Alexander Gordon Smith

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Alexander Gordon Smith
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Born (1979-02-27) February 27, 1979 (age 42)
Norwich, England
OccupationNovelist
NationalityBritish
Period2007–present
GenreYoung Adult and Children's fiction
Notable worksFurnace
Website
www.alexandergordonsmith.com

Alexander Gordon Smith (27 February 1979, Norwich, England) is an author of children and Young Adult fiction.[1]

Early life[]

During his teenage years, Smith went through what he calls a "rough patch". He said he would hang out with people that had a negative influence on him. He had once lost a tooth in a brawl. After he stopped being around his "friends", and these experiences, along with wondering what would have happened if he kept being around this group of people, are what partly inspired the Furnace series.

Profile[]

Between 2000 and 2003 he studied English literature at the University of East Anglia, where he set up a small poetry press called .[2] Egg Box published a number of new poets, including Richard Evans, Ramona Herdman and poetry collective Aisle16, and continues to add to its list of books.[3]

In October 1998, Smith published a creative writing guide, "Inspired Creative Writing", for Ltd. A follow-up guide, "Writing Bestselling Children's Books" was published in July 2007.[4]

Novels for children[]

In Summer 2005, Smith and his nine-year-old brother Jamie Webb began writing The Inventors, a children's novel. The book was shortlisted for the Wow Factor, a national competition run by Waterstones and Faber and Faber publishers, and although it lost out to 's it was taken on by Faber and published in April 2007.[5][6] The sequel, was published in June 2008.[7]

Bibliography[]

Fiction[]

The Inventors[]

  • The Inventors (2007) ISBN 0-571-23310-4
  • The Inventors in the City of Stolen Souls (2008) ISBN 978-0-571-23843-9

The Furnace (Escape From Furnace)[]

Main article: Escape from Furnace
  • Furnace: Lockdown (2009)
  • Furnace: Solitary (2010)
  • Furnace: Death Sentence (2011)
  • Furnace: Fugitives (2012)
  • Furnace: Execution (2012)
  • The Night Children (2012) (novella)

The Fury[]

  • The Fury (2012)[8]
  • The Storm (2013)[9]

The Devil's Engine[]

  • Hellraisers (2015)[10]
  • Hellfighters (2016)[11]
  • Hellwalkers (2017)[12]

Nonfiction[]

  • Inspired Creative Writing (2005)[13]
  • Writing Bestselling Children's Books (2007)[14]

References[]

  1. ^ "Summary Bibliography: Alexander Gordon Smith". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  2. ^ "Egg Box Publishing | About". egg-box-publishing. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  3. ^ "Who's Who at Egg Box Publishing". Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
  4. ^ "Archived item". Archived from the original on 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2007-05-02.
  5. ^ "Brothers' tale of invention hits book shelves".
  6. ^ "Meet the team behind a new thriller for children". The Independent. London. 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2010-04-23.[dead link]
  7. ^ "9780571238439: The Inventors and the City of Stolen Souls - AbeBooks - Smith, Alexander Gordon: 0571238432". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  8. ^ "The Fury (Fury, book 1) by Alexander Gordon Smith". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  9. ^ "The Storm (Fury, book 2) by Alexander Gordon Smith". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  10. ^ Smith, Alexander Gordon (December 2015). The Devil's Engine: Hellraisers. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-374-30169-9.
  11. ^ "Hellfighters (The Devil's Engine, #2)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  12. ^ "Hellwalkers (Devil's Engine, book 3) by Alexander Gordon Smith". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  13. ^ Smith, Alexander Gordon (2005). Inspired Creative Writing: Secrets of the Master Wordsmiths. Infinite Ideas. ISBN 978-1-904902-07-2.
  14. ^ "Writing Bestselling Children's Books by Alexander Gordon Smith". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.

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