Edward William Bloor (born October 12, 1950) is an American author of young adult novels best known for Tangerine and London Calling.
Edward (William) Bloor Personal Information: Born October 12, 1950, in Trenton, NJ; son of Edward William and Mary (Cowley) Bloor; married Pamela Dixon (a teacher), August 4, 1984. Father to a daughter and a son. Education: Fordham University, B.A., 1973. Career: Novelist and editor. English teacher in Florida publ...
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Edward William Bloor (born October 12, 1950) is an American author of young adult novels best known for Tangerine and London Calling.
Edward (William) Bloor Personal Information: Born October 12, 1950, in Trenton, NJ; son of Edward William and Mary (Cowley) Bloor; married Pamela Dixon (a teacher), August 4, 1984. Father to a daughter and a son. Education: Fordham University, B.A., 1973. Career: Novelist and editor. English teacher in Florida public high schools, 1983–86; Harcourt Brace School Publishers, Orlando, FL, senior editor, beginning 1986.
A former high school English teacher, Edward Bloor has managed to find time while working as a book editor at a major publishing house and helping to raise his two children to pen four well-received novels for teen readers: Crusader, Story Time, London Calling, and the award-winning debut novel Tangerine. As Bloor once commented: "My teaching job led to a job in educational publishing, where I was actually required to sit and read young...
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