Tim Bowler
Tim Bowler was born and brought up in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, the setting of his
first novel, Midget. On
leaving school he studied Swedish and Scandinavian Studies at East Anglia University,
and lived for a while in Sweden. He then worked in a number of fields, including
forestry and the timber trade, and spent seven years as a teacher. By the time
he left teaching, Tim had become Head of Modern Languages at a school in Newton
Abbot, Devon.
Tim has won numerous awards for his novels: the prestigious Carnegie Medal for his third book River Boy, and both the Angus Book Award and the Lancashire Libraries Children's Book Award for his fourth novel, Shadows. His fifth novel, Storm Catchers, won the South Lanarkshire Book Award and the Stockton Libraries Award. Starseeker was shortlisted for the Lancashire Libraries Children's Book Award.
Tim's latest novel, Frozen Fire, is set to publish this September ...
Tim is now a full-time freelance writer and translator, and lives in Devon.
Find out more about Tim and his books at www.timbowler.co.uk.
Coming in 2008...
A fantastic new series...
Blade
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Blood Child
Watch this space!