Background
Brian Paterson was born in Ayrshire in 1949.
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At the age of 12 his family moved to Somerset. The couple initially moved to London where Brian worked as a designer by day and on developing his own style of illustrating by night. They then moved to Henley-on-Thames where they conceived, Cynthia writing and Brian illustrating.
Their first story was published in 1985, and seven more followed.
Since then the series of eight children"s books have become modern classics. Over 1.3 million copies have been sold across 18 countries.
Titles follow:
Robbery at Foxwood (1985)
The Foxwood treasure (1985)
The Foxwood kidnap (1986)
The Foxwood regatta (1986)
The Foxwood surprise (1988)
The Foxwood smugglers (1988)
The secret valley (1998)
The magic sleigh (1998)
Academic study
Alice Martin at the University of Helsinki selected along with works by Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson and Ted Hughes for her study of translation norms in practice
nine books have been published to date:
Camps Out (2002)
Hunts for Treasure (2002)
and the Ant Invaders (2003)
Dives In (2003)
and the Monster (2005)
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The character has now been developed for a television cartoon series.
