John Flanagan Analysis

John Flanagan is from Australia where he grew up not realizing any talent in writing skills. Despite this, he wrote an insulting poem about an executive and was then apprenticed to become a copy writer and then soon after a writer. His first works were the Ranger’s Apprentice, which were also the same books that he became known for, which took the form of short stories. They later were turned into novels and then wrote a new series The Brotherband Chronicles while also continuing his Ranger’s Apprentice series. The books were originally written for his teenage son to see heroes that didn’t need a lot of strength and then continued the stories for other young adults to enjoy and find motivation in.
As seen by his personal social media, John Flanagan has been much loved by many of his fans when met in person and shares the multitude of fan art that they make for the series. Such examples included photos of them with the books, wood burning, and cosplays. He promotes others to share their work as well with the page so that he could share it later on and provides credit to all of them showing proof of his love for fans. However, it appears that many of the posts are made by a social media manager versus other young adult authors such as Neil Gaiman. This brings in a separation that could be …show more content…
His fantasy books allow young adults to enter a new world to escape from realities and understand their own personal lives through the growing development of Will. His push to let his son see that not every hero needed to be hyper masculine or strong in general opened up doorways for many others to find the same message to connect with. A love for writing and a love for children, John Flanagan is a young adult fantasy author that should be a mainstay for any English course to open discussions and a new sense of