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Tracey West

Tracey West is an American author who is well-known within the Pokémon community for her novelizations of the Pokémon anime.

Biography

The eldest of three children, West was born and raised in New Jersey. She attended Rutgers University, graduating in English and journalism, before a period of employment with a small publishing company. She considers this to have been a quintessential part of her education. She worked at Scholastic Ltd. for a while, before forming an independent company, Pure West Productions. It was now that she would start writing books for the Pokémon franchise.

West says she was thrilled to write Pokémon books. She states, on her official website, that she is a big fan of cartoons, especially Japanese cartoons. While writing her novels, she began playing Pokémon Blue (starting with Squirtle), but didn't get far. She explains this by saying that writing takes up too much time. All but two books are based on the anime: Race to Danger and Talent Showdown are original stories.

In 2005, West married high school friend Bill Hancock. As of 2006, she frequents libraries and schools with presentations about her works, and life as a writer.

Bibliography

West has written a range of articles for various newspapers. Her first novel, a Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys mystery titled Spies and Lies, was published in 1992 under the pen-name Carolyn Keene. Since then, she has published over 100 books, with more than a third about Pokémon.

Pokémon

• I Choose You!
• Island of the Giant Pokémon
• Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon
• Night in the Haunted Tower
• Team Rocket Blasts Off!
• Charizard, Go!
• Splashdown in Cerulean City
• Return of the Squirtle Squad
• Journey to the Orange Islands
• Secret of the Pink Pokémon
• Race to Danger
• Talent Showdown
• Thundershock in Pummelo Stadium
• Go West, Young Ash
• Ash Ketchum, Pokémon Detective
• Prepare for Trouble
• The Chikorita Challenge
• Ash to the Rescue
• Teaming Up With Totodile
• Tough Enough
• Winner Takes All
• Pokémon the First Movie
• Pokémon the Movie 2000
• Pokémon the Movie 3 - Spell of the Unown
• Pokémon Holiday Hi-Jynx: Sticker Storybook
• Pikachu's Rescue Adventure
• Pikachu's Vacation
• Pikachu and Pichu
• Pokémon Hall of Fame
• Pikachu in Love
• Togepi Springs Into Action
• Let It Snow!
• The Haunted Gym
• Snack Attack!
• Get Well, Pikachu!
• Catch That Wobbuffet!
• How to Draw Pokémon
• Pokémon Sinnoh Handbook
• Pokémon Coal Badge Battle
• Destiny Deoxys : a film adaption
• Pokémon Challenge
• Celebi Rescue
• Team Rocket Truce
• Battle Frontier: Grovyle Trouble

Other works

Among West's non-Pokémon works are novelizations for Cardcaptors, Samurai Jack, and Totally Spies. She has also penned several non-fiction books, and an original series titled Pixie Tricks.

References

• Official site