Rodman Philbrick
Rodman Philbrick was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in a small town on the coast of New Hampshire in the United States of America. He has been writing since the age of sixteen and had published more than a dozen novels for adults before the publication of his first book for younger readers, Freak the Mighty in 1993. Since then, he has won numerous awards and honours, and had Freak the Mighty adapted into a Golden Globe-nominated film starring Sharon Stone, Gillian Anderson and James Gandolfini in 1998. He worked as both a longshoreman and a boat builder in his younger years and is still an avid fisherman, practicing what he describes as the fine art of angling as frequently as possible.
Books
Freak the Mighty
Author: Rodman Philbrick
Publisher: Usborne
Interest age: 11+
Reading age: 9+
Kevin and Max are both accustomed to ridicule but when fate throws this seemingly mismatched pair together the result is awesome: Freak the Mighty. A tragic, suspenseful and touching story that is ultimately uplifting.
Who Killed Darius Drake?
Author: Rodman Philbrick
Publisher: Usborne
Interest age: 9-12
Reading age: 9+
When he receives a mysterious letter written in blood asking, ‘Who Killed Darius Drake?’, Darius – who is very much alive – is determined to find out who sent it and why. Recruiting schoolmate Arthur’s help, the first clue leads them to a creepy old abandoned house across town. But what they find there is not what they expected.