White author biography

Here’s the thing.  Every reader is different, and what gives Cindy nightmares might make you laugh.  I’d say that if you enjoyed Coraline and the later Harry Potter books, you’ll be fine. I would definitely start with Nightbooks if you’re having doubts. Although The Thickety is as much a fantasy book as horror, it’s definitely a darker story.

If you’re a parent questioning whether or not my books are too scary for your child, please check my book reviews at www.commonsensemedia.org, a nonprofit organization that’s a great resource for parents.  They give a good overview of what story elements might be too intense for certain children:

For Nightbooks: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/nightbooks
For The Thickety: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/the-thickety-a-path-begins
For Shadow School: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/archimancy-shadow-school-book-1

I was well into adulthood before I realized the co-author of my battered copy of The Elements of Style was also the author of Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web. That’s right, the White of the revered style manual that everyone knew as “Strunk and White” also wrote children’s books…as well as some of the best essays in the English language.

If you’re of a certain age, you might well remember E. B. White’s pointers in The Elements of Style:

Place yourself in the background; write in a way that comes naturally; work from a suitable design; write with nouns and verbs; do not overwrite; do not overstate; avoid the use of qualifiers; do not affect a breezy style; use orthodox spelling; do not explain too much; avoid fancy words; do not take shortcuts at the cost of clarity; prefer the standard to the offbeat; make sure the reader knows who is speaking; do not use dialect; revise and rewrite.

That’s some good advice, much better than the terrible counsel offered on Page 76: “Avo

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T. H. White

English author (1906–1964)

For the magazine journalist, see Theodore H. White.

Terence Hanbury "Tim" White (29 May 1906 – 17 January 1964) was an English writer. He is best known for his Arthurian novels, which were published together in 1958 as The Once and Future King. One of his best known is the first of the series, The Sword in the Stone, which was published as a stand-alone book in 1938.

Early life

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White was born in Bombay, British India, to Garrick Hanbury White, a superintendent in the Indian police, and Constance Edith Southcote Aston.^[1] White had a troubled childhood, with an alcoholic father and an emotionally cold mother, and his parents separated when he was 14.^[2][3]

Education and teaching

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White went to Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire, a public school, and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he was tutored bygd the scholar and occasional author L. J. Potts, who became a lifelong friend and