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Roderick Gordon

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London, The United Kingdom

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http://www.summerhouseland.com

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Roderick Gordon is the author of the Tunnels series of books. Born in 1960, he grew up in Highgate, North London, and eventually went to University College where he dabbled in genetics and listened to Joy Division. After graduating without the faintest idea what he wanted to do for the rest of his life, he spent some time in the wilderness when he played in a few bands, then somehow fell into a job doing corporate finance for an investment bank in the City of London. He genuinely thought this was all that the future held for him until he was made redundant in 2001.
But Roderick surprised himself by working on a book with help from an old university friend and, in 2005, he self-published it as The Highfield Mole, which caught the attention ofRoderick Gordon is the author of the Tunnels series of books. Born in 1960, he grew up in Highgate, North London, and eventually went to University College where he dabbled in genetics and listened to Joy Division. After graduating without the faintest idea what he wanted to do for the rest of his life, he spent

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Roderick Gordon

British author

Roderick Gordon (born November 1960) is a British author, best known for Tunnels, a bestselling children's book and the first book in the Tunnels series by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams.

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Born in November 1960, Roderick grew up in Highgate, North London. Chronically shy throughout his childhood, he sought refuge in drawing and writing, and whilst at the Hall School, Hampstead, he had his first short story published in the school magazine, at the age of twelve. He went on to public school at Oundle, and then attended University College, London, where he read biology (specializing in genetics). It was here that he met his future collaborator on the Tunnels series of books, Brian Williams, who was at the Slade School of Fine Art. They became friends in the summer of 1980, and kept in touch until, some twenty-three years later, they finally began to cooperate on their writing.^[1]

After an unsuccessful attempt to transfer to medical school to train as a doctor, Roderick had graduated from University College London in 1983 without any idea of what career he wanted to follow. For several years he wrote music and played in a number of bands, and also toyed with the idea of getting into films (he was employe

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Books by Roderick Gordon

Tunnels (Tunnels, #1)
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3.63 avg vacillation — 18,956 ratings — published 2007 — 94 editions

Deeper (Tunnels, #2)
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3.94 avg rank — 9,626 ratings — published 2007 — 61 editions

Freefall (Tunnels, #3)
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4.06 avg spiraling — 7,385 ratings — published 2009 — 45 editions

Closer (Tunnels, #4)
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4.11 avg cavern — 5,184 ratings — published 2010 — 48 editions

Spiral (Tunnels, #5)
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4.03 avg dip — 3,836 ratings — published 2011 — 33 editions

Terminal (Tunnels, #6)
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3.91 avg fluctuation — 2,573 ratings — published 2013 — 28 editions

The Highfield Mole
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4.40 avg spiraling — 50 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions

Summerhouse Land
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4.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — 4 editions

Deeper
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really be a failure it 4.00 avg astronomical — 5 ratings

Tunnels Serial Collection Roderick Gordon Brian Williams 6 HARDCOVER Books Set
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4.33 avg judgement — 3 ratings

Tunnels Serise 3 Unspoiled Set
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liked take part 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating

The Tunnels Series
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions

Tunnels Quint Paperback Tome Set: Includes S