About the author Edward Blishen (1920- British novelist autobiographer, writer of children's fiction and writer in the field of education. He has been working as an editor for the Junior Press Encyclopaedia, London since 1961. The text is an extract from one of his publication Roaring Boys(1955)About the Author ▪ Edward Blishen(1920- ),British novelist, autobiographer, writer of children’ s fiction, and writer in the field of education. He has been working as an editor for the Junior Press Encyclopaedia, London, since 1961.The text is an extract from one of his publication Roaring Boys(1955)