British author , renowned for his bestselling Redwall children's fantasy series, has died suddenly at age 71. The creator of the 21 story series, which sold an estimated 20 million copies, passed away on February 5.
The Liverpool Echo newspaper said had undergone emergency surgery at a hospital in his native Liverpool, but died late on Saturday.
was born in June, 1939, and at an early age showed potential as a writer. As a teenager he travelled the world in the merchant navy before returning to England, where he did a variety of jobs including driving a bus, boxing and writing plays.
wrote Redwall for the children at a blind school in Liverpool where he delivered milk. The tale centers around a young mouse Matthias who summons the courage to protect Redwall Abbey when it is threatened by a rat called Cluny. made his writing as descriptive as possible with his blind audience in mind, Twenty-one Redwall books followed, starting with Redwall in 1986 and ending with The Sable Quean published in 2010. The 22nd novel, The Rogue Crew, is due to appear later this year.
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