223:(2009-2010) The first six books of David's 'Gladiator Boy' franchise were released as the first series in July, 2009. The first three books of the second series were released in February 2010, and the second three in April. Another three books were released in July, beginning the third series. The books were published in the UK by Hodder Children's Books and in the US by Penguin Razorbill.
324:(2011-2012) The Undead Ed series was first released in May 2011. The three titles were published by Hodder Children's Books in the UK, Penguin Razorbill in the US and are forthcoming from Baumhaus Verlag in Germany, due Summer 2015. In the US, the series is written under Stone's 'Rotterly Ghoulstone' pseudonym.
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to UK publishing giant Hodder
Headline. The series, which David had started creating in note-form when he was just 12 years old, went on to sell to Disney in the US, Sony in Japan and also in China, Russia, Japan, France, Italy, Brazil, Greece, Norway, Netherlands and Thailand.
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