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{{Short description|Australian novelist and blogger (1994–2020)}}
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'''Steph Bowe''' (1 February 1994 – 20 January 2020) was an [[Australians|Australian]] novelist and blogger. She published three [[Young adult fiction|young adult]] novels between 2010 and 2017 and is best known for her final novel, ''Night Swimming''.<ref name="turnbull">{{cite news |last1=Turnbull |first1=Samantha |title=Why much-missed young author Steph Bowe hated hearing she was 'beyond her years' |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-09/young-adult-author-steph-bowe-was-published-at-16/12015796 |access-date=24 November 2024 |work=ABC News |date=9 March 2020}}</ref> She was known for mentoring young writers around Australia.<ref name="turnbull" /><ref name="matthews" /> Her [[blog]], which she began at age 15, was also popular and received about 12,000 hits per month.<ref name="smh">{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/the-kids-are-all-writers-20130420-2i6p8.html|title=The kids are all writers|author=Carlton, Alexandra|date=21 April 2013|work=Sydney Morning-Herald|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref>
'''Steph Bowe''' (1994-2020 in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.compartelibros.com/autor/steph-bowe/1|title=Steph Bowe - Biografía, libros y novelas (pag 1)|work=compartelibros.com}}</ref>) is a writer and blogger.<ref name="smh">{{cite web | url=http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/the-kids-are-all-writers-20130420-2i6p8.html | title=The kids are all writers | work=Sydney Morning-Herald | date=21 April 2013 | accessdate=18 March 2015 | author=Carlton, Alexandra}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lecturalia.com/autor/10729/steph-bowe|title=Steph Bowe|author=Ontecnia Media Networks S.L.|work=Lecturalia}}</ref> In 2013 her blog "Hey! Teenager of the Year" received about 12,000 hits per month.<ref name="smh"/> Bowe secured a book deal for her first novel ''Girl Saves Boy''<ref name="smh"/> in 2010. It was a great success in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]],{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} and was translated to other languages such as Spanish, Dutch and Catalan. Her second novel, ''All This Could End'' was published in 2013.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}


Bowe was diagnosed with [[Precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma|T-lymphoblastic lymphoma]] in April 2019, and died from the condition on 20 January 2020. She was 25 years old.<ref name="death">{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/great-human-tributes-flow-for-ya-author-steph-bowe-20200121-p53t8v.html |title=Great human': Tributes flow for YA author Steph Bowe | work=Sydney Morning-Herald | date=21 January 2020| author=Carmody, Broede }}</ref>
She has appeared at [[Melbourne Writers Festival]], ''Brisbane Writers Festival'', [[National Young Writers' Festival]] and the ''[[Emerging Writers Festival]].''{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}

She has been on two Australian radio programs: Triple J's [[Hack (radio program)]] and [[Radio National]]'s ''Life Matters'', and she has also appeared on TV ([[Jennifer Byrne Presents]], The Circle and Totally Wild).{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
In February 2021 [[Text Publishing]] announced the Steph Bowe Mentorship for Young Writers. It is open to writers under 25 years of age and provides 20 hours of manuscript development assistance and writers' centre membership to the winner.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-02-23|title=Text announces Steph Bowe Mentorship for Young Writers|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/02/23/163088/text-announces-steph-bowe-mentorship-for-young-writers/|access-date=2021-07-25|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="matthews">{{cite news |title=Williams wins 2022 Text Prize; Matthews receives Steph Bowe Mentorship |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/06/22/216067/williams-wins-2022-text-prize-matthews-receives-steph-bowe-mentorship/ |access-date=24 November 2024 |work=Books + Publishing |date=22 June 2022}}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
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*''Girl Saves Boy'' (2010)

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*''All This Could End'' (2013)
=== Novels ===
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*''Night Swimming'' (2017)

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====''Girl Saves Boy''====

'''''Girl Saves Boy''''' was Bowe's debut novel.
The principal character of the book, Sasha, is 17 years old, and he has a terminal disease, leukemia. He tries to commit suicide in a lake near his house, but Jewel, a young girl of his age saves him when he is going to commit suicide.
Jewel is the other principal characters, and she has neither an easy life. Her brother died in the same lake in which Sasha tries to commit suicide; as a consequence, her parents left Jewel alone and she had to go to live with her grandparents. Her grandparents also died, so she had to go to live with her mother. But the relationship with her mother isn't very good.
After meeting in the lake, Sasha and Jewel will start a special friendship, and they will discover that there are a lot of things that they can't fight with.
This story will speak about real friendship, love familiar conflicts... and also about garden gnomes.

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====''All This Could End''====

'''''All This Could End''''' is the second novel of Bowe; it was published in 2013, and is a tale about dysfunctional families,
trust and the importance of love. The principal character of the book is Nina, and also Spencer, a boy that she will meet later.

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====''Night Swimming''====
Bowe's third novel, '''''Night Swimming''''', was published by Text in 2017. It tells the story of two seventeen-year-olds living in a small country town.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/218847618|title=Night Swimming|last=Bowe|first=Steph|last2=Publishing|first2=Text|date=2017|publisher=Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company|isbn=978-1-925410-45-7|language=English}}</ref>

=== Contributed chapter ===
* "Joint destroyer, born and raised", pp.&nbsp;216–220, in: ''Destroying the joint'', edited by [[Jane Caro]], Read How You Want (2015, {{ISBN|9781459687295}}).

==Death==
She died of acute lymphoblastic lymphoma on 20 January 2020.



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==External links==
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*http://www.stephbowe.com/
*[http://www.stephbowe.com/ Official website]
*http://www.compartelibros.com/autor/steph-bowe/1
*http://www.lecturalia.com/autor/10729/steph-bowe


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Steph Bowe
Born(1994-02-01)1 February 1994
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died20 January 2020(2020-01-20) (aged 25)
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Occupation(s)Novelist and blogger
Websitewww.stephbowe.com

Steph Bowe (1 February 1994 – 20 January 2020) was an Australian novelist and blogger. She published three young adult novels between 2010 and 2017 and is best known for her final novel, Night Swimming.[1] She was known for mentoring young writers around Australia.[1][2] Her blog, which she began at age 15, was also popular and received about 12,000 hits per month.[3]

Bowe was diagnosed with T-lymphoblastic lymphoma in April 2019, and died from the condition on 20 January 2020. She was 25 years old.[4]

In February 2021 Text Publishing announced the Steph Bowe Mentorship for Young Writers. It is open to writers under 25 years of age and provides 20 hours of manuscript development assistance and writers' centre membership to the winner.[5][2]

Bibliography

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  • Girl Saves Boy (2010)
  • All This Could End (2013)
  • Night Swimming (2017)

References

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  1. ^ a b Turnbull, Samantha (9 March 2020). "Why much-missed young author Steph Bowe hated hearing she was 'beyond her years'". ABC News. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Williams wins 2022 Text Prize; Matthews receives Steph Bowe Mentorship". Books + Publishing. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  3. ^ Carlton, Alexandra (21 April 2013). "The kids are all writers". Sydney Morning-Herald. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  4. ^ Carmody, Broede (21 January 2020). "Great human': Tributes flow for YA author Steph Bowe". Sydney Morning-Herald.
  5. ^ "Text announces Steph Bowe Mentorship for Young Writers". Books+Publishing. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
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