Alex Scarrow | |
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| Born | 14 February 1966 Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Alternative history, thriller, science fiction |
| Notable works | Last Light , TimeRiders |
| Partner | Debbie Chaffey |
| Children | Jacob Scarrow, his son |
| Relatives | Simon Scarrow |
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Alex Scarrow (born 14 February 1966) is a British author most known for his young adult science fiction series TimeRiders . [1]
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 [2] such as Waterworld , Evolva , The Thing , Spartan , Gates of Troy , Legion Arena , and Ultimate Soccer Manager . [3]
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. [4] 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, [5] 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." [6]
He currently lives in Norwich with his son, Jacob and his partner, Debbie, and two rats.
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. [7]
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. [8]
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