Paul Dowswell (1957)^[1] is a British writer of nonfiction and young adult novels who has written over 70 books for British publishers. He was a senior editor at Usborne Publishing,^[2] then went freelance in 1999.^{[citation needed]}

Early life and education

Dowswell was born in 1957 in Chester, England. He has a degree in history from Goldsmith's College, earned in 1978.^[1]

Career

Dowswell worked for Time-Life Books, the Science Museum and the British Library Sound Archive before joining Usborne Publishing. He was a senior editor for eight years at Usborne.^{[citation needed]} He is an instructor in creative writing at Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham, England.^{[citation needed]}

Book awards

The Complete Book of the Microscope (with co-author Kirsteen Rogers) won the 1999 Rhône-Poulenc Junior Prize for Science Books.

Auslander won the Hamelin Associazione Culturale Book Prize, Bologna, The Portsmouth Book Award, The Essex Book Award, Calderdale Book of the Year, The Cheshire Schools Book Award and the We Read Book Award over 2010-2012.

Sektion 20 won the Historical Association Young Quills Award 2012

Eleven Eleven won the Historical Association Young Quills Award 2013 ^[3]

Personal

Dowswell lives in the West Midlands. He is married and has a daughter. He is a musician and plays with bands at pubs and clubs in the West Midlands.^{[citation needed]}