Norriss won
The Whitbread (Costa) Children's Book Award (1997) for his
children's book Aquila, which he wrote both as a book and as the
Aquila series for the
BBC. He also adapted his book ''
Matt's Million for ITV and novelized the second to fourth series of his TV show Woof! (itself based on a book by Allan Ahlberg), the first three series of Bernard's Watch and the second series of Aquila, as well as creating and co-writing the successful sitcom The Brittas Empire''. Norriss has retired from giving talks in schools and libraries around the country for children and teachers, but is still writing. His 2015 book ''Jessica's Ghost'' is published by
David Fickling Books and was shortlisted for the
Costa Children's Book Award in 2016.
Children's books •
Woof! The Tale Wags On (1989) •
Woof! The Tales Gets Longer (1991) •
Woof! A Twist in the Tale (1992) • ''Matt's Million'' (1995) •
Aquila (1997) • ''Bernard's Watch'' (1999) •
The Touchstone (2004) •
The Unluckiest Boy in the World (2006) •
The Portal (2007) •
Ctrl-Z (2009) •
Aquila 2 (2010) • ''I Don't Believe It, Archie!'' (2011) • ''Archie's Unbelievably Freaky Week'' (2012) • ''Jessica's Ghost
(published in the United States as Friends for Life'') (2015) •
Mike (2018) •
Felix Unlimited (2021)
Mainstream television •
The Brittas Empire – BBC •
The Labours of Erica – Thames/ITV •
Ffizz – Thames/ITV •
Chance in a Million – Thames/Channel 4
Children's television • ''
Bernard's Watch'' – Carlton/ITV •
Aquila – BBC • ''
Matt's Million'' – Carlton/ITV •
Woof! – Central/ITV; based on the book by Allan Ahlberg == References ==