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Blue Banner Biographies
Daniel Radcliffe
All Harry Potter knew was a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their hateful son Dudley. His room was a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs. He hadn't had a birthday party in eleven years. All that changed in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Daniel Radcliffe, on the other hand, the young actor who was chosen to play Harry Potter, led a comfortable life in London, England. His biggest obstacle was convincing his parents that he was up to the challenge of playing the role of Harry Potter. Here is the story of the young teen and his role of a lifetime.
Blue Banner Biographies present the lives of contemporary personalities for young adult readers. Profiling people of interest, this series introduces serious biographies in an exciting and east-to-read format.
Daniel Radcliffe, on the other hand, the young actor who was chosen to play Harry Potter, led a comfortable life in London, England. His biggest obstacle was convincing his parents that he was up to the challenge of playing the role of Harry Potter. Here is the story of the young teen and his role of a lifetime.
Blue Banner Biographies present the lives of contemporary personalities for young adult readers. Profiling people of interest, this series introduces serious biographies in an exciting and east-to-read format.
- GenresBiography
32 pages, Library Binding
Published January 1, 2003
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About the author
John Bankston
177 books10 followersIt’s no one’s fault that I love the dark.
At six-years old, I enlisted my father’s help in constructing a model skull. Two years later, I talked my mother into buying a life-sized skeleton poster at a novelty shop. I tacked it up during the day. After the sun set, moonlight scattered through my blinds made its bleached bones shimmer and dance.
I was an only child growing up in a remote Vermont cabin. My imagination spun tales of horror, stories that grew in intensity after my babysitter read selections from her dog-eared copy of John Saul’s Suffer the Children. I don’t blame her for my love of the dark either, I was already ten after all and by then a hardcore aficionado of all things that go bump in the night.
By sixth grade I was reading my own scary books, from classics like Dracula and The Fall of the House of Usher to ‘Salem’s Lot and The Shining. By middle school, I was watching horror on screen delighting in the scares delivered by Kubrick’s The Shining and Carpenter’s Halloween.
Today I still love King, his progeny Joe Hill and YA writers like Amy Lukavics and Danielle Vega.
I’ve been getting paid to write for most of my adult life. I’ve written for online publications; I’ve ghostwritten novels and business guides. I’ve even authored over 150 nonfiction books for younger readers. Still, my fiction passion is horror and thrillers with horror elements. That’s why I’m excited to announce the Spring Publication date for The Academy series, a trilogy about happens when a young girl goes missing and her dormmate begins looking into why so many teens have disappeared or been murdered near their elite but isolated Vermont music school. There are also ghosts.
At six-years old, I enlisted my father’s help in constructing a model skull. Two years later, I talked my mother into buying a life-sized skeleton poster at a novelty shop. I tacked it up during the day. After the sun set, moonlight scattered through my blinds made its bleached bones shimmer and dance.
I was an only child growing up in a remote Vermont cabin. My imagination spun tales of horror, stories that grew in intensity after my babysitter read selections from her dog-eared copy of John Saul’s Suffer the Children. I don’t blame her for my love of the dark either, I was already ten after all and by then a hardcore aficionado of all things that go bump in the night.
By sixth grade I was reading my own scary books, from classics like Dracula and The Fall of the House of Usher to ‘Salem’s Lot and The Shining. By middle school, I was watching horror on screen delighting in the scares delivered by Kubrick’s The Shining and Carpenter’s Halloween.
Today I still love King, his progeny Joe Hill and YA writers like Amy Lukavics and Danielle Vega.
I’ve been getting paid to write for most of my adult life. I’ve written for online publications; I’ve ghostwritten novels and business guides. I’ve even authored over 150 nonfiction books for younger readers. Still, my fiction passion is horror and thrillers with horror elements. That’s why I’m excited to announce the Spring Publication date for The Academy series, a trilogy about happens when a young girl goes missing and her dormmate begins looking into why so many teens have disappeared or been murdered near their elite but isolated Vermont music school. There are also ghosts.
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May 26, 2008
A great read on Daniel. It includes great pictures and just the right amount of information so that you find you've learned something about someone that's in the spotlight everyday. A good read!
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