Alexander Gordon Smith

Alexander Gordon Smith
Born February 27, 1979
Norwich, England
Occupation Novelist
Nationality British
Period 2007-present
Genre Young Adult & Children
Notable works The Inventors
Website
www.alexandergordonsmith.com

Alexander Gordon Smith (27 February 1979, Norwich, England) is an author of books, mainly for children and young adults.

Between 2000 and 2003 he studied English literature at the University of East Anglia, where he set up a small poetry press called Egg Box Publishing. Egg Box published a number of new poets, including Richard Evans, Ramona Herdman and poetry collective Aisle16, and continues to add to its list of books.[1]

In October 2004, Smith published a creative writing guide, "Inspired Creative Writing", for Infinite Ideas Ltd. A follow-up guide, "Writing Bestselling Children's Books" was published in July 2007.[2]

Novels for children

In Summer 2005, Smith and his nine-year-old brother Jamie Webb began writing The Inventors, a children's novel. The book was shortlisted for The Wow Factor, a national competition run by Waterstones and Faber and Faber publishers, and although it lost out to Sarah Wray's The Forbidden Room it was taken on by Faber and published in April 2007.[3][4] The sequel, The Inventors and the City of Stolen Souls was published in June 2008.

He is also the author of the Furnace series (Escape From Furnace in the United States), and The Fury.

Bibliography

The Inventors series

The Furnace series

Main article: Escape from Furnace

The Fury series

Non-Fiction

References

  1. ↑ "Who's Who at Egg Box Publishing".
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Brothers' tale of invention hits book shelves".
  4. ↑ "Meet the team behind a new thriller for children". The Independent (London). 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2010-04-23.

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