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John Flanagan (author)
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- For other people named John Flanagan, see John Flanagan (disambiguation).
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| Born | May 22, 1944 Sydney, Australia |
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| Occupation | Novelist/Author |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Genres | Fantasy |
John Flanagan is a writer from Australia.
Flanagan was born in Sydney, Australia. For most of his life, he had a successful career in advertising, until he was hired as head-writer for the television sitcom Hey Dad..!, which ran for 291 episodes, over the span of eight years. Soon after this time, he began writing short stories for his son, Michael, because he wanted to make his son interested in reading. A few of the stories would eventually become The Ruins of Gorlan, Book One of the Ranger's Apprentice series. After writing this book, he began working on The Burning Bridge, Book Two of the Ranger's Apprentice series which was published on 8 June 2006. There are currently seven books in the series, but only three of them are available in the US.
The Ranger’s Apprentice reached as high as number 3 on The New York Times Bestsellers List for Children’s Series.
Flanagan currently lives in the suburb of Manly, Australia with his wife,Leonie.
- Ranger's Apprentice Book 1: The Ruins of Gorlan
- Ranger's Apprentice Book 2: The Burning Bridge
- Ranger's Apprentice Book 3: The Icebound Land
- Ranger's Apprentice Book 4: Oakleaf Bearers/ US title: The Battle For Skandia
- Ranger's Apprentice Book 5: Sorcerer in the North
- Ranger's Apprentice Book 6: The Siege of Macindaw
- Ranger's Apprentice Book 7: Erak's Ransom
