Stuart Hill

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born

Leicester, The United Kingdom

gender

male

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult

influences

H. Rider Haggard,J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Margaret Abbey

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Stuart Hill was born in Leicester, in the East Midlands of England, where he still lives today. His family heritage includes English, Irish, Romany and Jewish blood. As a student his grades were average at best, but he was fortunate to have a teacher who inspired in him a lifelong love of reading. Since leaving school, he has worked as a teacher and an archaeologist, and now balances life as both a bookseller and a writer.

The Cry of the Icemark is his first novel. When he was a teenager, Stuart lost "the real Thirrin," his red-haired sister Kathleen, to leukemia. The story of the brave young warrior-queen who faces impossible dangers is dedicated to her. The Cry of the Icemark won the Ottakars Prize for the best new children’s novel - Otta...more

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Books by Stuart Hill

Average rating: 4.10 · 4,860 ratings · 458 reviews · 10 distinct works

	The Cry of the Icemark (The Icemark Chronicles, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 2,982 ratings — published 2005 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Blade of Fire (The Icemark Chronicles, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 1,300 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Last Battle of the Icemark (The Icemark Chronicles, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 570 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Aisumāku: Akaki Ōjo No Tsurugi by Stuart Hill, 金原瑞人 (翻訳), 中村浩美 (翻訳) 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	My rating:
	Honō No Kokuin by Stuart Hill, 金原瑞人 (翻訳), 中村浩美 (翻訳) 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating:
	Grito De Las Tierras De Hielo, El 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1999	My rating:
	Democratic Values and Technological Choices 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992	My rating:
	Ecological Pioneers: A Social History of Australian Ecological Thought and Action by Martin Mulligan, Stuart Hill 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001	My rating:
	Emerging Infectious Diseases by Michael A. Palladino, Stuart Hill 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Ecological Pioneers: A Social History of Australian Ecological Thought and Action by Martin Mulligan, Stuart Hill 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2001	My rating:

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Series by Stuart Hill

The Icemark Chronicles (3 books)
by Stuart Hill

4.10 avg rating — 4,852 ratings

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Quotes by Stuart Hill

“To a happy war!' laughter echoed with all the insane glee of an army of psychopaths.”
― Stuart Hill, The Cry of the Icemark

tags: war

36 people liked it

“And exactly how does a miserable face help the war effort?" he asked sharply, his mood beginning to change. "Will a frown bring back the dead or fortify a town? If I allow myself to laugh in the face of misery, I rest my mind from the stress of it all, and then it'll work the better for you and your war. And if I'm really to be one of your advisers, Your Majesty, accept this piece of advise: Take happiness where and when you find it, because there is going to be precious little of it in the next few months!”
― Stuart Hill, The Cry of the Icemark

tags: hill , icemark , inspirational , oskan , stuart

28 people liked it

“If you reach for the stars, you just might land on a decently sized hill.”
― Stuart Hill, The Cry of the Icemark

tags: accomplishment , pessimism

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