Roderick Hunt

Roderick James Hunt MBE is a British children's author. His most famous series of stories is The Magic Key, which was first written as a part of the Oxford Reading Tree in 1985 and illustrated by Alex Brychta MBE. There were originally 30 stories, and there are now over 400.

Roderick Hunt MBE
Born	South Africa
Occupation	Writer
Period	1939–present
Genre	Children's literature
Notable works	The Magic Key

Education

Hunt studied divinity and English at the University of Chester and was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2008 "for services to Education, particularly Children's Literacy".^[1][2]

Career

The Magic Key books are used by over 80% of British primary schools to help children learn to read, in addition to schools in more than 120 other countries.^[3] Along with Alex Brychta, who illustrates his stories, he was awarded an Outstanding Achievement Award in the Education Resources Awards in 2009.^[4]

In addition to The Magic Key, Hunt is also the author of the Read at Home and Wolf Hill series of stories, as well as many others.^[1]