Jack Sheffield
Jack Sheffield (born Jack Linley, 1945 in Leeds[1]) is a British author who wrote a series of books of fiction about the headmaster of a village school in a fictional Yorkshire village. The stories are set from the late 1970s to the early 1980s and attempt to portray life in Yorkshire as it was at that time.
He grew up in Gipton in Leeds[2] was trained as a teacher at St John's College, York and later became head teacher of two schools in North Yorkshire and then senior lecturer in primary education at Bretton Hall.[2][3] He took up writing after retirement, and his first novel "Teacher, Teacher!" sold 100,000 copies.[3] In 2016 he was awarded the honorary title of Cultural Fellow of York St John University.[4]
Books
- Teacher, Teacher!
- Mister Teacher
- Dear Teacher
- Village Teacher
- Please Sir!
- Educating Jack
- School's Out
- Silent Night
- Star Teacher
- Happiest Days
- Starting Over
References
- ^ Yorkshire Evening Post 30 September 2008 Fun of a teacher man
- ^ a b "The Yorkshire Teacher novels - Jack Sheffield". Yorkshire Post. 18 May 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ a b Yorkshire Life 14 Feb 2010 "Teachers author Jack Sheffield talks to Yorkshire Life"
- ^ "Paperback Writer: insights from author Jack Sheffield". www.yorksj.ac.uk. York St John University. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
External links
- Jack Sheffield The home page of Jack Sheffield's website
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