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Kevin Brooks

Kevin Brooks was born in 1959 and grew up in Exeter, Devon, England. He studied Psychology and Philosophy at Birmingham, Aston University in 1980 and Cultural Studies in London in 1983. Kevin Brooks has been in a variety of jobs including: musician, gasoline station attendant, crematorium handyman, civil service clerk, hot dog vendor at the London Zoo, post office clerk, and railway ticket office clerk.Kevin Brooks's writing career started with the publication of Martyn Pig in 2002 through The Chicken House which won the Branford Boase Award 2003 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. He also wrote Lucas (2002) which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and Booktrust Teenage Prize in 2003 also winning the North East Book Award in 2004.In 2004 he published Kissing the Rain and Bloodline and I See You, Baby and Candy in 2005. In 2006 he published 3 books including: Johnny Delgado Series - Like Father, Like Son and Private Detective as well as The Road of the Dead; a standalone novel. In February 2008 he published the standalone book Black Rabbit Summer.As a child, Kevin Brooks enjoyed reading detective novels. He writes most plots of the various books he has written around crime fiction. He likes mystery and suspence and enjoys putting both of those components into each and every story he writes in some shape or form.

Quotes

Вадим Мазурhas quoted2 years ago
Computers and Theatre, Brenda Laurel. A seminal book on Aristotelian storytelling as the basis for user experience design.
Вадим Мазурhas quoted2 years ago
The core of a story is usually a sequence of events.
Вадим Мазурhas quoted2 years ago
Some of the best storytellers are people who can present a collection of rules or facts as a story that you can easily remember.

Impressions

Esrashared an impression4 months ago
👍Worth reading

En lo personal es mi libro favorito, personaje entrañable, trama sencilla
Es un libro corto pero increíble
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