The children’s author Joseph Delaney, who has died aged 77, was best known for the series of novels that began with The Spook’s Apprentice (2004), and the 2014 film based on it, Seventh Son.
The Spook’s Apprentice, Delaney’s first published novel, was quick to find success and he went on to sell more than 4m children’s books worldwide. However, getting to be an author had not been as instantaneous as that might look.
