Geoffrey Trease, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Geoffrey Trease

British writer

Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1909

Place of Birth: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Jan-1998

Profession: writer, children's writer, novelist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

(Robert) Geoffrey Trease FRSL (11 August 1909 – 27 January 1998) was a prolific British writer who published 113 books, mainly for children, between 1934 and 1997, starting with Bows Against the Barons and ending with Cloak for a Spy in 1997.
His work has been translated into 20 languages.
His grandfather was a historian, and was one of the main influences on his work.
He is best known for the children's novel Cue for Treason (1940). Trease is best known for writing children's historical novels, whose content reflects his insistence on historically correct backgrounds, which he meticulously researched.
His ground-breaking study Tales Out of School (1949) pioneered the idea that children's literature should be a serious subject for study and debate.
When he began his career, his radical viewpoint was a change from the conventional and often jingoistic tone of most children's literature of the time, and he was one of the first authors who deliberately set out to appeal to both boys and girls and to feature strong leading characters of both sexes.