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Christopher Vere Awdry (born 2 July 1940) is an English author. He is best known for his contributions to The Railway Series of books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine, which was started by his late father, Wilbert Awdry (1911–1997).
Christopher Vere Awdry (born 2 July 1940) is an English writer who is the son of Wilbert Awdry, his father who originally created The Railway Series. He is best known for co-creating Thomas the Tank Engine with his father, as well as continuing The Railway Series from 1983 to 2011.
Christopher Awdry was a keen railway enthusiast like his father. On a visit to the Nene Valley Railway he was inspired to write his first story Triple Header based on a railwayman's account of a locomotive running out of steam short of its destination.
Dec 26, 2023 · Cambridge PPF. The Rev W Awdry (right) wrote the Thomas The Tank Engine stories for his son Christopher (left) when he was poorly. Awdry created stories about steam trains to entertain his son...
Christopher Awdry has 157 books on Goodreads with 2590 ratings. Christopher Awdry’s most popular book is Thomas the Tank Engine's Big Blue Treasury (Thom...
In this book Christopher Awdry, the son of Rev. Awdry, continues his father's railway stories, writing imaginative stories about the engines his father created and introducing new engines in many others.
Dec 26, 2023 · Awdry created stories about steam trains to entertain his son Christopher, aged three, when he was sick with a bout of measles in 1943.
