Bo Fowler
{{Short description|British novelist}}
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Bo Fowler (born 1971) is a British novelist. Fowler is the author of Scepticism, Inc and The Astrological Diary of God.{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/authors/bo-fowler|title=Bo Fowler|publisher=randomhouse.co.uk|access-date=2014-04-05}}
Biography
Bo was born in North London to artists Malcom Fowler & Nancy Fouts.{{Cite web |date=2012-02-13 |title=Malcolm Fowler: Artist acclaimed for his work in advertising |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/malcolm-fowler-artist-acclaimed-for-his-work-in-advertising-6880521.html |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=The Independent |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Putnam |first=James |date=2019-06-04 |title=Nancy Fouts obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jun/04/nancy-fouts-obituary |access-date=2023-02-15 |issn=0261-3077}} Fowler received his degree studying philosophy at the University of Bristol. He went on to attend the University of East Anglia, where he studied for his PhD in Creative Writing under Malcolm Bradbury.{{cite web|url=http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/BoFowler|title=Smashwords – About Bo Fowler, author of 'The Philosophy of Stars', 'Scepticism Inc' and 'Notes From the Autopsy of God'|publisher=smashwords.com|access-date=2014-04-05}} In 1998 he was given £140,000 by Jonathan Cape for two books.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/may/14/books.booksnews|title=The literary lion cubs that failed to roar | UK news | The Observer|newspaper=The Observer |date=14 May 2000 |publisher=theguardian.com|access-date=2014-04-05 |last1=Thorpe |first1=Vanessa }} He has since written The Philosophy of the Stars and Notes From the Autopsy of God. Fowler's influences include Friedrich Nietzsche, Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan.
Bibliography
- Scepticism Inc. (1998)
- The Astrological Diary of God (1999)
- The Philosophy of Stars (2011)
- Notes From the Autopsy of God (2011)
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Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol
Category:Alumni of the University of East Anglia
Category:20th-century British novelists
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Category:British philosophy writers
Category:British male novelists
Category:20th-century British male writers
Category:21st-century British male writers
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