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** ''The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways'' (1986; co-written with George Awdry; illustrated by Clive Spong)
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* ShownTheirWork: As someone who grew up alongside railways at an young age, he has harnessed a deep passion and knowledge of railways over the years, which is shown expertly in ''The Railway Series'', which, outside of the talking engines, portrays the North Western Railway as closely to a real life working railway as possible.
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* ShownTheirWork: As someone who grew up alongside railways at an young age, he has harnessed a deep passion and knowledge of railways over the years, which is shown expertly in ''The Railway Series'', which, outside of the talking engines, portrays the North Western Railway as closely to a real life working railway as possible.
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* ShownTheirWork: As someone who grew up alongside railways at an young age, he has harnessed a deep passion and knowledge of railways over the years, which is shown expertly in ''The Railway Series'', which, outside of the talking engines, portrays the North Western Railway as closely to a real life working railway as possible.
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* CreatorBacklash: His least favorite of his own books was ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB3JamesTheRedEngine James the Red Engine]]'', which he'd been rushed to make by the publishers.
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The Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997), credited as simply "the Rev. W. Awdry", was an English children's author, railway enthusiast, and cleric best known for writing ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries''.
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* HeAlsoDid: Awdry published ''Our Child Begins to Pray'' in 1951, a guide to parenting and a wild departure from his railway stories.
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* HeAlsoDid: Awdry published ''Our Child Begins to Pray'' in 1951, a guide to parenting and a [[CreatorsOddball wild departure from his railway stories.stories]].
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!!Tropes & Trivia:
* AuthorAvatar: Awdry wrote himself into ''The Railway Series'' as the Thin Clergyman, who [[RecursiveCanon writes books about the engines]]. The final story in the series, "Centennial" from ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB42ThomasAndHisFriends Thomas and his Friends]]'', has the engines celebrate the Thin Clergyman's centennial the same year as Awdry's.
* AuthorAvatar: Awdry wrote himself into ''The Railway Series'' as the Thin Clergyman, who [[RecursiveCanon writes books about the engines]]. The final story in the series, "Centennial" from ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB42ThomasAndHisFriends Thomas and his Friends]]'', has the engines celebrate the Thin Clergyman's centennial the same year as Awdry's.
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* AuthorAvatar: Awdry wrote himself into ''The Railway Series'' as the Thin Clergyman, who [[RecursiveCanon writes books about the engines]]. The final story in the series, "Centennial" from ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB42ThomasAndHisFriends Thomas and his Friends]]'', has the engines celebrate the Thin Clergyman's centennial the same year as Awdry's.
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The Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997), credited as simply "the Rev. W. Awdry", was an English children's author, railway enthusiast, and cleric best known for writing ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries''.
The son of an Anglican [[TheVicar vicar]], Awdry would see and hear the engines of the Great Western Railway from his childhood home in Wiltshire, imagining them having personalities and conversations. He served most of his early life as a minister, but that would change in 1942 when his 2-year-old son Christopher came down with measles and needed cheering up. Awdry created stories about engines named Edward, Gordon, and Henry, and later constructed a toy tank engine who became known as "Thomas". At the encouragement of his wife Margaret, Awdry published those stories as ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB1TheThreeRailwayEngines The Three Railway Engines]]'' in 1945, followed by ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB2ThomasTheTankEngine Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' in 1946. The stories proved popular with children, with Thomas becoming their BreakoutCharacter.
Awdry continued writing ''The Railway Series'' and expanding the Island of Sodor based on real-life railway incidents he'd witnessed and heard of. Notably, he based the narrow gauge Skarloey Railway off of the real Talyllyn Railway in Wales, which he'd volunteered as a guard for, and the stories helped the railway be preserved. He retired in 1972 after writing ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB26TramwayEngines Tramway Engines]]'', and a now-grown Christopher Awdry took over the series until it ended in 2011.
Despite its success, Awdry became reluctant to let ''The Railway Series'' be adapted for television after Creator/{{BBC}}'s failed live performance of "The Sad Story of Henry" in 1953--which Awdry called "a matter of almost National concern". He relented when Creator/BrittAllcroft approached him, and ''[[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends]]'' premiered in 1984 to global success. Even then, though, Awdry expressed open disdain for Allcroft and her crew making original stories and taking artistic liberties--with the series becoming entirely original after his death.
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!!Works:
* ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' (1945-1972; illustrated by William Middleton, Reginald Payne, C. Reginald Dalby, John T. Kenney, Peter & Gunvor Edwards)
** ''Thomas' Christmas Party''[[note]]based on [[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS1E26ThomasChristmasParty the episode of the same name]][[/note]] (1984; illustrated by Clive Spong)
** ''The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways'' (1986; co-written with George Awdry; illustrated by Clive Spong)
* ''Literature/BelindaTheBeetle'' (1958; illustrated by Ionicus)
** ''Belinda Beats the Band'' (1961; illustrated by John T. Kenney)
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!!Tropes & Trivia:
* AuthorAvatar: Awdry wrote himself into ''The Railway Series'' as the Thin Clergyman, who [[RecursiveCanon writes books about the engines]]. The final story in the series, "Centennial" from ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB42ThomasAndHisFriends Thomas and his Friends]]'', has the engines celebrate the Thin Clergyman's centennial the same year as Awdry's.
* CreatorBacklash: His least favorite of his own books was ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB3JamesTheRedEngine James the Red Engine]]'', which he'd been rushed to make by the publishers.
* HeAlsoDid: Awdry published ''Our Child Begins to Pray'' in 1951, a guide to parenting and a wild departure from his railway stories.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Awdry with ''Edward Thomas'' (dressed as Peter Sam).]]
The Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997), credited as simply "the Rev. W. Awdry", was an English children's author, railway enthusiast, and cleric best known for writing ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries''.
The son of an Anglican [[TheVicar vicar]], Awdry would see and hear the engines of the Great Western Railway from his childhood home in Wiltshire, imagining them having personalities and conversations. He served most of his early life as a minister, but that would change in 1942 when his 2-year-old son Christopher came down with measles and needed cheering up. Awdry created stories about engines named Edward, Gordon, and Henry, and later constructed a toy tank engine who became known as "Thomas". At the encouragement of his wife Margaret, Awdry published those stories as ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB1TheThreeRailwayEngines The Three Railway Engines]]'' in 1945, followed by ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB2ThomasTheTankEngine Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' in 1946. The stories proved popular with children, with Thomas becoming their BreakoutCharacter.
Awdry continued writing ''The Railway Series'' and expanding the Island of Sodor based on real-life railway incidents he'd witnessed and heard of. Notably, he based the narrow gauge Skarloey Railway off of the real Talyllyn Railway in Wales, which he'd volunteered as a guard for, and the stories helped the railway be preserved. He retired in 1972 after writing ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB26TramwayEngines Tramway Engines]]'', and a now-grown Christopher Awdry took over the series until it ended in 2011.
Despite its success, Awdry became reluctant to let ''The Railway Series'' be adapted for television after Creator/{{BBC}}'s failed live performance of "The Sad Story of Henry" in 1953--which Awdry called "a matter of almost National concern". He relented when Creator/BrittAllcroft approached him, and ''[[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends]]'' premiered in 1984 to global success. Even then, though, Awdry expressed open disdain for Allcroft and her crew making original stories and taking artistic liberties--with the series becoming entirely original after his death.
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!!Works:
* ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' (1945-1972; illustrated by William Middleton, Reginald Payne, C. Reginald Dalby, John T. Kenney, Peter & Gunvor Edwards)
** ''Thomas' Christmas Party''[[note]]based on [[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS1E26ThomasChristmasParty the episode of the same name]][[/note]] (1984; illustrated by Clive Spong)
** ''The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways'' (1986; co-written with George Awdry; illustrated by Clive Spong)
* ''Literature/BelindaTheBeetle'' (1958; illustrated by Ionicus)
** ''Belinda Beats the Band'' (1961; illustrated by John T. Kenney)
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!!Tropes & Trivia:
* AuthorAvatar: Awdry wrote himself into ''The Railway Series'' as the Thin Clergyman, who [[RecursiveCanon writes books about the engines]]. The final story in the series, "Centennial" from ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB42ThomasAndHisFriends Thomas and his Friends]]'', has the engines celebrate the Thin Clergyman's centennial the same year as Awdry's.
* CreatorBacklash: His least favorite of his own books was ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB3JamesTheRedEngine James the Red Engine]]'', which he'd been rushed to make by the publishers.
* HeAlsoDid: Awdry published ''Our Child Begins to Pray'' in 1951, a guide to parenting and a wild departure from his railway stories.
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