Dave Rudden

The Wintertime Paradox

  • The Wintertime Paradox

  • The incredible untold stories of Doctor Who Christmases past, present and future . . .

    Did you know Davros and the Doctor met for three Christmases, on different planets, across time and space? Have you heard the one about the time the Plasmavores came to pay a festive visit? Or when Madame Vastra fought a cyborg?

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

    This thrilling anthology presents a fantastic collection of adventures through time and space, featuring the best-loved characters and places from the Doctor Who world.

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

RELEASED 15/10/2020

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 | Dave Rudden

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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