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'''Steph Bowe''' (born 1994 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>) |
'''Steph Bowe''' (born 1994 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>) was 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}} |
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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 appeared at [[Melbourne Writers Festival]], ''Brisbane Writers Festival'', [[National Young Writers' Festival]] and the ''[[Emerging Writers Festival]].''{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} |
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| Born | 1 February 1994 |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist and blogger |
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Steph Bowe (born 1994 in Melbourne, Australia[1]) was a writer and blogger.[2][3] In 2013 her blog "Hey! Teenager of the Year" received about 12,000 hits per month.[2] Bowe secured a book deal for her first novel Girl Saves Boy[2] in 2010. It was a great success in Australia and New Zealand,[citation needed] 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]
She has appeared at Melbourne Writers Festival, Brisbane Writers Festival, National Young Writers' Festival and the Emerging Writers Festival.[citation needed] 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]
Bibliography
Novels
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.
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.
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.[4]
Contributed chapter
- "Joint destroyer, born and raised", pp. 216–220, in: Destroying the joint, edited by Jane Caro, Read How You Want (2015, ISBN 9781459687295).
References
- ^ "Steph Bowe - Biografía, libros y novelas (pag 1)". compartelibros.com.
- ^ a b c Carlton, Alexandra (21 April 2013). "The kids are all writers". Sydney Morning-Herald. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ Ontecnia Media Networks S.L. "Steph Bowe". Lecturalia.
- ^ Bowe, Steph; Publishing, Text (2017). Night Swimming. Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-925410-45-7.
