John Christopher
Sam Youd, known professionally as Christopher Samuel Youd, was a British writer, best known for science fiction under the pseudonym John Christopher, including the novels The Death of Grass, The Possessors, and the young-adult novel series <a href="/c/books/credit/449842/the-tripods/">The Tripods</a>. Youd also wrote under variations of his own name and under the pseudonyms Stanley Winchester, Hilary Ford, William Godfrey, <a href="/c/books/credit/518330/william-vine/">William Vine</a>, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols, and Anthony Rye.
| Born | 1922-04-16, Huyton, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Died | 2012-02-03, Bath, Somerset, England, UK |
| Links | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christopher · http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?378 |
Books 5
| Title | |
|---|---|
| Best SF | |
![]() | The City of Gold and Lead |
![]() | The White Mountains |
![]() | The Pool of Fire |
![]() | When the Tripods Came |
Author 8
| Title | Format | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | The Lotus Caves | Mass-Market Paperback |
![]() | Best SF | Paperback |
![]() | The City of Gold and Lead | Paperback |
![]() | The White Mountains | Mass-Market Paperback |
![]() | When the Tripods Came | Paperback |
![]() | Les Tripodes | Paperback |
![]() | La Bola De Fuego | Unknown |
![]() | La Muerte De La Hierba |
Contributing Writer 6
| Title | Format | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader, January 1953 | Magazine |
![]() | Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader, April 1953 | Magazine |
![]() | Best SF | Paperback |
![]() | Galaktika 84 | Magazine |
![]() | Конец детства | Hardback |
![]() | Galaktika 264 | Magazine |
Copyright Holder 2
| Title | Format | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | The Lotus Caves | Mass-Market Paperback |
![]() | The White Mountains | Mass-Market Paperback |

















