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he just loved even mogstad'''Tim Bowner''' (born 14 November 1999) is the author of twenty books for children, teenagers and [[young adult literature|young adults]]. He won the 1997 [[Carnegie Medal in Literature]] from the [[CILIP |Library Association]], recognising the year's best children's book by a [[British subject]], for the novel ''[[River Boy]]''.<ref name=medal1997/> |
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''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' has called him "the master of the psychological thriller" <ref name="telegraph">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3656896/From-toddlers-to-teens.html The Sunday Telegraph]</ref> and ''[[The Independent]]'' "one of the truly individual voices in British teenage fiction".<ref name="indpendent">[[The Independent]]</ref> |
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==Biography== |
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Bowler was born in [[Leigh-on-Sea]], and educated at [[Westcliff High School for Boys]], and at the [[University of East Anglia]] where he studied Swedish and Scandinavian studies. |
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His first published novel was ''[[Midget (novel)|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 (novel)|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 (novel)|Apocalypse]]'' (2004), an allegory about the future of mankind; ''[[Frozen Fire (novel)|Frozen Fire]]'' (2006), a philosophical thriller about the nature of reality; ''[[Bloodchild (novel)|Bloodchild]]'' (2008), a story about memory, secrets and betrayal and ''[[Buried Thunder (novel)|Buried Thunder]]'' (2011), a tense and haunting thriller. |
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''Blade'' (2008 to 2010) is a series of eight urban thrillers. Reviewing it for ''The Bookbag'', Jill Murphy wrote, "Nobody in children's writing is producing anything like this. It's electrifying."<ref name="bookbag">[http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Blade:_Mixing_It_by_Tim_Bowler The Bookbag]</ref> Some editions in [[translation]] (e.g. Germany and Korea) are four books each comprising two original volumes. |
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Bowler speaks at conferences, schools, and book festivals and makes regular appearances on radio. He lives in a village in [[Devon]] and writes in a small stone outhouse.<ref name="contemporarywriters">[http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth5181C879112a313AE2jru1D116C1 Contemporary Writers]</ref> |
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==Works== |
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*''[[Midget (novel)|Midget]]'' (1994) |
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*''[[Dragon's Rock]]'' (1995) |
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*''[[River Boy]]'' (1997) |
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*''[[Shadows (novel)|Shadows]]'' (1999) |
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*''[[Storm Catchers]]'' (2001) |
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*''[[Starseeker]]'' (US title: ''[[Firmament (book)|Firmament]]'') (2002) |
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*''[[Apocalypse (novel)|Apocalypse]]'' (2004) |
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* Tales from the Dark Side |
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**''[[Blood on Snow]]'' (2004) |
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**''[[Walking with the Dead]]'' (2005) |
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*''[[Frozen Fire (novel)|Frozen Fire]]'' (2006) |
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*''[[Bloodchild (novel)|Bloodchild]]'' (2008) |
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* Blade |
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**''[[Playing Dead (Bowler novel)|Playing Dead]]'' (2008) |
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**''[[Closing In (novel)|Closing In]]'' (2008) |
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**''[[Breaking Free (novel)|Breaking Free]]'' (2009) |
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**''[[Running Scared (novel)|Running Scared]]'' (2009) |
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**''[[Fighting Back (novel)|Fighting Back]]'' (2009) |
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**''[[Mixing It (novel)|Mixing It]]'' (2010) |
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**''[[Cutting Loose (novel)|Cutting Loose]]'' (2010) |
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**''[[Risking All (novel)|Risking All]]'' (2010) |
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*''[[Buried Thunder (novel)|Buried Thunder]]'' (2011) |
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==Awards and nominations== |
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* '''1995''' ''Midget'' won the Boekenwelp Award (Belgium) |
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* '''1995''' ''Midget'' won the New York Library Book of the Teen Age (USA) |
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* '''1997''' ''River Boy'' won the [[Carnegie Medal]]<ref name=medal1997/> |
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* '''1999''' ''River Boy'' won the [[Angus Book Award]]<ref name="angus">[http://www.angus.gov.uk/bookaward/default.htm Angus Book Award]</ref> |
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* '''2000''' ''Shadows'' won the [[Angus Book Award]]<ref name="angus" /> |
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* '''2000''' ''Shadows'' won the [[Lancashire Children's Book of the Year]]<ref>[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/services/children/cboty/default_new.asp Lancashire Children's Book of the Year]</ref> |
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* '''2002''' ''Storm Catchers'' won the South Lanarkshire Book Award |
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* '''2002''' ''Storm Catchers'' won the Stockton Libraries Award |
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* '''2002''' ''Storm Catchers'' won the Stockport Schools' Book Award |
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* '''2007''' ''Frozen Fire'' won the Hull Book Award |
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* '''2007''' ''Frozen Fire'' won the Highland Book Award<ref>[http://highlandschools-virtualib.org.uk/hba/index.html Highland Book Award]</ref> |
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* '''2007''' ''Frozen Fire'' won the Redbridge Book Award <ref>[http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/education__learning/libraries/schools_library_service/childrens_book_award.aspx Redbridge Book Award]</ref> |
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* '''2007''' ''Frozen Fire'' won the Stockport Schools Book Award |
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* '''2008''' ''Frozen Fire'' won the South Lanarkshire Children’s Book Award <ref>[http://www.slc-learningcentres.org.uk/bookaward/details08.htm South Lanarkshire Children's Book Award]</ref> |
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* '''2009''' ''Frozen Fire'' won the Southern Schools Book Award |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal bar |Children's literature |Horror fiction }} <!-- delete "bar" when there are about two ordinary See also --> |
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==References== |
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{{reflist |refs= |
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<ref name=medal1997> |
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[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/title.php?id=61 (Carnegie Winner 1997)]. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. [[CILIP]]. Retrieved 2012-08-17.</ref> |
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==External links== |
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* {{official |http://www.timbowler.co.uk/ }} |
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* {{isfdb name |4234 |Tim Bowler }} |
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* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/tim-bowler/ Tim Bowler at Fantastic Fiction] |
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* [http://www.oup.com/oxed/children/authors/bowler/ Tim Bowler at Oxford University Press] |
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* [http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Category:Tim_Bowler Tim Bowler at The Bookbag] |
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* [http://users.skynet.be/beatola/wot/bowlerwraith.html The motif of the wraith in Tim Bowler's early work] |
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* [http://www.oup.com/oxed/children/blade/ ''Blade'' mini-site] |
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