Alex Scarrow
Alex Scarrow is a British author, whose books include A Thousand Suns,[1] Last Light, Afterlight, October Skies, and the young adult science fiction series TimeRiders.[2]
Early life
Alex Scarrow used to be a rock guitarist spending ten years after college in the music business, then he became a graphic artist and then he decided to be a computer games designer.
He worked on game titles[3] such as:
Waterworld, Evolva, The Thing, Spartan, Gates of Troy, Legion Arena, Ultimate Soccer Manager.[4]
He started his writing career initially by writing screenplays, but after difficulty entering the business he turned his strongest screenplay into the successful A Thousand Suns novel.[5] He has since written a number of successful novels such as the October Skies novel several screenplays, and Young Adult fiction,[6] which according to his TimeRiders website:
- "Allowed him to really have fun with the ideas and concepts he was playing around with when designing games."[7]
He currently lives in Norwich with his son, Jacob and his wife, Frances.
Books
Alternative History
- A Thousand Suns - May 3, 2006 (ISBN 978-0-7528-8135-5)
- October Skies - August 21, 2008 (ISBN 978-0-7528-8429-5)
Thrillers
- Last Light - July 25, 2007 (ISBN 978-0-7528-9327-3)
- Afterlight - May 27, 2010 (ISBN 978-1-4091-0306-6)
TimeRiders
Alex Scarrow is planning to span the TimeRiders series over 9 books in total:
- TimeRiders - Released February 4, 2010 (ISBN 978-0-1413-2692-4)
- TimeRiders: Day of the Predator - Released October 12, 2010 (ISBN 978-0-1413-2693-1)
- TimeRiders: The Doomsday Code - Released February 3, 2011 (ISBN 978-0-1413-3348-9)
- TimeRiders: The Eternal War - Released July 14, 2011. (ISBN 978-0-1413-3633-6)
- TimeRiders: Gates of Rome - Due to be released February 2, 2012. (ISBN 978-0-1413-3649-7)
The series is about an agency which consist of three teenagers who have cheated death, who travel in time to fix history broken by time travel.[8]
Family
He is the brother of Simon Scarrow, an author who has also written numerous novels.
References
- ^ "Alex Scarrow Interview". http://www.authortrek.com. http://www.authortrek.com/alex_scarrow_interview.html. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ Michelle Pauli (July 22, 2010). "Alex Scarrow: 'I've worked really hard to make TimeRiders absolute cocaine'". http://www.guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jul/22/alex-scarrow-timeriders. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ "Alex Scarrow, Author BBC Interview". http://www.bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/studentlife/bookclub/articles/alexscarrow.shtml. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ "Alex Scarrow Moby Games". http://www.mobygames.com. http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_genre/developerId,14814/. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ "Alex Scarrow Interview". http://www.authortrek.com. http://www.authortrek.com/alex_scarrow_interview.html. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ "Alex Scarrow". http://www.puffin.co.uk. http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000077838,00.html. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ "The Author". http://www.time-riders.co.uk/. http://www.time-riders.co.uk/pages/the-author. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ "TimeRiders: The Original Book". http://www.time-riders.co.uk. http://www.time-riders.co.uk/pages/timeriders. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
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February 14, 1966 |
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Hertfordshire |
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