John Christopher is a pseudonym of the author Samuel Youd, a Lancashire born British science fiction author who is best known for the 1956 post-apocalyptic novel "The Death of Grass".

Samuel Youd wrote under a number of different pseudonyms including Christopher Youd, William Godfrey and Hilary Ford.

Bibliography

As John Christopher

• The Twenty-Second Century (1954)
• The Year of the Comet (1955)
• The Death of Grass (1957)
• The Caves of Night (1958)
• A Scent of White Poppies (1959)
• The Long Voyage (1960)
• The World in Winter (1962)
• Cloud on Silver (1964)
• The Possessors (1964)
• Patchwork of Death (1965)
• A Wrinkle in the Skin (1965)
• The Little People (1966)
• Pendulum (1968)
• The Lotus Caves (1969)
• The Guardians (1970)
• Dom and Va (1973)
• Wild Jack (1974)
• Empty World (1977)
• A Dusk of Demons (1993)
• Bad Dream (2003)

The Tripods trilogy

• The White Mountains (1967)
• The City of Gold and Lead (1967)
• The Pool of Fire (1968)
• When the Tripods Came (Prequel)(1988)

Sword of the Spirits trilogy

• The Prince In Waiting (1970)
• Beyond the Burning Lands (1971)
• The Sword of the Spirits (1972)

Fireball Trilogy

• Fireball (1981)
• New Found Land (1983)
• Dragon Dance (1986)

As Christopher Youd

• The Winter Swan (1949)

As Samuel Youd

• Babel Itself (1951)
• Brave Conquerors (1952)
• Crown and Anchor (1953)
• A Palace of Strangers (1954)
• Holly Ash (1955)
• Giant's Arrow (1956)
• The Choice (1961)
• Messages of Love (1961)
• The Summers at Accorn (1963)

As Peter Graaf

• The Gull's Kiss (1962)

Joe Dust Series

• Dust and the Curious Boy (1957)
• Daughter Fair (1958)
• The Sapphire Conference (1959)

As Hilary Ford

• Felix Walking (1958)
• Felix Running (1959)
• Bella on the Roof (1965)
• A Figure in Grey (1973)
• Sarnia (1974)
• Castle Malindine (1975)
• A Bride for Bedivere (1976)

As Stanley Winchester

• The Practice (1968)
• Men With Knives (1968)
• The Helpers (1970)
• Ten Per Cent of Your Life (1973)