. Oi, Cave Boy! Bloomsbury, 2010; Dirty Bertie - Loo! , Stripes Publishing, 2010, Dirty Bertie - Mud!, Stripes Publishing, 2009, Dirty Bertie Germs!, Stripes Publishing, 2009,
Foreign Rights: French (Gallimard), German (Klett-Kinderbuch), Spanish (Random House Mondadori), Serbian (Mladinska Knjiga), Turkish (Altin Kitaplar), Hebrew (Agam), Korean (Joongang), Slovenian (Avora As) Welsh (Gwasg Gomer) Portuguese (V&R Editoras), Trolls Go Home! Bloomsbury, 2007,
Trolls on Hols, Bloomsbury, 2007, Goat Pie, Bloomsbury, 2007,
Foreign Rights: Germany, USA (both Bloomsbury), France (Gallimard) Italy (EDT), Greece (Kedros), Israel (Sofer Lakol), Romania (RAO), Slovenia (Zalozba) and Brazil (DCL), Oi Caveboy! Bloomsbury, 2010, The Sign of the Angel, Scholastic, 2005, Triffic Chocolate, Scholastic, 2000, Henry 8th and his Chopping Block, Scholastic, 1999
