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Occupation
  
Writer, editor

Name
  
Edward Bloor

Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Writer

Period
  
1997-present

Education
  
Fordham University

Genre
  
Young adult fiction


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Born
  
October 12, 1950 (age 73) Trenton, New Jersey, USA (
1950-10-12
)

Nominations
  
Edgar Award for Best Young Adult

Books
  
Tangerine, London Calling, Story Time, Taken, A Plague Year

Edward Bloor


Edward William Bloor (born October 12, 1950) is an American writer of novels for young adults, best known for Tangerine and London Calling.

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Edward Bloor


Biography

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Bloor was born in Trenton, New Jersey, son of Edward William and Mary (Cowley) Bloor. He went to elementary school at Our Lady of Sorrows in Mercerville, NJ, and to high school at Notre Dame in Lawrence, NJ. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Fordham University in 1973. In 1984, he married Pamela Dixon, an English teacher. He has two children. Bloor lives in Winter Garden, Florida.

Novels

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  • Tangerine, Harcourt, 1997
  • Crusader, Harcourt, 1999
  • Story Time, Harcourt, 2001
  • London Calling, Knopf, 2006
  • Taken, Knopf, 2008
  • Memory Lane, Kindle/Nook, 2010
  • A Plague Year, Knopf, 2011
  • Summer of Smoke, Kindle/Nook, 2014
  • Candlemas Eve, Kindle/Nook, 2017

    • Awards

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  • For Tangerine
  • American Library Association Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults, 1997
  • Edgar Award nomination for Best Young Adult Novel, 1998
  • American Booksellers Association Pick of the List, 1997
  • New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, 1997
  • "Horn Book" Fanfare Book
  • A "BCCB" Blue Ribbon Book
  • For Crusader
  • New York Public Library Best Books for the Teen Age, 2000
  • Young Adults' Choices Best of the Rest, 2000
  • For Story Time
  • Edgar Award nomination for Best Young Adult Novel, 2005
  • New York Public Library Best Books for the Teen Age, 2006
  • For London Calling
  • New York Public Library Best Books for the Teen Age, 2007
  • Virginia Readers Choice Selection, 2010
  • For Taken
  • The Florida Book Award Silver Medal, 2008
  • Florida Sunshine State Readers Selection, 2010
  • For A Plague Year
  • Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award Selection, 2012

    • References

    Edward Bloor Wikipedia
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