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Joseph Henry Delaney was born on July 25, 1945, in Preston, Lancashire, England. He was educated at Lancaster University, studying English, History, and Sociology. At St. Martin's College he studied to become a teacher. He earned a degree at Open University to become a computer programmer. He wrote science fiction and fantasy books. His first
book, Mercer's Whore, was written under the penname of J. K. Haderack. He began to write full-time after his second book was published.
Under his real name, he wrote The Wardstone Chronicles, which is called The Last Apprentice series in the United States. In 2015 he made The New York Times High Profile Title's List with The Seventh Son. His other series included The Starblade Chronicles, Arena 13, and Aberrations. Joseph Delaney died on August 7, 2022 at age 77. Jump to
ratings and reviewsJoseph Delaney's popular book, The Spook's Apprentice, told the story of Thomas Ward, apprenticed to the local spook to help keep the county safe from the Dark.

The novel is the inspiration for the movie Seventh Son, starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes and Julianne Moore, but has now been adapted for the stage by Joseph and his son Stephen.Suitable for casts large and small, this script is ideal for use in drama groups, english lessons and school plays. Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviewsMarch 2, 2015I had zero
expectations and I loved it! It was creepy? Yes, but good kind of creepy. The kind that makes you want to learn more about it.July 20, 2022Didn't realize that this was the "play edition". It does not captivate as a read. September 11, 2014REREAD - After reading this a second time, i see why I gave it 4 stars, but I have altered this to 5.What made this a
four star review in the past was that this is told in First-Person narrative, which I tend to not enjoy as much as the various Third person - I am over that bit now.This is a fast read, and a bit short, though it is a Young Adult novel, and at approx 66K it is in the word count that it needs to be.Standard fare of apprentice and master, though dealing with
Witches and superstition, with a very European flavor to it. But, the pace is fast, and there is actually a sense of suspense, not because you don't know what is going to happen, but then when, and that makes for a fun and enjoyable read.January 1, 2019Compelling reading, unable to put down. An apprentices journal leads you fears most of us have
with some common sense thrown in. Now for book twoDisplaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviewsGet help and learn more about the design. Thomas Ward is the seventh son of a seventh son an…Now it's the dark's turn to be afraid The Spook an…"I see your future clearly. Your master will be de…As danger increases in the County, Tom is sent far…As the Spook's
apprentice Tom's first duty is to p…The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, have re…‘This is the entrance to the Witch Well and behind…A dangerous few months lie ahead—ones which some o…'I am Grimalkin, and I have already chosen those I…Time is running out for Thomas Ward. His final bat…"My name is Slither, and before my tale is
finishe…I must be brave.I must do what has to be done.I am…‘He’s the seventh son of a seventh son. His name i…A blood-curdling original novella from the world o…"My name is John Gregory. What follows is my Besti…Beware a girl in pointy shoesA girl wearing pointy… Book links take you to Amazon.

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Born in Preston, Lancashire, England on July 25, 1945, Joseph Delaney is the author of several renowned science fiction and fantasy novels. Such as, The Wardstone and Starblade Chronicles. He attended Preston Catholic College before working as an apprentice engineer and fitter. Studying A levels at night, Delaney earned entry into Lancaster
University, whereby he eventually became an English teacher at the Blackpool Six Form College. It was at this College where Joseph Delaney helped start the Media and Film Studies Department. As a child, Delaney had a re-occurring nightmare where he was sitting on the carpet and suddenly the room would be overtaken by a deep chill and a dark
shadow-like figure would rise up from the coal cellar. It would pick him up and carry him back down to the cellar with it. This nightmare is the main muse for Joseph Delaney’s style and writing subject matter. Delaney first wrote under the pseudonym J.K Haderack. It wasn’t until 2004, however, where he finally received international recognition as a
novelist with The Wardstone Chronicles. Following this success, he retired from teaching and concentrated exclusively on writing. The series chronicles the adventures of the lead character Thomas J. Ward – the seventh son of a seventh son, apprenticed to become a ‘Spook’. Which, in Delaney’s definition, is a ‘master fighter of supernatural evil’. John
Gregory is Ward’s mentor, teaching him how to take on ghosts, witches, ghasts and other creatures that serve ‘The Dark’. The Starblade Chronicles are a trilogy which follow the continued life of Tom Ward. He has finished his apprenticeship and is now a full-fledged ‘Spook’.

It’s difficult for the now 17 year-old Ward to win over trust in his community, his issues even more complicated by the 15 year-old Jenny pestering him to become his apprentice.
Delaney tells us ‘The Spook Battle’ is set in the Pendle District, of which he did a lot of research on accounts of the witch trials held in this area in 1612. Choosing to be as unique as possible with the story, Joseph created his own witch clans and Malkin Tower a very formidable fortress to be reckoned with.

To reading buffs and those familiar with Joseph Delaney’s work, The Chronicles series are quite often referred together as The Spook’s Series. Joseph Delaney has averaged one novel per year with the Wardstone series. They have been published in 24 countries, with 3 novels being short-listed for the Lancashire Children’s Book for the Year Award.
Having spent 7 weeks in the best seller charts, The Spook’s Apprentice was a great success for Delaney. It has sold over 1 million copies worldwide. Finally released in theaters in 2015, The Spook’s Apprentice was featured in a film starring Ben Barnes, Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore entitled The Seventh Son.
The film wasn’t incredibly well received by critics and audiences alike, most likely due to the large amount of differences between the details in the book and those in the film. There have also been spin-off projects of Joseph Delaney’s work. Such as, his son Stephen Delaney adapting The Spook’s Apprentice into a 160-page play script. Also, The
Spook’s Tale/Interception Point is a short story which was joined with Mark Walden’s Interception Point as a major aspect of an extraordinary distribution for World Book Day UK 2009. Although not well-known, it is worth noting Joseph Delaney’s work under his pseudonym of J. K Haderack, such as Mysterious Erotic Tales. Which was published in
1996 within a short story compilation entitled Elvara Should Be Easy. Mercer’s Whore is another of Haderack’s works and while the storyline is unique to Delaney’s familiar writing style, there are elements which only Delaney himself could have conjured up within his darker fantasy mind. Joseph Delaney is now 70 years old and even after more than
a decade of being a widely published author he still continues to amaze us with his broad imagination. His fantastic mind seems to be an endless pit of fascinating places to see and adventures to go on. Still quite youthful in his mature years, Joseph Delaney has no intention of putting down his pen any time soon. This is great news for his fans across
the globe. In fact, Joseph stated in a recent interview that he is usually working on two books at the same time.
Sipping red wine or gulping beer is one of Joseph Delaney’s favorite pastimes whenever he isn’t writing. Exploring new places and being near the sea are also experiences our featured author partakes in. He admits to reading a lot, and does, in fact, read a good amount of science fiction and fantasy. A big fan of J.R.R. Tolkien and Frank Herbert, he is
also enjoying making his way through Stephen Baxter’s books. Joseph Delaney feels he has grown in confidence and self-belief over his 11 years of writing. His plots seem to just come to him, which is a gift very people are born with. His characters are developed through dialogue as they speak to him and other characters in his stories. Years ago, he
wasn’t sure whether this would always work, but his work over the years has proven otherwise. He is now more certain as to what the outcome of a book will be. While the author didn’t expect his series of books to do as well as they have done, he is, needless to say, quite pleased with what he has achieved within the science fiction and fantasy niche.
Delaney says he certainly never expected his stories to be published in translation to thirty countries. Deeply rooted in Lancashire’s rich folklore, mythology and geography, Joseph Delaney has quite a talent for intertwining real world locales, fantasy, horror and folklore into his stories. They come across as very inventive and fresh for science fiction
and fantasy story lovers. Which isn’t an easy thing to do, considering the amount of science fiction and fantasy writers history has produced over the past few hundred years. His characters come alive through the pages, taking the reader right into the very world Mr. Delaney’s childhood nightmare took him so many years ago. And the nightmares and
fantasies never seems to stop. Book Series In Order » Authors » Joseph Delaney One Response to “Joseph Delaney” Leave a Reply Fantasy novel series by Joseph Delaney Spook'sThe covers of the first eight books of The Wardstone Chronicles, the first arc in the Spook's seriesThe Wardstone Chronicles:The Spook's Apprentice (2004)The Spook's Curse
(2005)The Spook's Secret (2006)The Spook's Battle (2007)The Spook's Mistake (2008)The Spook's Sacrifice (2009)The Spook's Nightmare (2010)The Spook's Destiny (2011)Spook's: I Am Grimalkin (2011)The Spook's Blood (2012)Spook's: Slither's Tale (2012)Spook's: Alice (2013)The Spook's Revenge (2013)The Starblade Chronicles:Spook's: A New
Darkness (2014)Spook's: The Dark Army (2016)Spook's: The Dark Assassin (2017)Brother Wulf:Brother Wulf (2020)Brother Wulf: Wulf's Bane (2021)Brother Wulf: The Last Spook (2022)Brother Wulf: Wulf's War (2023)AuthorJoseph DelaneyIllustratorUK - David Wyatt & Julek HellerU.S. - Patrick Arrasmith & Tim Foley & Julek HellerCountryUnited
KingdomLanguageEnglishGenreDark fantasy, horrorPublisherUK - The Bodley Head division of Random House & Red FoxU.S. - Greenwillow Books division of HarperCollinsPublished2004–2013 (The Wardstone Chronicles)2014–2017 (The Starblade Chronicles)2020–Present (Brother Wulf)No. of books19 + Related Works Spook's, published as The
Last Apprentice series in the U.S., is a dark fantasy series of books written by British author Joseph Delaney and published in the UK by The Bodley Head division of Random House Publishing.[1][2] The series consists of three arcs, titled The Wardstone Chronicles, The Starblade Chronicles, and Brother Wulf.[3] Plot Spook's follow Thomas "Tom"
Ward, the seventh son of a seventh son who is apprenticed to Gregory to become a Spook - a master fighter of supernatural evil. John Gregory is the Spook for "the County" and gives Tom practical instruction on tackling ghosts, ghasts, witches, boggarts, and all manner of other things that serve "The Dark". Tom soon discovers that most of John
Gregory's apprentices have failed for various reasons, including being killed in the process of learning how to be a Spook. As the Chronicles progress the focus expands to other characters such as the assassin Grimalkin and the young witch Alice Deane; overall the series develops the plotline of Tom being destined to save the world or be tortured by
the Fiend, the father of all evil, for all eternity. "The County" referenced in the Chronicles is based on Lancashire in the North of England. Various County fictional towns are thinly-veiled modern day cities; for example, the town of Priestown is based on Preston (where author Delaney was born); Caster is Lancaster; Black Pool is Blackpool; Chipenden
is Chipping.[4] The first series, titled The Wardstone Chronicles, concluded in 2013, and was followed by The Starblade Chronicles in 2014, a trilogy following the continued adventures of Tom Ward, who has finished his apprenticeship and is now a Spook in his own right dedicated to fighting an unparalleled evil threatening the County, and the
world. Works The Wardstone Chronicles The Spook's Apprentice (U.S. - The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch) (2004) The Spook's Curse (U.S. - The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane) (2005) The Spook's Secret (U.S. - The Last Apprentice: Night of the Soul Stealer) (2006) The Spook's Battle (U.S. - The Last Apprentice: Attack of the Fiend)
(2007) The Spook's Mistake (U.S. - The Last Apprentice: Wrath of the Bloodeye) (2008) The Spook's Sacrifice (U.S. - The Last Apprentice: Clash of the Demons) (2009) The Spook's Nightmare (U.S. - The Last Apprentice: Rise of the Huntress) (2010) The Spook's Destiny (U.S. - The Last Apprentice: Rage of the Fallen) (2011) Spook's: I Am Grimalkin
(U.S. - The Last Apprentice: Grimalkin The Witch Assassin) (2011) The Spook's Blood (U.S. - The Last Apprentice: Lure of the Dead) (2012) Spook's: Slither's Tale (U.S. - The Last Apprentice: Slither) (2012) Spook's: Alice (U.S. - The Last Apprentice: I Am Alice) (2013) The Spook's Revenge (U.S. - The Last Apprentice: Fury of the Seventh Son) (2013)
The Starblade Chronicles Spook's: A New Darkness (2014) Spook's: The Dark Army (2016) Spook's: The Dark Assassin (2017) Brother Wulf series Brother Wulf (2020) Brother Wulf: Wulf's Bane (2021) Brother Wulf: The Last Spook (2022) Brother Wulf: Wulf's War (2023) Related books United Kingdom The Spook's Tale / Interception Point - The short
story The Spook's Tale was combined with Mark Walden's Interception Point as part of a small (128 pages) special publication for World Book Day UK 2009 which could be purchased at that event for a £1 coupon.[5] (2009) The Spook's Stories: Witches - A collection of five short stories [Meg Skelton; Dirty Dora; Grimalkin's Tale; Alice And The Brain
Guzzler; The Banshee Witch]. (2009) The Spook's Bestiary - A guidebook to the creatures found in The Wardstone Chronicles universe. (2010) The Ghost Prison - The book occupies the same world as The Wardstone Chronicles, but with different characters and story lines (2013) The Spook's Seventh Apprentice - A novella featuring the Spook's
seventh apprentice, a boy named Will Johnson (2015) United States The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale And Other Horrors - A collection of four short stories [The Spook's Tale; Alice's Tale; Grimalkin's Tale; A Gallery of Villains]; this is a U.S.-released compilation incorporating the earlier published The Spook's Tale. (2009) The Last Apprentice: A
Coven of Witches - The U.S. edition of the book The Spook's Stories: Witches, without the story about Grima since it was already included in the previous collection book. (2009) The Last Apprentice - The Spook's Bestiary: The Guide to Creatures of the Dark.
The U.S. edition of the book The Spook's Bestiary. (2010) Illustrations The illustrator for the original and UK releases is David Wyatt, providing the original series covers and the illustrations for each chapter. A noteworthy feature of the U.S.-released books are the illustrations by Patrick Arrasmith; in addition to the cover art, Arrasmith designed pen
and ink drawings which precede every chapter in the books.[6] Drama script In 2014, Stephen Delaney, Joseph Delaney's son, adapted The Spook's Apprentice into a 160-page play script; it is published under the title The Spook's Apprentice - Play Edition.[7] Characters Further information: List of The Wardstone Chronicles characters Thomas Jason
Ward: apprentice to John Gregory and the seventh son of a seventh son, also the son of the ancient and powerful sorceress Lamia; from his father he has inherited the gifts of a spook and from his mother the ability to speed up, slow down, and halt time, the ability to locate his prey supernaturally, the ability to heal from otherwise-fatal wounds like a
Lamia witch, and a "Lamia form" that increases his strength, speed, durability, and healing but also anger and bloodlust.
John Gregory: the Spook for the County who mentors Thomas Jason Ward. Alice Deane: a witch who becomes Tom's closest friend. She is the daughter of Bony Lizzie and the Fiend (the Devil) and an immensely powerful witch who walks the line between good and evil. Bony Lizzie: a malevolent witch, Alice's ex-teacher and cruel mother. She is
captured by Gregory but later freed and attempts to conquer the Isle of Mona, but is killed. Mother Malkin: a powerful malevolent witch, was killed by Ward. Tusk: an abhuman, and Mother Malkin's son, was killed by Gregory. Agnes Sowerbutts: Alice's aunt and Lizzie's sister, a benign witch, healer, and midwife who helps Alice and a young
Grimalkin. She is killed for helping Alice by pro-Fiend witches, "living" on as a dead witch. Adriana: a bird witch on the Isle of Mona who allies herself with Ward, Gregory, and Alice Deane and helps thwart/kill Lizzie. Mam/Lamia/Zenobia: Tom's mysterious mother, the original Lamia witch. Wynde and Slake: two Lamia witches and Mam's spiritual
"sisters" who ally themselves with Ward. Wurmalde: a Greek witch and old enemy of Mam who nearly killed her. Bill Arkwright: the Spook for the county north of Caster, and a previous apprentice of John Gregory. He is killed helping the others escape the Ord. Judd Brinscall: a spook and former apprentice of John Gregory who primarily worked in
Romania before moving to Caster to take up the late Arkwright's place. Grimalkin: the Malkin witch assassin who formed an alliance with Tom and the Spook to destroy the Fiend, who killed their son.
Thorne Malkin: a witch and Grimalkin's apprentice as witch assassin. She is killed defending the Fiend's severed head. John Ward: Tom's father and a seventh son, who saved Tom's mother's life. Jack Ward: Tom's oldest brother, inherited the farm except for one room meant for Tom. James Ward: Tom's second oldest brother, a blacksmith by trade.
Also helped fight the Pendle witch clans. Tibb: a mysterious creature of the Dark created by the Malkins to see into the future. Mab Mouldheel: a young witch and Mouldheel witch clan leader. Her potent scrying motivates the rival Malkins' creation of Tibb. Morgan: a necromancer and fallen apprentice of Gregory who tried to summon Golgoth. Meg
Skelton: the mysterious Lamia witch that lives in John Gregory's winter house in Anglezarke. Formerly Gregory's lover. The Fiend: Old God and the Devil.
Primary antagonist later killed by Tom Ward. Lukrasta: an ancient immortal dark mage and creator of the power-granting Doomdryte drimoire, wrongly believed dead. To combat the Kobalos, an all-male non-human warrior race intent on killing all human males and enslaving all human females (to ensure their species' survival), he allies with Alice
and Pan. Horn: an abhuman who can see darkness in oneself. Kratch: the Boggart who serves the Spook in Chipenden. Slither: a skilled and powerful Kobalos mage forced by circumstance into taking up arms against his kind. Talkus the Unborn: a new Kobalos God who takes over the Fiend's place as the strongest dark entity after Ward kills the
Fiend.
Golgoth: Old God and god of winter whom Morgan attempted to summon. Siscoi: Old God and vampire god who serves the Fiend. Pan: Old God and nature god who forced Alice to ally with Lukrasta. Hecate: Old God and self-proclaimed Queen of the Witches, later killed and usurped by Grimalkin.
The Bane: former Old God who declined in power into a demon, killed by Ward, the Spook, and Alice. The Ordeen: Old God killed by her enemy Mam as Lamia/Zenobia. Reception The Spook's series is published in 26 countries: UK, U.S., Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy,
Japan, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Thailand, and Turkey. Sales of the Chronicles have exceeded 1 million copies.[8] Critical reception of the series has been positive,[9][10] with two of the books in the series making the ALSC's 2006 list of "Notable Videos/DVDs, Recordings, Software, and
Subscription Services" and the YALSA's list of "Fabulous Films & Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults" for 2009.[11][12] The Spook's Apprentice was the winner of both the Sefton Book Award and the Hampshire Book Award.[13] Adaptation Main article: Seventh Son (film) A film adaptation of The Spook's Apprentice was produced by Legendary
Pictures and distributed by Universal Pictures in 2015 and directed by Sergey Bodrov and entitled Seventh Son. Ben Barnes starred as the main protagonist Thomas Ward. The other cast members were Jeff Bridges as John Gregory (the Spook), Julianne Moore as Mother Malkin, Alicia Vikander as Alice Deane, Kit Harington as Billy Bradley, Djimon
Hounsou as Radu (an original character), and Antje Traue as Bony Lizzie. Audiobooks This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Audiobook versions of the series (unabridged) have been released in both the UK and the U.S.. The UK audiobooks were produced by Random House Audio. Jamie Glover read Book 1 and Will Thorp read Book 2. Thomas Judd read Books 3 through 8 and Book 10. Gabrielle Glaister read Book 9, Toby Longworth and Kate Harbour jointly read Book 11,
and Annie Hemingway read Book 12. Random House Audio also produced an abridged version of The Spook's Apprentice which is read by Daniel Weyman. The U.S. audiobooks were produced by Harper Audio.
Christopher Evan Welch read Books 1 through 10, and he was joined by Angela Goethals in reading Book 11. Welch also read the short story collection The Spook's Tale And Other Horrors. Welch died of lung cancer in 2013. Angela Goethals read Book 12 and Alexander Cendese read Book 13. References ^ "The Random House Group - Joseph
Delaney Biography". ^ "Spooks World Website". ^ "Spooks Books (The Wardstone Chronicles Official Website)". ^ "BBC - Lancashire People Interview".
^ "Fantasy Book Review of The Spook's Tale". ^ "Patrick Arrasmith Illustration - Last Apprentice Series".
Retrieved 15 May 2014. ^ Delaney, Joseph. "The Spook's Apprentice - Play Edition". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-16. ^ "Joseph Delaney Biography from Fantasy Book Reviews". ^ "Book review: The Spook's Bestiary by Joseph Delaney". Isle of Man Today. Retrieved 4 October 2012. ^ "September 2012 reviews".
School Library Journal.
Retrieved 4 October 2012. ^ "ALSC's 2006 Notable Videos/DVDs, Recordings, Software, and Subscription Services for Children". School Library Journal. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
^ "2009 YALSA Fabulous Films & Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". School Library Journal. Retrieved 4 October 2012. ^ "Love Reading For Kids - Joseph Delaney Biography". External links Spook's Official Site SpooksWorld Children's literature portal Retrieved from "