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 taught at various schools including The Commonweal School, Swindon.

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:
  • Blart: The Boy Who Didn't Want to Save the World (2006)
  • Blart II: The Boy Who was Wanted Dead or Alive - Or Both (2007)
  • Blart III: The Boy Who Set Sail on a Questionable Quest (2008)
• 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

• 2000 Sharp Stuff shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award
• 2007 Blart: The Boy Who Didn't Want to Save the World won the Stockton Children's Book of the Year
• 2011 Max and Molly's Guide to Trouble: How to Catch a Criminal included in the Richard and Judy's Children's Book Club

External links

• Author profile at Bloomsbury.com
• Dominic Barker at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Barker's website: www.dominicbarker.com
• Barker's Barcelona Blog: An outsider's inside view: http://bigbarcelonablog.blogspot.com
• Barker's random blog: http://dominicbarker.blogspot.com