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Ed Chatterton Ed Chatterton i(A149640 works by)
Also writes as: Martin Chatterton ; Martin Ed Chatterton
Born: Established: 1961 Liverpool, Merseyside,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 2004
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1 y separately published work icon Scorpion Falls Martin Chatterton , Abbotsford : Ford Street , 2022 24458955 2022 single work novel young adult thriller

'Loner Theo Sumner is a 14-year-old living in the isolated Queensland mining town of Scorpion Falls.

'Following the arrival of an unsettling guest at the Iguana Motel, teenagers start disappearing in mysterious circumstances. As Theo looks for answers, he is drawn deeper into the murky underbelly of his hometown and a shocking nightmare encounter with the truth.'  (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon The Tell Martin Chatterton , Melbourne : Penguin , 2020 19187206 2020 single work children's fiction children's

'The world turns on moments like these. Crossroad moments; a toss of the coin . . . I see half my face in deep shadow, eyes glittering like diamonds, the resemblance to my father never stronger.'

'Rey Tanic is not like other 14 year olds. His dad is a mafia boss. His dad also in jail. When Rey's life explodes, every decision he makes will shape the rest of his life. How far does the apple really fall from the tree?' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Winter of the White Bear Martin Ed Chatterton , Martin Ed Chatterton (illustrator), Orange : Dirt Lane Press , 2019 18513869 2019 single work picture book children's

'Winter Of The White Bear is a lavishly illustrated picture book about Little Bear whose happy life in the Great Forest is suddenly changed by the arrival of an unwelcome visitor: White Bear. When White Bear forces Little Bear to come with him and hunt for him in the northern Ice Lands, Little Bear must dig deep inside herself to find the inner strength to escape. Exciting, touching and thought-provoking, Winter Of The White Bear is a picture book like no other.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon G'day, America James Patterson , North Sydney : Penguin Random House Australia , 2018 20440006 2018 single work children's fiction children's

'Rafe Khatchadorian is back in his home town and to be honest, things are pretty boring. But that’s before Kasey, his friend from Down Under arrives and before Sidney Harberbridge, a fully-fledged Aussie hipster sets up a coffee shop slash record store slash yoga studio. Rafe uses his Australian experience to wangle a part-time job at Sid’s exotic new joint and ten seconds later he’s the lead singer in a band. A band led by none other than Miller the Killer! What could possibly go wrong . . .

'Will Rafe end up a rock god, or will he hit rock bottom?' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Absolute Zero James Patterson , Ed Chatterton , London : Cornerstone , 2017 11645852 2017 single work single work novel thriller

'Fear the man who has nothing left to lose… 

'Cody Thurston is working his usual shift at the rough East London pub he calls home. When a group of out-of-towners walk in looking for trouble, Thurston sends them on their way using some not-so-gentle persuasion. 

'As a former special forces operative in the Australian military, Thurston can handle trouble. But these men are more dangerous than he realises, and the actions they take will leave Thurston homeless, alone and seeking revenge.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Million-Dollar Mess Down Under James Patterson , Martin Chatterton , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2017 11637640 2017 single work children's fiction children's

'When Rafe becomes the unlikely benefactor of a will, it's not all good news. Sure, he gets another free trip Down Under but he also has to go to school while he's in Sydney. Blergh. And not just any school . . . St Mungo's is the snobbiest of snobby establishments and you can bet your bottom dollar that Rafe won't quite fit in. 
'Chaos ensues and Rafe is, once again, in the middle of a very big mess. Can he tidy this one up, or will he be sent packing with another black mark against the Khatchadorian name?' (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon Going Bush Crocodile Catastrophe James Patterson , Martin Chatterton , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2016 9351505 2016 single work children's fiction children's

'Rafe's been to the beach and now he's headed to the bush – watch out Australia!

'It's fair to say that Rafe's recent trip Down Under could not easily be called a success: in Australia he and his Mom were forced to flee a pack of bloodthirsty zombies after the ‘performance piece' by Rafe and The Outsiders traumatised Shark Bay (aka ‘Australia's Bravest Town'). Yet, when Rafe receives an offer to attend an all-expenses paid ‘Cultural Campout' in the Northern Territory, Australia, he takes precisely six seconds to say ‘yes'.

'What happens next is full-throttle outback adventure in which Rafe will have to draw on every bit of his new-found ‘Man of Experience' persona to make it out alive.' (Publication summary)
1 Doggone Martin Chatterton , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Dog Stories 2016;
1 y separately published work icon Alexander the Elephant in Zanzibar Pat Davern , Martin Chatterton (illustrator), Rosebery : Love Police Touring , 2015 9175914 2015 single work picture book children's

'Alexander the Elephant is a picture book for 4-6 year-olds by successful Australian rock musician/writer Pat Davern and award-winning illustrator/writer Martin Chatterton.

'Alexander is a somewhat nervous, red-ant sandwich-munching, pink and purple-spotted elephant who lives on the island of Zanzibar with his best friend Miss Alicia Peabody, Alicia's Clever Uncle Gerald and Pedro the parrot. When dastardly loggers threaten The Great Tree of Zanzibar, Miss Alicia Peabody and Uncle Gerald help Alexander find the courage to stand up and be counted.' (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon Rafe's Aussie Adventure Escape to Australia James Patterson , Martin Chatterton , North Sydney : Random House , 2015 8179620 2015 single work children's fiction children's

'James Patterson's bestselling Middle School series heads Down Under!

'Life is finally starting to look up for everyone's favourite troublemaker, Rafe Khatchadorian. Since his stint at The Program, a kind of prison camp in the woods for 'wayward students', he's managed to stay enrolled at Hills Valley Middle School for more than a minute. And when Rafe wins an all-expenses-paid trip to Australia, he can't quite believe his luck. That is, until his dreams of beaches, surfer chicks and cuddly koala bears go horribly wrong. Australia isn't exactly the island paradise Rafe imagined. And nobody mentioned the zombies!

'Can a group of social misfits show Rafe a different side of Australia and encourage him to be the great artist he was born to be? Or will Rafe's plan for holiday revenge end up being his worst idea ever?' (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon Mortified : Lost in the Sands of Time Martin Chatterton , North Sydney : Random House , 2013 Z1935873 2013 single work children's fiction children's 'How far would you go to avoid school? For 10,000 - year - old Mortimer DeVere and his sister, Agnetha , the answer is: a very long way indeed. As far as the DeVere children are concerned, they have eaten their last soggy sandwich, handed in their last piece of homework and avoided their last bully. But not if Trish Molyneux has anything to do with it. In a desperate bid for freedom, Mort and Agnetha find themselves marooned in ancient Egypt, along with a grumpy Queen Victoria, a nosy writer who believes in fairies, a bloodthirsty crocodile and a tunnel full of zombie - mummies. Suddenly, school isn't looking quite so bad.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 y separately published work icon Mort Martin Chatterton , 2013 North Sydney : Random House , 2012- Z1935867 2013 series - author novel
1 1 y separately published work icon Underland Ed Chatterton , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2013 Z1930729 2013 single work novel crime 'Some secrets are buried deep ... Set in both Liverpool and Hollywood, Underland is another exciting, uncompromising thriller from the author of A Dark Place to Die. At first glance, the horrifically bloody crime scene in suburban Liverpool looks like a straightforward murder-suicide. The husband kills the wife and then himself. Simple. Or it would be if it wasn't for the dead couple's missing teenage son, Nicky. With Nicky's holiday job on a Hollywood movie being shot in the city bringing unwanted press attention, newly promoted DCI Frank Keane knows that time is running out to find the missing boy. The only question is: is Nicky victim or killer? When it comes, the answer is worse than anyone expects. For the deaths in Liverpool are just the start of a twisted international killing spree by an ambitious psychopath with a point to prove. As the odds, and the stakes, stack up, Keane has no option but to mount an unorthodox operation on unfamiliar and dangerous territory. And suddenly a cop from Liverpool might just be the only one who can prevent a killing that would shock the world...(Publisher's blurb)
1 y separately published work icon Mortal Combat Martin Chatterton , North Sydney : Random House , 2012 Z1935870 2012 single work children's fiction children's 'When 10,000-year-old Mortimer DeVere and his crew of accidental time travellers find themselves slap-bang in the middle of World War Two, things start looking pretty dicey. And with evil Adolf Hitler on the scene, the situation becomes positively lethal. But once the gang escape Germany, they find that in comparison to where they end up, wartime Berlin is ein walk in the park. (Publisher's blurb)
1 1 y separately published work icon A Dark Place to Die Ed Chatterton , North Sydney : Bantam Australia , 2012 Z1889544 2012 single work novel crime thriller ' A pulsating psychological thriller that takes you from the dark heart of a cold English city to the searing white-heat of an Australian wilderness...By Merseyside standards it's been some time since a decent corpse arrived on his patch, but now, on a bone-cold October morning, Detective Inspector Frank Keane's wait is over. The son of Keane's old boss, the legendary DI Menno Koopman, has been discovered dead twelve thousand miles from his Australian home, lashed to a scaffolding pole on Liverpool's bleak shoreline. It's the start of a vicious cycle of violence spanning half the globe. For Koopman, who turned his back on a thirty-year career in the city to live the quiet life in northern New South Wales, the death of a son he never knew means a return to England and the past he'd left behind. Koopman has not been forgotten in his old hunting ground - not by his former colleagues, and not by the enemies waiting for him. As the body count rises in Liverpool and Australia, Keane and Koopman's search for the killer becomes a fight for survival.' Source: Libraries Australia.
1 3 y separately published work icon Mort : The 10,000 Year-Old Boy Martin Chatterton , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2012 Z1862596 2012 single work children's fiction children's science fiction Time flies when you're having fun...Even when you're Mortimer DeVere, the 10,000-year-old boy. But when unexpected and unwelcome visitors arrive on Mort's home turf, the spooky Unk Island, he and his sister Agnetha will have their hands full dealing with some of the stranger hobbies they've tried to keep secret from one another and the outside world. Today may just turn out to be one of the most eventful days in Mort's very long life! (Libraries Australia)
1 Little Blue Men i "It was late at night when Mars attacked", Martin Chatterton , Clare Douglas , Martin Chatterton (illustrator), 2012 single work single work poetry children's
— Appears in: I Met a Martian and Other Stories 2012; (p. 27-29)
2 3 y separately published work icon Nanda the Naughty Gnome Tiffany Mandrake , Surry Hills : Little Hare Books , 2010 Z1648495 2010 single work children's fiction children's 'Nanda Gemdibbler knows that she is really a good fairy princess, but no one believes her. Instead they think she is a lazy and wilful little gnome. So when Nanda gets the chance to look after good fairy Willow Gracecloud's cottage she is delighted, because if she does a good job, she might just win a place at Miss Kisses' Academy of Sweetness for Little Fairies. But why do the Hags want Nanda to go to their Abademy of Badness instead, and why does the fox-fae keep encouraging Nanda to try on all of Willow's dresses and make such a mess in Willow's house? Perhaps Nanda will find out that she's actually very good at being bad!' (From the publisher's website.)
1 1 y separately published work icon A Belt Around My Bum Martin Chatterton , Surry Hills : Little Hare Books , 2009 Z1645702 2009 single work children's fiction children's

'Willy must steal from the Queen, stop a man from marrying a tree, try not to upset a one-eyed squirrel, and save Yorick from being an ass—could this be the true story behind A Midsummer Night’s Dream?When a delusional King of the fairies tries to wage war on Queen Elizabeth I, Willy creates a distraction by slopping love potion in the drinks. Unfortunately, the wrong people drink the potion and mayhem ensues. Can Willy unravel the tangled state of affairs and the scrambled affairs of the heart?' (Publication summary)
1 1 Willy Waggledagger Martin Chatterton , 2009 series - author children's fiction
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