John Christopher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Christopher

British writer

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1922

Place of Birth: Huyton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-Feb-2012

Profession: writer, film director, children's writer, science fiction writer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Sam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012), known professionally as Christopher Samuel Youd, was a British writer, best known for science fiction under the pseudonym John Christopher, including the novels The Death of Grass, The Possessors, and the young-adult novel series The Tripods.
He won the Guardian Prize in 1971 and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1976. Youd also wrote under variations of his own name and under the pseudonyms Stanley Winchester, Hilary Ford, William Godfrey, William Vine, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols, and Anthony Rye.