Tim Bowler is the author of several prize-winning books for children, teenagers and young adults. He has won fourteen awards, including the Carnegie Medal, the pre-eminent UK award for Children's Literature, for his novel River Boy[1].
His novels have been described as psychological, mystical and philosophical adventure thrillers.[specify] He was born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, and studied Swedish and Scandinavian studies at the University of East Anglia, undertaking a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer in 1994.
His first published novel was Midget (1994), a psychological thriller set in Leigh-on-Sea. This has been followed by several other novels: Dragon's Rock (1995), a thriller set in Devon; River Boy (1997), a story about love and bereavement and winner of the Carnegie Medal; Shadows (1999), a gritty love story; Storm Catchers (2001), a kidnap thriller; Starseeker (2002), a mystical exploration of love, loss and music, also made into a play; Apocalypse (2004), an allegory about the future of mankind, and Frozen Fire (2006), a philosophical thriller about the nature of reality.
His most recent works are Books 1, 2 and 3 of his urban thriller series Blade (published in March 08), and his novel Bloodchild, a story about memory, secrets and betrayal (publication September 2008).
Tim Bowler also speaks at conferences, schools, book festivals etc., averaging about fifty events a year. He is also a regular book reviewer on BBC Radio Five Live. He lives in a village in Devon.
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Bibliography
- Midget (1994)
- Dragon's Rock (1995)
- River Boy (1997)
- Shadows (1999)
- Storm Catchers (2001)
- Starseeker (US title: Firmament) (2002)
- Apocalypse (2004)
- Tales from the Dark Side series:
- Blood on Snow (2004)
- Walking with the Dead (2005)
- Frozen Fire (2006)
- Blade series:
- Playing Dead (2008)
- Closing In (2008)
- Breaking Free (2009)
- Bloodchild (2008)
Awards and nominations
- 1995 Midget won the Boekenwelp Award (Belgium)
- 1995 Midget won the New York Library Book of the Teen Age (USA)
- 1997 River Boy won the Carnegie Medal[1]
- 1999 River Boy won the Angus Book Award[2]
- 2000 Shadows won the Angus Book Award[2]
- 2000 Shadows won the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year[3]
- 2002 Storm Catchers won the South Lanarkshire Book Award
- 2002 Storm Catchers won the Stockton Libraries Award
- 2002 Storm Catchers won the Stockport Schools' Book Award
- 2007 Frozen Fire won the Hull Book Award
- 2007 Frozen Fire won the Highland Book Award[4]
- 2007 Frozen Fire won the Redbridge Book Award [5]
- 2007 Frozen Fire won the Stockport Schools Book Award
- 2008 Frozen Fire won the South Lanarkshire Children’s Book Award [6]
References
External links
- Tim Bowler
- Tim Bowler at Fantastic Fiction
- The motif of the wraith in Tim Bowler's early work
- Blade mini-site
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