Dominic Barker

Dominic Barker (born 1966) is a British children's author.


Biography

Dominic Barker was born in Southport in 1966. He graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in English and then spent two years as part of a comedy double act before deciding to become a teacher.

He currently lives in Barcelona, where he blogs on the city at bigbarcelonablog.blogspot.com and on random other stuff at dominicbarker.blogspot.com.

Bibliography

  • Mickey Sharp series:
    • Sharp Stuff (1999)
    • Sharp Shot (2001)
    • Sharp Returns (2003)
    • Sharp Beats (2008)
  • Blart series:
  • Adam and the Arkonaughts (2010)
  • Max and Molly's Guide to Trouble(2011)
    • Max and Molly's Guide to Trouble: How to Catch a Criminal (2011)
    • Max and Molly's Guide to Trouble: How to Be a Genius (2011)
    • Max and Molly's Guide to Trouble: How to Build an Abominable Snowman (2012)
    • Max and Molly's Guide to Trouble: How to Stop a Viking Invasion (summer 2012)

Awards and nominations

gollark: Oh no.
gollark: Fearless concurrency although you may have to randomly add `&`, `*` and `.clone()`.
gollark: Rust's ownership model helps prevent data races and any bad concurrency problems!
gollark: Rust allows FEARLESS CONCURRENCY!
gollark: Rust can help with that!

References

  1. Branford Boase Award
  2. "'Oscars' for children's books". The Northern Echo. 2 March 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
  3. Richard & Judy#Children's Book Club


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