Alex Shearer, Date of Birth

Alex Shearer

British novelist

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1949

Profession: writer, children's writer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Alex Shearer (born 25 June 1949) is a British novelist and scriptwriter.
He was born in Wick, in the north of Scotland.
Alex Shearer sold his first TV script at the age of 29, after a varied career of some 30 odd - some very odd - jobs. He wrote for television, film, theatre and radio (including plays and short stories for BBC Radio 4) for 14 years, and then devoted himself to becoming a novelist. His 2003 novel The Speed of the Dark was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
The Greatest Store in the World was adapted into a television film by the BBC.
His novel Bootleg was adapted for a television series by the BBC, and later adapted into manga and anime under its Japanese title Chocolate Underground.