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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Christopher Awdry
(born 1940) is an English author best known for his contributions to The
Railway Series of books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine, which was
started by his father, the Rev. W. Awdry. He has also produced
children's books based on a number of other railways, as well as
non-fiction articles and books on heritage railways. He was born at
Devizes, the family moving to Kings Norton, Birmingham when he was aged
5 months. Christopher Awdry is in many ways responsible for the creation
of Thomas and his railway, which started as a story told to him by his
father during a bout of measles in 1942. By the time of his father's
death in 1997, Christopher had added a further 14 books to the series,
as well as writing stories for several Thomas the Tank Engine and
Friends annuals. In 2006 the current publishers, Egmont Books, decided
to reprint the entire series in their original form; the fourteen books
by Christopher were re-released at the beginning of August 2007.
