Jump to content

John Farndon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Farndon (born 1960) is a British writer of books, plays and music. He is best known as a writer of, and contributor to, science books for children.

Biography

[edit]

Farndon studied Earth sciences and English literature at Jesus College, Cambridge University.[1] He is a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund at Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge).[2]

Farndon was described by the Royal Literary Fund as "a writer of non-fiction books, and a playwright, lyricist, composer and literary translator. Spurred by intense intellectual curiosity, his interests range widely and he writes on topics from chemistry to China."[2]

In 2014 the Daily Telegraph reviewed Farndon's book for 'would be' Oxbridge students, Do You Still Think You’re Clever?, where he explains how to tackle the toughest “unanswerable” question and win a university place.[3]

According to the Royal Literary Fund, Farndon has been shortlisted a record four times for the junior Science Book prize.[2]

Farndon was the Chairman of Eurasian Creative Guild.[4]

Publications

[edit]

His titles include:

Awards

[edit]

Books

[edit]
  • Royal Society/Committee on Public Understanding of Science (CoPUS) - Science Book prize shortlist: How the Earth Works
  • Royal Society/Committee on Public Understanding of Science (CoPUS) - Science Book prize shortlist: What Happens When
  • Royal Society/Committee on Public Understanding of Science (CoPUS) - Science Book prize shortlist: Investigations: Electricity
  • Royal Society/Committee on Public Understanding of Science (CoPUS) - Science Book prize shortlist: Big Book of the Brain
  • Royal Society/Committee on Public Understanding of Science (CoPUS) - Science Book prize shortlist - 2016: Project Body[7]

Plays

[edit]
  • Academia Rossica Russian translation prize shortlist: The Naked Guest plus Pushkin poems

Notes and references

[edit]

References

[edit]