Anthony John McGowan is an English author of books for children, teenagers, and adults. He is the winner of the 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal for Lark. In addition to his 2020 win, he has been twice longlisted (for The Knife That Killed Me in 2008 and Brock in 2014) and once shortlisted (for Rook in 2018) for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and is the winner of the 2006 Booktrust Teenage Prize for Henry Tumour.
Books in order of publication:
Non-fiction for adults
The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon (Chapter: “Cricket and Class”. Bloomsbury, 2013)
The Art of Failing: Notes from the Underdog (Oneworld Publications, 2017)
How To Teach Philosophy to Your Dog: A Quirky Introduction to the Big Questions in Philosophy (Oneworld Publications, 2019)
Fiction for adults
Stag Hunt (Hodder & Stoughton, 2004)
Mortal Coil (Hodder & Stoughton, 2007)
Fiction for young adults
Hellbent (Doubleday, 2005)
Henry Tumour (Definitions, 2006)
The Knife That Killed Me (Definitions, 2008)
The Fall (Barrington Stoke, 2011)
Hello Darkness (Walker Books, 2013)
Everybody Hurts (co-written with Joanna Nadin, Hachette, 2017)
I am the Minotaur (Oxford University Press, 2021)
The Truth of Things series
Brock (Barrington Stoke, 2013)
Pike (Barrington Stoke, 2015)
Rook (Barrington Stoke, 2017)
Lark (Barrington Stoke, 2019)
Fiction for children
Einstein’s Underpants and How They Saved the World (Yearling, 2008)
I Killed Father Christmas (Barrington Stoke, 2017)
The Bare Bum Gang series
The Bare Bum Gang and the Football Faceoff (Red Fox, 2008)
The Bare Bum Gang Battle the Dogsnatchers (Red Fox, 2008)
The Bare Bum Gang and the Valley of Doom (Red Fox, 2009)
The Bare Bum Gang and the Holy Grail (Red Fox, 2009)
Project X series
The X-bots are Coming… (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Attack of the X-bots! (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Lone Wolf (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Ant Storm (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Ant Attack (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Stage Fright (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Riding the Waves (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Hamster Rampage (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Tasmanian Terror (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Operation Shipwreck (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Exploring the Deep (Oxford University Press, 2009)
The Chase (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Divided We Fall (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Ballerina of Doom (Oxford University Press, 2010)
Toyshop Terror (Oxford University Press, 2010)
The Snatcher (Oxford University Press, 2014)
X-bot Reboot (Oxford University Press, 2014)
Revenge of the X-bots! (Oxford University Press, 2014)
A New Alliance (Oxford University Press, 2014)
A Dangerous Game (Oxford University Press, 2014)
The Donut Diaries series
The Donut Diaries (Corgi Children’s, 2011)
The Donut Diaries: Revenge is Sweet (Corgi Children’s, 2012)
The Donut Diaries: Escape from Camp Fatso (Corgi Children’s, 2013)
Willard Price books
Leopard Adventure (Puffin, 2012)
Shark Adventure (Puffin, 2013)
Bear Adventure (Puffin, 2013)
Python Adventure (Puffin, 2014)
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