Tom Bower

For the actor, see Tom Bower (actor).

Tom Bower (born 28 September 1946) is a British writer, noted for his revelatory investigative work such as his unauthorized biographies.

A former Panorama reporter, his books include unauthorised biographies of Tiny Rowland, Robert Maxwell, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Geoffrey Robinson, Gordon Brown and Richard Branson. He won the 2003 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award for Broken Dreams, an investigation into corruption in English football. His biography of Conrad Black and Barbara Amiel Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge was published in November 2006, and an unsuccessful libel case over a passing mention of Express proprietor Richard Desmond in the book was heard in July 2009. A biography by Bower of Richard Desmond, Rough Trader, awaits publication. His next book is about Simon Cowell.

He is married to Veronica Wadley, former editor of the London Evening Standard, and has four children.

Bibliography

• Blind Eye to Murder: The Pledge Betrayed, 1981
• Klaus Barbie: Butcher of Lyon, 1984
• The Paperclip Conspiracy, 1987
• Red Web, 1989
• Maxwell: The Outsider, 1991
• Tiny Rowland: A Rebel Tycoon, 1993
• The Perfect English Spy: Sir Dick White and the Secret War, 1935-90, 1995
• Heroes of World War II, 1995
• Maxwell: The Final Verdict, 1996
• Nazi Gold, 1997
• Blood Money: The Swiss, the Nazis and the Looted Billions, 1997
• Fayed: The Unauthorized Biography, 1998
• Branson, 2000 ISBN 1-84115-400-8
• The Paymaster: Geoffrey Robinson, Maxwell and New Labour, 2001
• Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football, 2003
• Gordon Brown, 2004
• Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge, 2006, ISBN 978-0-00-723234-5
• The Squeeze, 2009
• Oil: Money, Politics, and Power in the 21st Century 2010 ISBN 0446547980
• No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone, 2011 ISBN 978-0571269297

References

Preceded by Donald McRae

William Hill Sports Book of the Year winner 2003

Succeeded by Peter Oborne