This article is about the British author. For the American herbalist, see John Christopher (herbalist).
John Christopher
Born
Christopher Samuel Youd (1922-04-16)16 April 1922 Huyton, Lancashire, England
Died
3 February 2012(2012-02-03) (aged 89) Bath, Somerset, England
Pen name
John Christopher (science fiction), several others
Occupation
Writer
Alma mater
Peter Symonds College
Genre
Science fiction
Notable works
The Death of Grass
The Tripods
The Guardians
Notable awards
Guardian Prize 1971
Sam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012) 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[1] and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1976.
Youd also wrote under variations of his own name and under the pseudonyms Stanley Winchester, Hilary Ford, William Godfrey, William Vine, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols, and Anthony Rye.[2][3]
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