Edward Bloor

Edward William Bloor (born October 12, 1950) is an American novelist and playwright, best known for Tangerine and London Calling.^[1]

Edward Bloor
Bloor in 2020
Born	Edward William Bloor (1950-10-12) October 12, 1950 (age 74) Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Education	Notre Dame High School Fordham University (BA)
Period	1986–present
Genre	Young adult fiction
Website
edwardbloor.net

• Children and Young Adult Literature portal

Biography

Bloor was born in Trenton, New Jersey, son of Edward Bloor and Mary Cowley. Bloor graduated from Notre Dame High School^[2] in 1968; the school inducted him into its hall of fame in 2015.^[3] He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Fordham University in 1973. Married Pamela Dixon (a teacher), August 4, 1984. Father to a daughter and a son. Bloor lives in Winter Garden, Florida.^[1]

Works

• Tangerine, Harcourt, 1997
• Crusader, Harcourt, 1999
• Story Time, Harcourt, 2001
• London Calling, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006
• Taken, Alfred A. Knopf, 2008
• Memory Lane, Kindle/Nook, 2010
• A Plague Year, Alfred A. Knopf, 2011
• Summer of Smoke, Kindle/Nook, 2015
• Candlemas Eve, Kindle/Nook, 2016
• Centennial, SchulerBooks, 2017
• Fireside Chats, SchulerBooks, 2018
• Ten-Minute Plays, SchulerBooks, 2021
• Many Mansions, Chapbook Press, 2019
• The Star in the East, Chapbook Press, 2020
• The Untimely Adventures of Mimi: Christopher Columbus, (with Amanda Breed), Chapbook Press, 2020
• The Untimely Adventures of Mimi: George and Martha Washington, (with Amanda Breed), Chapbook Press, 2021
• The Untimely Adventures of Mimi: Betsy Ross, (with Amanda Breed), Chapbook Press, 2023

Awards

• For Tangerine
  • American Library Association Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults, 1997
  • Edgar Award nomination for Best Young Adult Novel, 1998
  • American Booksellers Association Pick of the List, 1997
  • New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, 1997
  • "Horn Book" Fanfare Book
  • A "BCCB" Blue Ribbon Book
• For Crusader
  • New York Public Library Best B
• For Story Time
  • Edgar Award nomination for Best Young Adult Novel, 2005
  • New York Public Library Best Books for the Teen Age, 2006
• For London Calling
  • New York Public Library Best Books for the Teen Age, 2007
  • Virginia Readers Choice Selection, 2010
• For Taken
  • The Florida Book Award Silver Medal, 2008
  • Florida Sunshine State Readers Selection, 2010
• For A Plague Year
  • Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award Selection, 2012
• For Centennial
  • FTF Miami, New Year/New Work Play Reading Series Selection, 2020

External links

• Official website
• Edward Bloor at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Edward Bloor at Library of Congress, with 8 library catalog records