Anthony McGowan is a British author of novels for adults and children.

Biography

Anthony McGowan was born in Manchester and now lives in London with his wife, author and fashion designer Rebecca Campbell, and their two young children. He studied Philosophy and Politics at Manchester University and worked as a freelance journalist and civil servant before giving up to write full-time. His first book, Hellbent, was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award and he went on to win the 2006 Teenage Booktrust Prize with his second book, Henry Tumor. The Knife That Killed Me was longlisted for both the Guardian and Carnegie Medal and was shortlisted for the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize and the Young Minds Book Award. In 2008 Anthony launched a new series for younger children called The Bare Bum Gang. There are currently four titles in this series. Einstein’s Underpants is Anthony’s first book for children ages 9 and up. In 2011 he published The Donut Diaries , the first book in a new series which are credited to the series main character, Dermot Milligan. The sequel, The Donut Diaries: Revenge is Sweet is due for release in 2012.

In July 2011, it was announced that Anthony McGowan had been contracted by Puffin Books

Puffin Books

Puffin Books is the children's imprint of British publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s it has been the largest publisher of children's books in the UK and much of the English-speaking world.-Early history:...

 to write four new books based on Willard Price's

Willard Price

Willard DeMille Price was a Canadian-born American natural historian and author of children's fiction.Price was born in Peterborough, Ontario, and his family subsequently moved to the United States when he was four. He acquired his MA and Litt.D from Columbia University, before going on to edit...

 classic wildlife adventures series.

Children's and Young Adult Novels

• Henry Tumor
• Hellbent
  HellBent (novel)
  HellBent is a book by Anthony McGowan, published in 2005. It tells the story of Connor O'Neil and his dog, who are killed by an ice cream truck and sent to hell. It was received very well, despite being called "Down-right disgusting just for the sake of it".- Plot summary:Sixteen-year-old Connor is...
  
  
• The Knife That Killed Me
• Einstein's Underpants and How They Saved the World
• The Bare Bum Gang series
• The Donut Diaries
• The Donut Diaries: Revenge is Sweet

External links

• Author informantion at LoveReading4Kids.com Retrieved 28 October 2010
• Author interview at Teachers.tv Retrieved 28 October 2010
• Interview Amanda Craig, The Times, 28 March 2008, Retrieved 28 October 2010
• Author Official website