Alex Scarrow Explained
| Alex Scarrow |
| Birth Date: | 1966 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Genre: | Alternative history, thriller, science fiction |
| Notableworks: | Last Light, TimeRiders |
| Partner: | Debbie Chaffey |
| Children: | Jacob Scarrow, his son |
| Relatives: | Simon Scarrow |
Alex Scarrow (born 14 February 1966) is a British author most known for his young adult science fiction series TimeRiders.[1]
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[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.
Books
Thrillers
- A Thousand Suns – 3 May 2006 ()
- Last Light – 25 July 2007 ()
- October Skies – 21 August 2008 ()
- Afterlight – 27 May 2010 ()
- The Candle Man – 26 April 2012 ()
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.[7]
- TimeRiders – 4 February 2010 ()
- TimeRiders: Day of the Predator – 12 October 2010 ()
- TimeRiders: The Doomsday Code – 3 February 2011 ()
- TimeRiders: The Eternal War – 14 July 2011 ()
- TimeRiders: Gates of Rome – 2 February 2012 ()
- TimeRiders: City of Shadows – 2 August 2012 ()
- TimeRiders: The Pirate Kings – 7 February 2013 ()
- TimeRiders: The Mayan Prophecy – 18 July 2013 ()
- TimeRiders: The Infinity Cage – 6 November 2014 ()
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.[8]
- Ellie Quin Book 1: The Legend of Ellie Quin – 23 December 2013 ()
- Ellie Quin Book 2: The World According to Ellie Quin – 23 December 2013 ()
- Ellie Quin Book 3: Beneath the Neon Sky – 23 December 2013 ()
- Ellie Quin Book 4: Ellie Quin in Wonderland – 1 January 2014 (ASIN: B00I9P2Q3W)
Other
- Remade (Remade 1) - 16 June 2016
- 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
External links
- (Scarrow brothers Alex and Simon)
Notes and References
- Web site: Michelle Pauli . Alex Scarrow: 'I've worked really hard to make TimeRiders absolute cocaine' . The Guardian . 22 July 2010 . 26 November 2011.
- Web site: Alex Scarrow, Author BBC Interview . BBC . 26 November 2011.
- Web site: Alex Scarrow Moby Games . mobygames.com . 26 November 2011.
- Web site: Alex Scarrow Interview . authortrek.com . 26 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111110133404/http://www.authortrek.com/alex_scarrow_interview.html . 10 November 2011.
- Web site: Alex Scarrow . Puffin . 26 November 2011 . 28 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928213321/http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000077838,00.html . dead .
- Web site: The Author . 26 November 2011.
- Web site: TimeRiders: The Original Book . 26 November 2011.
- Web site: The Legend of Ellie Quin . 22 January 2013.
