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| - He was the second and last RWS author, and he introduced us to Ivo Hugh, Wilbert, Albert Pip, Emma and a few other characters.
- Christopher Awdry, born June the 30th 1940, is the son of the Reverend W. Awdry. He has written fifteen books of the Railway Series and many other spin-offs.
- Christopher Awdry is the son of Reverend Wilbert Awdry. Reverend Awdry originally made up the first three stories from The Three Railway Engines when Christopher was sick with the measles. Christopher was very entertained by the stories, and this was one reason that led Reverend Awdry to publish the stories. As an adult, Christopher penned all of the Railway Series volumes beginning with the twenty-seventh book, Really Useful Engines. His latest addition to the series is Thomas and Victoria, due to be released in autumn of 2007, ending the series' eleven-year hiatus.
- The first few stories of the Railway Series were created for Christopher when he was two and a half years old and sick with measles. He later revived the series by taking over from his father, the Reverend W. Awdry. Ironically, his stories too started out as bedtime stories for his son, Richard, which he submitted to his father for a look at. Wilbert thought them good enough for publication and suggested that he send them off to Kaye and Ward to see what they thought.
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| - He was the second and last RWS author, and he introduced us to Ivo Hugh, Wilbert, Albert Pip, Emma and a few other characters.
- Christopher Awdry, born June the 30th 1940, is the son of the Reverend W. Awdry. He has written fifteen books of the Railway Series and many other spin-offs.
- The first few stories of the Railway Series were created for Christopher when he was two and a half years old and sick with measles. He later revived the series by taking over from his father, the Reverend W. Awdry. Ironically, his stories too started out as bedtime stories for his son, Richard, which he submitted to his father for a look at. Wilbert thought them good enough for publication and suggested that he send them off to Kaye and Ward to see what they thought. Kaye and Ward were very keen with what they saw when Christopher's manuscript for Really Useful Engines landed on their desk. The endearing stories were back and Christopher played a very active part in Thomas for many years. He was even asked by Britt Allcroft to produce a few stories for the second series of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, due to a clause in the agreement that stated that all stories put to film must be in print form first, as well as three episodes from the fourth season. Not only this, Christopher was also the writer for many of the yearly "Thomas" annual stories from 1985 to 1994. Christopher went on to produce sixteen titles of the Railway Series. Christopher was interviewed in 1993 on BBC Radio 2's Arts programme whilst at the Middlesbrough for Writearound 93 - Cleveland's annual festival for writers and readers. One year later in 1994 he was interviewed as part of a Thomas segment for WIN Television's Sixty Minutes series and was interviewed again a year later for the Thomas the Tank Engine Man documentary by the BBC in 1995. His involvement in Thomas since both the sale of the copyright and death of his father in 1997 has been largely limited and not through his own choice, but that of the copyright holders. For a while Christopher was found to be touring promoting the real "Thomas" books and appearing at many different events and writing new Railway-centred material on his own publishing group, Sodor Enterprises, which he ran with his ex-wife Diana. In 2007, Christopher's first Railway Series volume for over ten years was published - Thomas and Victoria - and the Awdry family opened their own online shop for selling Thomas-related merchandise, both Awdry and television series related. The shop, however, has been offline for quite some time and is believed to be defunct. He was interviewed on BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Shropshire and NPR radio for Thomas' 65th Anniversary. He was also interviewed on ITV Wales News for his father's 100th birthday and again on BBC Radio Solent promoting Thomas and his Friends. Christopher was later interviewed for an exclusive YouTube documentary called 70 Years of Friendship by Mindfruit Studios, HiT Entertainment and Tongal, which was uploaded on 14 July 2015 to celebrate the seventy years of the Railway Series.
- Christopher Awdry is the son of Reverend Wilbert Awdry. Reverend Awdry originally made up the first three stories from The Three Railway Engines when Christopher was sick with the measles. Christopher was very entertained by the stories, and this was one reason that led Reverend Awdry to publish the stories. As an adult, Christopher penned all of the Railway Series volumes beginning with the twenty-seventh book, Really Useful Engines. His latest addition to the series is Thomas and Victoria, due to be released in autumn of 2007, ending the series' eleven-year hiatus.
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