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Westall, Robert
English novelist. Many of his novels and stories share the setting of World War II; his first novel for young adults is The Machine Gunners (1975, Carnegie Medal), and its sequel is Fathom Five (1979). Echoes of War (1989) is a collection of short stories which focus on the aftermath of war.
Born in Tynemouth, northeast England, Westall went to university in London, and later became a teacher, writer, and art critic. Westall's war stories also include The Kingdom of the Sea (1990), A Time of Fire (1994), and Blitz (1995), which contains four short stories with a World War II setting.
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