David Bowker (writer)

David Bowker is a British author and screenwriter. Born in Manchester, England, Bowker has written seven novels. He has also worked as a journalist and as a columnist on The Times.^[1] He has various film projects in development and his TV work includes episodes of Casualty and Coronation Street. He is currently working on his eighth novel.^[2]

Bowker's book, How to Be Bad was recommended by Esquire magazine as one of the books of 2005.^[3]

Selected works

The Death Prayer (1995)
The Secret Sexist (1996)^[4]
The Butcher of Glastonbury (1997)
From Stockport With Love (1999)^[5]
Rawhead (2002),^[6] retitled The Death You Deserve in 2003 for its American release
I Love My Smith & Wesson (2004),^[7] retitled Rawhead In Love the same year
How To Be Bad (2005)^[8]

^ "David Bowker". Comma Press. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
^ Wylie, Ian (2006-08-16). "On his best behaviour". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
^ "Books of the Year". Esquire. 1 December 2005. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
^ Hirst, Christopher; Hagestadt, Emma (26 July 1997). "Paperbacks". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
^ Rawles, Simon (21 March 2004). "Birthing pains". The Observer. London. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
^ "Borrow this". The Mirror. 21 September 2002. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
^ "The Soft Stuff". The New York Sun. 8 September 2004. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
^ Szichman, Mario (19 August 2005). "Zany world of 'How to Be Bad' is quite good". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
^ Hanks, Robert (15 December 1992). "A man's world". The Independent. London. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
^ "Truants BBC1, 8pm". Bristol Evening Post. 18 November 2004. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

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