Tim Dowling
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Timothy Dowling | |
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 Dowling playing the banjo in the band Police Dog Hogan | |
| Born | Timothy Dowling October 26, 1963 |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Tim |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Acting, Writing[1] |
Tim Dowling (born 1963, Boston,[2] USA) is a journalist and author. Dowling moved to the UK at the age of 27 and currently lives in London with his wife and three children.[3]
Dowling is a columnist for The Guardian and has a weekly column in the paper's Saturday magazine, Weekend. His books include Suspicious Packages and Extendable Arms, a collection of his writing from The Guardian, and The Giles Wareing Haters' Club, a novel concerning a journalist who searches for his name on Google and finds an online club of people who hate him. The book was inspired by Dowling's own experiences in searching for mentions of his name online.[4] He is a member of the band Police Dog Hogan,[5] and writes about their festival gigs in his column.
Published work
- Inventor of the Disposable Culture: King Camp Gillette 1855-1932 (Faber & Faber, 2001, ISBN 978-0571208104)
- Suspicious Packages & Extendable Arms (Guardian Newspapers Ltd, 2007, ISBN 0-85265-087-6)
- The Giles Wareing Haters' Club (Picador, 2008, ISBN 0-330-44617-7)
- How to Be a Husband (Fourth Estate, 2014, ISBN 978-0007527663)
References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000251/bio
- ^ Author page, Pan Macmillan website
- ^ Dowling, Tim (2008-11-15). "'I have known my wife for many years, and the children are right to be afraid'". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ^ Dowling, Tim (2007-04-14). "'Comedy of manners". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ^ Police Dog Hogan
External links
- Tim Dowling's Guardian column with full archives
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