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Paul Dowswell (1957) [1] is a British writer of nonfiction and young adult novels who has written over 70 books for British publishers. He was a senior editor at Usborne Publishing, [2] then went freelance in 1999.[ citation needed ]
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Paul Dowswell (1957) [1] is a British writer of nonfiction and young adult novels who has written over 70 books for British publishers. He was a senior editor at Usborne Publishing, [2] then went freelance in 1999.[ citation needed ]
Dowswell was born in 1957 in Chester, England. He has a degree in history from Goldsmith's College, earned in 1978. [1]
Dowswell worked for Time-Life Books, the Science Museum and the British Library Sound Archive before joining Usborne Publishing. He was a senior editor for eight years at Usborne.[ citation needed ] He is an instructor in creative writing at Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham, England.[ citation needed ]
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Sektion 20 won the Historical Association Young Quills Award 2012
Eleven Eleven won the Historical Association Young Quills Award 2013 [3]
Dowswell lives in the West Midlands. He is married and has a daughter. He is a musician and plays with bands at pubs and clubs in the West Midlands.[ citation needed ]
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