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