(Thomas) Michael Bond - Bibliographics

Writer of children's stories, born in Newbury, Berkshire, S England, UK. Educated in Reading, he was a television cameraman (1947–66) before becoming a full-time writer. He created the much-loved character Paddington Bear in A Bear Called Paddington (1958), who has since featured in many books, as well as in a long-running television short cartoon. In 1983 he began a series of novels for adults relating the adventures of Monsieur Pamplemousse, such as Monsieur Pamplemousse takes the Train (1993) and Monsieur Pamplemousse Hits the Headlines (2003).

Bond also writes culinary mystery stories for adults featuring Monsieur Pamplemousse and his faithful bloodhound, Pommes Frites.

Born in Newbury, Berkshire, Bond was educated at Presentation College, a Catholic school in Reading.

He began writing in 1945 and sold his first short story to a magazine London Opinion. In 1958, after producing a number of plays and short stories and while working as a BBC television cameraman, his first book A Bear Called Paddington was published.

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1958 A Bear Called Paddington ISBN 0-618-15071-4 1959 More About Paddington 1960 Paddington Helps Out 1971 Michael Bond's Book of Bears 1972 The Day the Animals Went on Strike 2000 Paddington Abroad 2000 Paddington Marches On 2000 Paddington at Work Information about Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates with episode and story guide