Dave Rudden

The Wintertime Paradox

  • The Wintertime Paradox

  • Twelve stunning Doctor Who stories for the long winter nights

    Christmas can mean anything . . .

    For Missy, it's solving Murders in 1909

    For a little girl in Dublin, it's Plasmavores knocking at the door.

    For Davros, it's a summons from the Doctor, who needs the mad inventor's help.

    The perfect collection for the bleakest - and sometimes brightest - time of the year, these are the tales for when you're halfway out of the dark . . .



    Written by popular children's author, and lifelong Doctor Who fan, Dave Rudden, author of Twelve Angels Weeping.

    'The comforting yet thrilling vibe of a Doctor Who Christmas special TIMES TWELVE' - Deirdre Sullivan

    'The perfect balance between tenderness and humour and terror and imagination - like the show at its very, very best' - Imogen Russell Williams

Doctor Who: Twelve Angels Weeping
Doctor Who: Twelve Angels Weeping
Dave Rudden
The Endless King (Knights of the Borrowed Dark Book 3)
The Endless King (Knights of the Borrowed Dark Book 3)
Dave Rudden
The Forever Court (Knights of the Borrowed Dark Book 2)
The Forever Court (Knights of the Borrowed Dark Book 2)
Dave Rudden
Knights of the Borrowed Dark (Knights of the Borrowed Dark Book 1)
Knights of the Borrowed Dark (Knights of the Borrowed Dark Book 1)
Dave Rudden

Knights of the Borrowed Dark

3 Books
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Features

Pratchett and Gaiman's fallen Gods

The TV adaptation of Good Omens has sparked controversy for 'normalising Satanism'. Here author Dave Rudden defends the 'cheerfully, epically blasphemous' novel.
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Inspiration

How to write an utterly terrifying horror story

Have you ever wanted to write a scary story? Like, a really scary story? Dave Rudden, author of the Knights of the Borrowed Dark series tells us how in three simple (and terrifying) steps.
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Recommendations

A beginner's guide to Terry Pratchett

Dave Rudden, author of Knights of the Borrowed Dark series (and Terry Pratchett super-fan) chats doodling, dragons, breaking the rules and his five favourite Terry Pratchett novels – and of course, why you should read them.
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Extracts

Knights of the Borrowed Dark by Dave Rudden

Read an extract from Knights of the Borrowed Dark by Dave Rudden.
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Inspiration

Puffin authors share their most hilarious Christmas disasters

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without the odd disaster, or two. From turkey-crazed pooches to elf-sized Christmas trees, our Puffin authors share their most calamitous Christmas catastrophes...

Dave Rudden is a former actor, teacher and time-displaced Viking currently living in Dublin. He is the author of the award-winning Knights of the Borrowed Dark trilogy, and enjoys cats, adventure and being cruel to fictional children.

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