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Christopher Fowler

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

March 26, 1953

Website

http://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/

Genre

Crime, Mystery & Thrillers, Short Stories

Influences

Mervyn Peake, Evelyn Waugh, EM Forster, Virginia Woolf, Charles Dicken ...more

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Christopher Fowler is an English novelist living in London, his books contain elements of black comedy, anxiety and social satire. As well as novels, he writes short stories, scripts, press articles and reviews.

He lives in King's Cross, on the Battlebridge Basin, and chooses London as the backdrop of many of his stories because any one of the events in its two thousand year history can provide inspiration

In 1998 he was the recipient of the BFS Best Short Story Of The Year, for 'Wageslaves'. Then, in 2004, 'The Water Room' was nominated for the CWA People's Choice Award, 'Full Dark House' won the BFS August Derleth Novel of The Year Award 2004 and 'American ...more

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A book is forever. In August 2008, I set up a blog with Simon Moore, the London creative art director I hugely respect, to cover books, films, the arts and – it turns out – to spark impromptu discussions about Britain’s collapsing social fabric. OK, that part hadn’t been planned but you could hardly avoid […]

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Christopher Fowler’s books

Average rating: 3.91 · 77,566 ratings · 9,345 reviews · 226 distinct works • Similar authors

	Full Dark House (Bryant & May, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 10,025 ratings — published 2003 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Water Room (Bryant & May #2) 3.91 avg rating — 4,632 ratings — published 2004 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Victoria Vanishes (Bryant & May #6) 4.02 avg rating — 3,302 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seventy-Seven Clocks (Bryant & May #3) 3.90 avg rating — 3,297 ratings — published 2005 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ten Second Staircase (Bryant & May #4) 3.96 avg rating — 2,978 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invisible Code (Bryant & May #10) 4.07 avg rating — 2,802 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Corridor (Bryant & May #5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,772 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Off the Rails (Bryant & May, #8) 4.13 avg rating — 2,483 ratings — published 2010 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bryant & May On the Loose (Bryant & May #7) 4.10 avg rating — 2,474 ratings — published 2009 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bryant & May and the Memory of Blood (Bryant & May #9) 4.12 avg rating — 2,377 ratings — published 2011 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bryant & May: Peculiar Crimes Unit (18 books)
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Quotes by Christopher Fowler (?)

“It was true that the city could still throw shadows filled with mystifying figures from its past, whose grip on the present could be felt on certain strange days, when the streets were dark with rain and harmful ideas.”
― Christopher Fowler, Ten Second Staircase

tags: city, ideas, past, rain, shadows, strangeness, streets

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“Clutter, either mental or physical, is the sign of a healthy curiosity.”
― Christopher Fowler, The Memory of Blood

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“I hate the endless admonishments of a nanny state that lives in fear of its lawyers. While colonies of dim-witted traffic wardens swarm about looking for minor parking infringements, nobody seems to notice that our very social fabric is falling apart.”
― Christopher Fowler, The Victoria Vanishes

tags: society

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