Richard Parker

Richard Parker (født 15. februar 1914 i Stanmore, Middlesex, død september 1990) var en engelsk forfatter, mest kjent for sine barne- og ungdomsbøker.

Han var en produktiv forfatter, og flere av hans beste beste bøker tilhører sjangrene oppvekstskildringer og guttebøker / adventure. På norsk er han bare kjent for fem korte lettlest-bøker.

Bibliografi 
 Only Some Had Guns, 1952 
 The Gingerbread Man, 1953 
 A Kind of Misfortune, 1954
 Draughts in the Sun, 1955
 Harm Intended, 1954
 Fiddler's Place, 1961
 Killer / Boy on a Chain, 1964. 

 Barnebøker
 Escape from the Zoo, 1945. 
 A Camel from the Desert, 1947. 
 The Penguin Goes Home, 1951. 
 A Moor of Spain: The Story of a Rogue, 1953. 
 The Three Pebbles, 1956. 
 The Sword of the Ganelon, 1958. 
 Brother Turgar and the Vikings,  1959. 
 The Kidnapped Crusaders, 1959. 
 Lion at Large / Midnight Beast, 1959, 1961
 More Snakes than Ladders / Almost Lost, 1960/1962. 
 The Green Highwayman, 1960. 
 Voyage to Tasmania / New Home South, 1961  
 A Valley Full of Pipers, 1962. 
 Goodbye to the Bush,  1963. 
 The House That Guilda Drew,  1964. 
 Perversity of Pipers, 1964. 
 Private Beach,  1965. 
 The Boy Who Wasn't Lonely, 1965. 
 Second-Hand Family, 1966. 
 M for Mischief, 1966. 
 One White Mouse / No House for a Mouse / The Impossible Pet, 1966/1968/1972
 New in the Neighborhood / The Punch Back Gang, 1966. 
 The Hendon Fungus, 1968. 
 Me and My Boots, 1968. 
 Lost in a Shop,  1968. 
 A Sheltering Tree,  1969. 
 The Old Powder Line, 1971. 
 Spell Seven,  1971. 
 Frank's Fire, 1972. 
 Not at Home,  1972. 
 John Morris's Maid, 1972. 
 Paul and Etta, 1973. 
 Keeping Time, 1973. 
 One Green Bottle, 1973. 
 A Time to Choose,  1974. 
 Three by Mistake / Snatched, 1974. 
 He Is Your Brother, 1976. 
 Boy into Action,  1975. 
 The Fire Curse,  1975. 
 Beyond the Back Gate, 1975. 
 Quarter Boy,  1976. 
 In and Out the Window,  1976. 
 Digging for Treasure,  1976. 
 Flood,  1976. 
 Sausages on the Shore, 1976. 
 The Sunday Papers,  1976. 
 Hugo Takes Off / The Runaway, T. Nelson, 1977. 
 Wildflowers, 1986. 

Skuespill
 Six Plays for Boys (The New Football Boots, The Rabbit Hutch, The Wish, The Medicine Man, The Raft og No Excitement), 1951
 Seven Plays for Boys (The Rehearsal, The Hut, The Waxworks, Lazy Jack, The Dilemma, A Message to the Kite og The Coconut Shy), 1953

Referanser 

Engelske barnebokforfattere
Personer fra Harrow
Fødsler i 1914
Dødsfall i 1990