Kilworth, Garry
Kilworth, Garry (1941– ),English writer of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery. Kilworth's major work in fairy tales is generally addressed to young readers. In his collection Dark Hills, Hollow Clocks (1990) Kilworth often uses dialect and traditional folklore to relate stories about changelings, dragons, goblins, and wizards. He is most adept at crossing the boundaries of different genres such as the fairy tale, mystery, and science fiction, as can be seen in his collections for adults, Songbirds of Pain (1984) and In the Hollow of the Deep‐Sea Wave (1984). One of his most innovative novels for young readers is The Phantom Piper, a revision of ‘The Pied Piper’, in which the adults of a Scottish village answer the call of a mysterious piper and leave their children behind to run their own lives and eventually to confront two evil travellers.
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