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Kevin Crossley-Holland

Born

in Mursley, The United Kingdom

February 07, 1941

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Kevin Crossley-Holland is a well-known poet and prize-winning author for children. His books include Waterslain Angels, a detective story set in north Norfolk in 1955, and Moored Man: A Cycle of North Norfolk Poems; Gatty's Tale, a medieval pilgrimage novel; and the Arthur trilogy (The Seeing Stone, At the Crossing-Places and King of the Middle March), which combines historical fiction with the retelling of Arthurian legend.

The Seeing Stone won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award and the Smarties Prize Bronze Medal. The Arthur trilogy has won worldwide critical acclaim and has been translated into 21 languages.

Crossley-Holland has translated Beowulf from the Anglo-Saxon, and his retellings of traditional tales include The Penguin Book of ...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 17,100 ratings · 1,477 reviews · 178 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Norse Myths 4.17 avg rating — 7,305 ratings — published 1980 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the Crossing Places 3.74 avg rating — 2,446 ratings — published 2001 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King of the Middle March 3.82 avg rating — 1,936 ratings — published 2003 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology 4.07 avg rating — 894 ratings — published 1982 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crossing to Paradise 3.81 avg rating — 801 ratings — published 2006 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain & Ireland by Kevin Crossley-Holland, Frances Castle (Illustrator) 3.63 avg rating — 518 ratings — published 2018 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beowulf by Kevin Crossley-Holland (Retelling), Charles Keeping (Illustrator) 3.53 avg rating — 336 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bracelet of Bones (Viking Sagas #1) 3.34 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 2011 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Norse tales. Stories From Across the Rainbow Bridge by Kevin Crossley-Holland, Jeffrey Alan Love (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Exeter Book Riddles 3.86 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 970 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Fearlessness is better than a faint-heart for any man who puts his nose out of doors. The length of my life and the day of my death were fated long ago.”
― Kevin Crossley-Holland

tags: inspirational-life-death-fate

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“You can teach someone a skill but you can't teach them spirit.”
― Kevin Crossley-Holland, Crossing to Paradise

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“Fearlessness is better than a faint heart for any man who puts his nose out of doors. The length of my life and the day of my death were fated long ago.”
― Kevin Crossley-Holland

tags: fate, norse-myths, skirnir, skirnir-s-journey, vikings

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