Author: Anthony Rye
Alternate names: John Christopher; Hillary Ford, William Godfrey, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols, Anthony Rye, William Vine; Stanley Winchester
Born: 16 April 1922
Died: 3 February 2012
Bio: Anthony Rye was a pseudonym of Samuel Youd, who wrote under a number of pseudonyms and who was particularly noted for his works written as John Christopher such as the *Tripods Trilogy* or the *Sword of the Spirits Trilogy*.