Alex Scarrow (born 14 February 1966) is a British author most known for his
young adult science fiction series ''
TimeRiders''.
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 such as ''
Waterworld
''Waterworld'' is a 1995 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-written by Peter Rader and David Twohy. It was based on Rader's original 1986 screenplay and stars Kevin Costner, who also produced it with Char ...
'', ''
Evolva'', ''
The Thing'', ''
Spartan
Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta refe ...
'', ''
Gates of Troy'', ''
Legion Arena
''Legion Arena'' is a computer wargame developed by Slitherine Strategies. It allows the player to play as several tribes during the rise of the Roman Empire. The player can play as the Latin tribes, the Celts and the Romans. It is published by Bl ...
'', and ''
Ultimate Soccer Manager
''Ultimate Soccer Manager'' (USM) is an association football management video game series for DOS, Commodore Amiga and Windows 95, produced by Impressions and distributed by Sierra from 1995 to 1999. The game was a massive hit in Europe (except ...
''.
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. 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, 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."
He currently lives in
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
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
Time travel is the concept of movement between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space by an object or a person, typically with the use of a hypothetical device known as a time machine. Time travel is a ...
.
*''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.
*''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
References
External links
* (Scarrow brothers Alex and Simon)
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1966 births
Living people
English children's writers
British alternative history writers
British writers of young adult literature
Writers from Norwich
English male novelists
21st-century English novelists
21st-century English male writers