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His best known and most widely read works are ‘Pirates’ (Carlton/ Athenaeum), No 1 children’s book on the New York Times Review best-seller list for 22 weeks in 2006, ‘The Grail, Quest for Eternal Life’ (Thames & Hudson, 1981) ‘The Encyclopaedia of Celtic Wisdom ‘ (Element, 1994) and ‘The Winter Solstice’ (Quest Books, 1999) which won the Benjamin Franklin Award for that year. His book ‘Celtic Warrior Chiefs’ was a New York Public Library recommended title for young people, and his latest ‘Arthur of Albion’ won a Gold Medal from NAPPA, and a Gold Moonbeams award.
John has been involved in media projects over the past 10 years, as both an advisor and contributor. In 2003 he was the historical advisor to the Jerry Bruckheimer movie ‘King Arthur’, and has made appearances on both History Channel and Discovery Channel specials on Arthur and the Holy Grail. He shared a BAFTA award for his work on the Educational DVD made to accompany the King Arthur movie.
He is currently working on a number of new projects, including a series of Graphic novels featuring the young King Arthur and an illustrated project with the renowned artist Brian Froud. He recently sold his first movie script and has since formed Mythwood Films, with co-writer Wil Kinghan, with the intention of developing movie and TV scripts. He is married to the writer Caitlin Matthews with whom he has collaborated on a number of titles. Their son, the actor Emrys Matthews, recently published his own first book. The Matthews live in Oxford, England.
