Nationality Singaporean Website supercoolbooks.com Occupation Writer, publisher Name Don Bosco | Years active 24 Role Writer Title Author | |
Born June 1971 Singapore Known for young adult fiction, Singapore music Alma mater National University of Singapore Books Freakstyle: Singapore Generation-fiction | ||
Organizations founded Super Cool Books | ||
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Don Bosco (born in June 1971) is a writer and publisher of fiction books from Singapore. In 2011, he founded Super Cool Books, a publishing company with interest in fantasy and mystery stories for children and young adults. As an active advocate of self-publishing and digital publishing, he has published ebooks, paperbacks and an iPad app.
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Career
Don Bosco received a PhD in Youth culture studies at the National University of Singapore in 2008 Then, he started out writing speculative fiction for middle grade readers. His first books were the Time Talisman ebook series, originally published by Select Books, about three Singaporean kids who travel back in time. This was followed by the Sherlock Hong series, about a young detective who lived in Singapore 100 years ago. His other titles include Diary of Young Justice Bao, based on the legendary Chinese hero Bao Zheng, and Ghostly. In 2013 Super Cool Books worked with digital partner Tusitala Books to release its first iPad. From 2014 onwards he began developing titles for an older international audience, such as Thor the Greatest, based on the Norse folk tale The Theft of Thor's Hammer . Super Cool Books typically works with collaborators from around the world, including British crime author John Rickards/Sean Cregan.
Besides writing fiction, he is a DIY/maker enthusiast and has developed learning kits for kids based on his stories. These have been featured at Hackidemia events in Singapore. He was previously a freelance writer for various magazines, books and TV shows. He also writes articles promoting Singapore's DIY music culture.
Selected publications
Don Bosco has authored and published numerous books and collections as follows: