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Samuel Youd
English writer (1922-2012) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 89
Sam Youd was a British writer best known for science fiction written under the name of John Christopher, including the novels The Death of Grass, The Possessors, and the young-adult novel series The Tripods. He won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1971 and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1976.
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United Kingdom
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Deceased
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Lived 1922 to 2012 · aged 89
