Biography
Jacques (pronounced "jakes") was natural inside Liverpool, England, growing up in a area surrounding the docks of Liverpool. He is referred to as Brian because two his father & one of his brothers come known as James.

Jacques showed the bent for writing at an early age. At age x, he was given an assignment of writing the story just about creature, & he write on the bird that filtered a crocodile's dentition. It was then expert that his teacher refused to suppose the son stand written it then got him caned for plagiarising a story. He got universally loved to write, however it was lone so, that he realized that he experienced the talent for writing. He attended St. John's School until a age of Xv. It was at St. John's that Brian met the teacher, Alan Durband (world health organization too taught Paul McCartney and George Harrison). Fallowing 5 years of school, he placed bent locate escapade as a merchandiser sailor. He travelled to numerous ports & in time grew fed up existence the sailor & returned to Liverpool, in which he held the series of different jobs including stevedore, truck driver, policeman, bus driver, comic, boxer, and folksinger. He has as well written trine stage plays, 'Black Bitter', 'Needing changed Nellies', & 'Scouse' to his credit. Redwall was written for the children of the Royal Wavertree School for the Blind. He number 1 met the two whilst he delivered milk there as a teamster. He began to spend instance by using the two & yet to write stories for them. He is considered the patron of the school. This accounts for a super descriptive style of the novel, & the ones to watch. He paints pictures by having words and so that potentially a blind might believe a story. His script gained plaudit whilst Alan Durband, his childhood English teacher, showed it to the publisher forswearing notifying Brian. This gave him a contract to write a next Little phoebe books in the series.

Brian Jacques admits that a characters within his stories come according to population he has found. He depending Gonff, Prince of Mousethieves, in himself while he was a immature son hanging as much as the docks of Liverpool. Mariel is according to his granddaughter. Constance a Badgermum is according to his granny. More characters come the combination of numerous of the humans he has met around his travels.

A Redwall books have been criticized inside a bit of quarters for allegedly promoting an to a fault simplistic learn from of race and ethnicity. Critics point out that a "good" & "bad" sensual characters come drawn only along metal money lines, & then mice, squirrels, badgers, hedgehogs and otters come only "good" whereas rats, foxes, stoats & ferrets come entirely "bad." These criticisms keep around been advanced when a concern, as a books come primarily scan by babies & immature humans. There exists too the "class" element included inside these criticisms, using a denizens of Redwall existence either enlightened, patrician animate being like badgers, or even rustic, elementary animals like moles. This contrasts by having a "vermin" world health organization come virtually entirely portrayed as the greedy, stupefied, & violent rabble commanded by a magnetic evil leader. These narrative structures wash resemble within numbers of ways a British class rules, by owning a "upper class" creature governing a "working class" ones, & a Abbey remaining an ever present & hard symbol of religious authority. These are belike that Jacques, world health organization it used to be that worked as a longshoreman around Liverpool is very caring of class inside his books.

Presently he hosts the radio indicate known as "Jakestown" on BBC Radio Merseyside. Ever a performing artist, Jacques is easily-known for using his acting & amusement background around his presentations to legions of immature fans at schools through a United Kingdom & a United States. He however volunteers instance & money for the Royal School for the Blind, likewise when sponsoring the local tykes's writing contest. Jacques has 2 grown sons: Marc, the builder, bricklayer & carpenter; & David, world health organization occurs as prof of art & the muralist. He lives spare period doing crossword puzzle also when walking his West Highland Terrier. He besides all the same enjoys reading, however, he avoids tikes's authors to keep from either existence influenced.

Around 2001, Jacques suffered a modest stroke, however recovered.

In March 16th, 2004, Jacques suffered a heart attack, however again recovered.

Bibliography

Redwall Series

Redwall, 1986 Mossflower, 1988 Mattimeo, 1989 Mariel of Redwall, 1991 Salamandastron, 1992 Martin the Warrior 1993 The Bellmaker 1994 Outcast of Redwall 1995 The Pearls of Lutra 1996 The Great Redwall Feast 1996 (picture book) The Long Patrol 1997 Marlfox 1998 The Legend of Luke 1999 Lord Brocktree 2000 The Taggerung 2001 ''A Redwall Winter's Tale 2001 (picture book) Triss 2002 Loamhedge 2003 Rakkety Tam 2004 High Rhulain (2005)

Tribes of Redwall Series
Tribes of Redwall Badgers 2002 Tribes of Redwall Otters 2002 Tribes of Redwall Mice 2003

Castaways of the Flying Dutchman Series
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman 2001 The Angel's Command 2003

Books not in a Series
Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales 1991 Urso Brunov, Little Father of All Bears 2003 The Ribbajack 2004 The Redwall Cookbook'' 2005