Alex Scarrow
{{short description|British author (born 1966)}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
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|image =Alex Scarrow (crop 2016).jpg
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| name = Alex Scarrow
| caption = Alex Scarrow on 30 July 2016
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|02|14}}
| birth_place = Norwich, Norfolk, England
| occupation = Novelist
| genre = Alternative history, thriller, science fiction
| movement =
| notableworks = Last Light, TimeRiders
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| spouse =
| partner = Debbie Chaffey
| children = Jacob Scarrow, his son
| relatives = Simon Scarrow
| website = {{URL|http://www.alexscarrow.com/}}
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Alex Scarrow (born 14 February 1966) is a British author most known for his young adult science fiction series TimeRiders.{{cite web |author=Michelle Pauli |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jul/22/alex-scarrow-timeriders |title=Alex Scarrow: 'I've worked really hard to make TimeRiders absolute cocaine' |publisher=The Guardian |date=22 July 2010 |accessdate=26 November 2011}}
Early life
Alex Scarrow used to be a rock guitarist in a band, spending ten years after college in the music business. He eventually figured that he would never become famous nor get a record deal. He left the music industry in order to become a graphic artist and then he decided to be a computer games designer. He worked on game titles{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/studentlife/bookclub/articles/alexscarrow.shtml |title=Alex Scarrow, Author BBC Interview |publisher=BBC |accessdate=26 November 2011}} such as Waterworld, Evolva, The Thing, Spartan, Gates of Troy, Legion Arena, and Ultimate Soccer Manager.{{cite web |url=http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_genre/developerId,14814/ |title=Alex Scarrow Moby Games |publisher=mobygames.com |accessdate=26 November 2011}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.authortrek.com/alex_scarrow_interview.html |title=Alex Scarrow Interview |publisher=authortrek.com |accessdate=26 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110133404/http://www.authortrek.com/alex_scarrow_interview.html |archivedate=10 November 2011}} He has since written a number of successful novels, including October Skies. He has also written several screenplays, and is currently writing a highly successful young adult fiction series,{{cite web |url=http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000077838,00.html |title=Alex Scarrow |publisher=Puffin |accessdate=26 November 2011 |archive-date=28 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928213321/http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000077838,00.html |url-status=dead }} 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."{{cite web |url=http://www.time-riders.co.uk/pages/the-author |title=The Author |accessdate=26 November 2011}}
He currently lives in Norwich with his son, Jacob and his partner, Debbie, and two rats.
Books
=Thrillers=
- A Thousand Suns – 3 May 2006 ({{ISBN|978-0-7528-8135-5}})
- Last Light – 25 July 2007 ({{ISBN|978-0-7528-9327-3}})
- October Skies – 21 August 2008 ({{ISBN|978-0-7528-8429-5}})
- Afterlight – 27 May 2010 ({{ISBN|978-1-4091-0306-6}})
- The Candle Man – 26 April 2012 ({{ISBN|978-1-4091-0818-4}})
=TimeRiders=
Alex Scarrow wrote the TimeRiders series over 9 books in total. The series is about an agency which consists of three teenagers who have cheated death, and who travel in time to fix history broken by time travel.{{cite web |url=http://www.time-riders.co.uk/pages/timeriders |title=TimeRiders: The Original Book |accessdate=26 November 2011}}
- TimeRiders – 4 February 2010 ({{ISBN|978-0-1413-2692-4}})
- TimeRiders: Day of the Predator – 12 October 2010 ({{ISBN|978-0-1413-2693-1}})
- TimeRiders: The Doomsday Code – 3 February 2011 ({{ISBN|978-0-1413-3348-9}})
- TimeRiders: The Eternal War – 14 July 2011 ({{ISBN|978-0-1413-3633-6}})
- TimeRiders: Gates of Rome – 2 February 2012 ({{ISBN|978-0-1413-3649-7}})
- TimeRiders: City of Shadows – 2 August 2012 ({{ISBN|978-0-1413-3707-4}})
- TimeRiders: The Pirate Kings – 7 February 2013 ({{ISBN|978-0-1413-3718-0}})
- TimeRiders: The Mayan Prophecy – 18 July 2013 ({{ISBN|978-0-1413-3719-7}})
- TimeRiders: The Infinity Cage – 6 November 2014 ({{ISBN|978-01413-3720-3}})
=Ellie Quin=
Ellie Quin is a new series about a young girl who thought she was ordinary. It turns out she couldn't have been more wrong. She's the most valuable, the most dangerous, the most sought-after human in the universe... and there are people already zeroing in on her.{{cite web |url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17164526-the-legend-of-elli-quin |title=The Legend of Ellie Quin |accessdate=22 January 2013}}
- Ellie Quin Book 1: The Legend of Ellie Quin – 23 December 2013 ({{ISBN|978-0-9575-1600-7}})
- Ellie Quin Book 2: The World According to Ellie Quin – 23 December 2013 ({{ISBN|978-0-9575-1601-4}})
- Ellie Quin Book 3: Beneath the Neon Sky – 23 December 2013 ({{ISBN|978-0-9575-1602-1}})
- Ellie Quin Book 4: Ellie Quin in Wonderland – 1 January 2014 (ASIN: B00I9P2Q3W)
= Other =
- Remade (Remade 1) - 16 June 2016 ({{ISBN|9781509811205}})
- Reborn (Remade Trilogy 2) - 29 June 2017
- Plague World (A Remade Novel) - 26 July 2018
- Plague Nation (A Remade Novel) - 26 July 2018
- Plague Land (A Remade Novel) - 26 July 2018
References
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External links
{{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}
- {{official website |http://www.scarrow.co.uk}} (Scarrow brothers Alex and Simon)
- {{isfdb name|130573}}
- {{LCAuth|nb2006020936|Alex Scarrow|5|ue}}
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Category:English children's writers
Category:British alternative history writers
Category:British writers of young adult literature
Category:English male novelists