A former merchant sailor whose children's books sold millions worldwide has died aged 71.
Brian Jacques' Redwall series of books were translated into 29 languages and sold 20m globally.
He first wrote the series, set in an abbey populated by animals, for children at the Royal Wavertree School for the Blind in Liverpool.
The Liverpool-born writer's weekly show, Jakestown, ran on BBC Radio Merseyside for more than 20 years.
He died after a heart attack at the weekend and leaves a wife and two grown up sons.
Thought this would need to be brought to anyones attention that doesn't know. I love Redwall and this is definitely saddening.
One of my literary inspirations. His work was timeless. He will be missed.
This was really sad news. I feel like I "outgrew" his work in later years but still I read more of his fiction than almost any other author, and it had a profound effect on me.
