Bernard Ashley (author)

Bernard John Ashley (born April 1935) is a British writer of books for children and teenagers. His first book, The Trouble with Donovan Croft, which was published in 1974, won "The Other Award", an alternative to the Carnegie Medal. A Kind of Wild Justice (1978), Running Scared (1986), and Little Soldier (1999) were runners up for the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book.

Selected works

 The Men and the Boats: Britain's Lifeboat Service (London: Allman, 1968) – "The men and the boats; Britain's life-boat service". Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
 Dave (1971)
 The Trouble with Donovan Croft (1974) –  or 
 Terry on the Fence (1975)
 All My Men (1977)
 A Kind of Wild Justice (1978) – 
 Break in the Sun (1980)
 Dinner Ladies Don't Count (1981) – 
 I'm Trying to Tell You (1981) – 
 Dodgem (1981)
 Linda's Lie (1982)
 High Pavement Blues (1983)
 Your Guess Is As Good As Mine (1983) – 
 A Bit of Give and Take (1984)
 Janey (1985)
 Running Scared (1986)
 Clipper Street: Calling for Sam (1987)
 Clipper Street: Taller Than Before (1987)
 Bad Blood (1988)
 Clipper Street: Down-and-Out (1988)
 Clipper Street: The Royal Visit (1988)
 Clipper Street: All I Ever Ask (1989)
 Clipper Street: Sally Cinderella (1989)
 The Secret of Theodore Brown (1989)
 The Caretaker's Cat (1990)
 Country Boy (1990)
 Chrysalis (1990)
 Getting In (1990)
 The Ghost of Dockside School (1990)
 Seeing Off Uncle Jack (1991)
 Dockside School Stories (1992)
 More Dockside School Stories (1992)
 Three Seven Eleven (1993)
 Johnnie's Blitz (1995) – 
 Justin and the Demon Drop-Kick (1997) – 
 Roller Madonnas (1997)
 A Present for Peter (1997)
 Flash (1997)
 City Limits: Stitch-Up (1997)
 City Limits: The Scam (1997)
 City Limits: Framed (1997)
 City Limits: Mean Street (1997)
 Tiger Without Teeth (1998) – 
 Hannibal Route (1999)
 Justin and the Big Fight (1999) – 
 Rapid (1999)
 Little Soldier (1999) –  ( US & Canada)
 Respect (2000) – 
 Playing Against the Odds (2000) – 
 Justin Strikes Again (2001) – 
 also published as Justin and the Grandad War (2009) – 
 Revenge House (2002) – 
 Freedom Flight (2003) – 
 Close Look, Quick Look (2004)
 Torrent! (2004) – 
 Ben Maddox: Ten Days to Zero (2005) – 
 Ben Maddox: Down to the Wire (2006) – 
 Smokescreen (2006) – 
 Ben Maddox: Flashpoint (2007) – 
 Angel Boy (2008) – 
 Solitaire (2008) – 
 No Way to Go (2009) – 
 Ronnie's War (2010)
 Aftershock (2011)
 Dive Bombing (2012)
 Hero Girls' (2012)
 Jack and the German Spy (2013)
 Shadow of the Zeppelin (Orchard Books, 2014)
 Nadine Dreams of Home (2014)
 Dead End Kids (2015)
 The Way It Is (2015)

Picture books
 Cleversticks (1992) – 
 A Present for Paul (1996) – 
 King Rat (1998)-
 Growing Good (1999) – 
 Who Loves You, Billy? (2000)
 Double the Love –  (hardback) or 
 The Bush'' (2003) – 

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Category:British children's writers
Category:1935 births
Category:Living people