Who is the author?

[em666]

Hi, does anyone remember reading books in which you could pick your own endings?
Can you remember the author?

[yinyang]

It might not be the ones you're looking for but the ones I had as a girl were by Ian Livingstone


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[karenmac60]

There used to be a series called Choose Your Own Adventure, I think they all had different authors. There's another series out just now but I can't remember what they are called - I work in a library and I'll check if there are any in tomorrow and let you know (I'm not sure if you just want to reminisce or if you're trying to track some down)

[LeMarchand]

From memory, the "Fighting Fantasy" ones by (initially) Livingstone and/or Jackson started the craze (though weren't the first historically), then the much less complex American "Chose Your Own Adventure" books (various authors) started to be imported. There were other series too, such as "Lone Wolf" by Joe Dever, and Kim Newman has written a novel - Life's Lottery - that uses a similar format.

Apparently the Fighting Fantasy series is due for a relaunch later this year.

[em666]

Hi, thanks for that - choose your own adventure it was - thanks for your help.

[em666]

Thanks for your reply, choose your own adventure it was