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Michael Hardcastle
AuthorBooks · Second hand1933-2019
Michael Hardcastle was a British author of sports fiction for children. He has written more than one hundred and forty books on a range of sporting subjects but is probably best known for his books about association football. In 1988 he was appointed an MBE in recognition of his services to children's literature. He died in January 2019 at the age of 85.
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About Michael Hardcastle
Birth
1933
Death
2019
Michael Hardcastle was a British author of sports fiction for children. He has written more than one hundred and forty books on a range of sporting subjects but is probably best known for his books about association football. In 1988 he was appointed an MBE in recognition of his services to children's literature. He died in January 2019 at the age of 85.
Michael Hardcastle was a prolific British writer who published a total of 168 works throughout his career.
Born in Huddersfield, he developed a distinguished career in both journalism and young adult literature.
His main work, First Contact, stands out within his extensive bibliography dedicated to children's and juvenile fiction.
The author explored diverse themes in his books, including soccer, cartoons, and comics.
He used the pseudonym David Clark to sign part of his literary production.
