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Tim BowlerTim BowlerBack | Genres | Bibliography | Prizes and awards | Author statement | Further reading on this site | Contact details | Related links | Printer-friendly version
BiographyTim Bowler is the author of several prize-winning books for children, teenagers and young adults. His novels have been described as psychological, mystical and philosophical adventure thrillers. He was born in Leigh-on-Sea, 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 a 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 which won several awards.
He is also the author of two shorter illustrated ghost stories, Blood on Snow (2004) and Walking with the Dead (2005), together forming Tales from the Dark Side. In 2005 he also contributed a short story to Higher Ground, stories of children who survived the 2004 tsunami.
His most recent works are the five books of his 'Blade' urban thriller series, about a 14-year-old feral boy, and his novel, Bloodchild (2009), a story about memory, secrets and betrayal.
Tim Bowler also speaks at conferences, schools and book festivals and is a regular book reviewer on BBC Radio Five Live. He lives in a village in Devon and writes in a small stone outhouse half a mile from his home and known to the locals as 'Tim's Bolthole'.
Genres (in alphabetical order)Children, Young adult
BibliographyMidget Oxford University Press, 1994 Dragon's Rock Oxford University Press, 1995 River Boy Oxford University Press, 1997 Shadows Oxford University Press, 1999 Storm Catchers Oxford University Press, 2001 Starseeker Oxford University Press, 2002 Apocalypse Oxford University Press, 2004 Blood on Snow (illustrated by Jason Cockcroft) Hodder Children's Books, 2004 Higher Ground (contributor) Chrysalis Children's Books, 2005 Walking with the Dead (illustrated by Jason Cockcroft) Hodder Children's Books, 2005 Frozen Fire Oxford University Press, 2006 Blade: Closing In Oxford University Press, 2008 Blade: Playing Dead Oxford University Press, 2008 Bloodchild Oxford University Press, 2008 Blade: Breaking Free Oxford University Press, 2009 Blade: Fighting Back Oxford University Press, 2009 Blade: Running Scared Oxford University Press, 2009
Prizes and awards1995 Boekenwelp Award (Belgium) Midget 1995 New York Library Book of the Teen Age (US) Midget 1998 Carnegie Medal River Boy 1999 Angus Book Award River Boy 2000 Angus Book Award Shadows 2000 Lancashire County Library Children's Book of the Year Award Shadows 2002 South Lanarkshire Book Award Storm Catchers 2002 Stockport Schools' Book Award Storm Catchers 2007 Highland Book Award Frozen Fire 2007 Hull Book Award Frozen Fire 2007 Lancashire County Library Children's Book of the Year Award (shortlist) Frozen Fire 2007 North East Teenage Book Award (shortlist) Frozen Fire 2007 Redbridge Book Award Frozen Fire 2007 South Lanarkshire Book Award Frozen Fire 2007 Stockport Schools' Book Award (shortlist) Frozen Fire
Author statementWriting is my life. I have lots of things I love doing but for me writing is special. I've written stories all my life. I'm a storyaholic. I believe in the power of stories to move us, entertain us and transform us. To me, writing is as much about listening as it is about putting down words. I start from characters and settings. If the characters and settings are strong enough, then I usually find the plot reveals itself, albeit through a sometimes laborious series of rewrites. Some people think there must be a set of rules for writing but the truth is there aren't any. It's more like tickling trout, holding your hand out and trying to coax the ideas to swim into your grasp; or being a potter, throwing the rough clay of your thoughts down and letting the story twist out under the palms of your hands; or being a sorcerer, stirring the cauldron of your imagination and watching the vapour of the story rise. Writing is the physical form of your inner life. It's something you never bottom, never crack, never stop learning about. And that's why I love it.
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