Alex Scarrow (born 14 February 1966) is a British author most known for his

young adult In medicine and the social sciences, a young adult is generally a person in the years following adolescence, sometimes with some overlap. Definitions and opinions on what qualifies as a young adult vary, with works such as Erik Erikson's stages ...

science fiction series ''

TimeRiders ''TimeRiders'' is a series of Teen fiction, teen science fiction novels written by Alex Scarrow. The series consists of nine books and is published by Puffin Books. Summary The novels revolve around three teens who are recruited by an organ ...

''.

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 A graphic designer is a practitioner who follows the discipline of graphic design, either within companies or organizations or independently. They are professionals in design and visual communication, with their primary focus on transforming l ...

and then he decided to be a computer games designer. He worked on game titles such as ''

Waterworld ''WaterWorld'', also known as ''WaterWorld: A Live Sea War Spectacular'', is a stunt show attraction based on the 1995 film '' Waterworld'' found at Universal Studios Hollywood (1995), Universal Studios Japan (2001), Universal Studios Singap ...

'', '' Evolva'', '' The Thing'', ''

Spartan Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement in the valley of Evrotas river in Laconia, in southeastern Pe ...

'', '' Gates of Troy'', '' Legion Arena'', and '' Ultimate Soccer Manager''. 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 A screenplay, or script, is a written work produced for a film, television show (also known as a ''teleplay''), or video game by screenwriters (cf. ''stage play''). Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writ ...

, and is currently writing a highly successful

young adult fiction Young adult literature (YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as family dysfunction, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality. It is characterized by simpler world build ...

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 the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. It lies by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. The population of the Norwich ...

with his son, Jacob and his partner, Debbie, and two

rats Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. Species of rats are found throughout the order Rodentia, but stereotypical rats are found in the genus ''Rattus''. Other rat genera include ''Neotoma'' (pack rats), '' Bandicota'' (bandicoot ...

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

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 hypothetical activity of traveling into the past or future. Time travel is a concept in philosophy and fiction, particularly science fiction. In fiction, time travel is typically achieved through the use of a device known 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) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scarrow, Alex 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