Gideon Defoe

Gideon Defoe
Gideon Defoe
Born	26 December 1975 (age 50); London, England
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	English
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Genre	Historical fiction; Fantasy comedy
Subject	Pirates
Notable works	The Pirates! book series

Gideon Defoe (born 26 December 1975) is an English novelist of The Pirates!, a historical fiction fantasy comedy book series about a group of pirates on their adventures. He also wrote the screenplay for The Pirates! Band of Misfits which is an Aardman Animations stop-motion animated feature film based on The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists, the first book in The Pirates! book series. According to his 2020 book An Atlas of Extinct Countries, Defoe also does film development work with Locksmith Animation and StudioCanal and is developing a TV sitcom with BBC Studios.

Bibliography

The Pirates! book series

The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists (2004)
The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling (2005)
The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists (2006)
The Pirates! in an Adventure with Napoleon (2008)
The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics (2012)^[2]

Other books

How Animals Have Sex (2005)
Elite Dangerous: Docking is Difficult (2014)^[3]
An Atlas of Extinct Countries (2020)^[4]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2002	Adecco Temp of the Month Award	N/a	N/a	Won	^[5]
2012	40th Annie Awards	Writing in an Animated Feature Production	The Pirates! Band of Misfits	Nominated	^[6]

References

↑ Burkeman, Oliver (10 June 2005). "How to make a book". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
↑ "The Pirates! In An Adventure With The Romantics". Janklow & Nesbit Ltd. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
↑ Gideon Defoe - Elite Dangerous: Docking is Difficult - Orion Publishing Group. 13 July 2018. ISBN 978-1-4732-0131-6.
↑ Barry Neild (16 September 2020). "New book 'Atlas of Extinct Countries' explores the places that fell off the map". CNN.
↑ "Tweeted picture of Adecco Temp of the Month certificate". Retrieved 16 November 2013.
↑ "40TH ANNUAL ANNIE AWARDS WINNERS". Retrieved 16 November 2013.

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[Guardian1-1] Burkeman, Oliver (10 June 2005). "How to make a book". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2011.

[2] "The Pirates! In An Adventure With The Romantics". Janklow & Nesbit Ltd. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2011.

[3] Gideon Defoe - Elite Dangerous: Docking is Difficult - Orion Publishing Group. 13 July 2018. ISBN 978-1-4732-0131-6.

[4] Barry Neild (16 September 2020). "New book 'Atlas of Extinct Countries' explores the places that fell off the map". CNN.

[5] "Tweeted picture of Adecco Temp of the Month certificate". Retrieved 16 November 2013.

[6] "40TH ANNUAL ANNIE AWARDS WINNERS". Retrieved 16 November 2013.

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v t e The Pirates! by Gideon Defoe
Novels	The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists (2004) Whaling (Ahab) (2005) Communists (2006) Napoleon (2009) the Romantics (2012)
Films	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (Band of Misfits) (2012)
Soundtracks	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (Band of Misfits) (2012)

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat
National	United States France BnF data Japan Italy Czech Republic Spain Netherlands Norway Poland Israel
Academics	CiNii
People	LibraryThing DDB
Other	IdRef Open Library Yale LUX

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