ABOUT CHRIS DLACEY ABOUT CHRIS DLACEY Chris was
ABOUT CHRIS D’LACEY
ABOUT CHRIS D’LACEY Chris was born in Malta December 15, 1954. Chris D’lacey is a well known English author. He wrote a book series called the Last Dragon Chronicles. He lived in Leicaster England. The first Dragon chronicle book he wrote was called The Fire Within. He wrote the book as a gift for his wife Jay. Some of his hobbies included playing the electric guitar and writing songs. Chris D’lacey never thought about being an author. When he was a teenager he wanted to be a rockstar. He also wanted to write songs and compose them. Many of D’lacey’s picture and chapter books for young readers have animals. David’s first novels for young readers was based on his expeirence of Saving a pigeon from a local park. D’lacey was about the age of 32 years old when he wrote his first children’s story. Called “A Hole At The Pole. ” He entered his book in a contest, even though he did not win the contest. He still was an author.
HOW MANY BOOKS CHRIS D’LACEY WROTE Chris has published 22 books including nine novels. His first novel called Fly, Cherokee, Fly was highly commended for the 1999 Carnegie Medal. The dragon chronicles is about a 20 year old man named David Rain. David lives at the Pennykettle residence, they have a den upstairs and David was always wondering what it is called. It is called the Dragon’s Den. David tries to get in at times but he can’t. The only reason he wants to go in is because the Pennykettles make clay dragons but are actually real. There are 7 books in The Last Dragon Chronicles. The Fire Within is the 1 st book. Icefire is the 2 nd book. Fire star is the 3 rd book. The Fire Eternal is the 4 th book. Dark Fire is the 5 th book. Fire world is the 6 th book and The Fire Ascending is the last book in the series.
HOW MANY BOOKS HE HAS Chris has sold over four million copies of The Last Dragon Chronicles. He has written 4 children’s books.
D’LACEY’S PICTURE BOOKS Chris has wrote 6 child books. A Hole At the Pole, Juggling Jeremy, A Break in the Chain, Bubble Float, Dexter’s Journey, Franklin’s Bear.
CHRIS AND JAY Chris wrote most of the books on his own but when he married Jay they made a chronicle to The Last Dragon series, called Rain & Fire. Jay & Chris
CHRIS’S BOOKS Chris D’laceys’ books were published by Orchard books. Some of his books include, The Fire Within, Icefire, Firestar, The Fire Eternal, Dark Fire, Fire World, The Fire Ascending, Rain & Fire
CHRIS D’LACEYS’ SCHOOL LIFE For College Chris went to two colleges called York University. Chris also attended at Leicaster University. York University Leicaster University
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