![]() ![]() I was one of those little kids trying desperately to kick a soccer ball amidst the multilingual howling. Parents of the children on these teams raged and howled at the games as if their national pride was at stake. ![]() “Different ethnic communities–Poles, Italians, Germans, Ukrainians–all had their kids’ soccer clubs. So I decided to try it myself.”īorn in 1950, Bloor was raised in Trenton, New Jersey, and recalled that, during his childhood, soccer reigned supreme. As Bloor once commented: “My teaching job led to a job in educational publishing, where I was actually required to sit and read young adult novels all day long. Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, 2008:Ī former high school English teacher, Edward Bloor managed to find time while working as a book editor at a major publishing house and helping to raise his two children to pen well-received novels for teen readers including: Crusader, Story Time, London Calling, and the award-winning debut novel Tangerine. ![]() London Calling audiobook, Recorded Books, 2006. ![]() Story Time audiobook, Recorded Books, 2005.Tangerine audiobook, Recorded Books, 2001.English teacher in Florida public high schools, 1983-86 Harcourt Brace School Publishers, Orlando, FL, senior editor, beginning 1986 retired 2015. Education: Fordham University, B.A., 1973.Ĭareer: Novelist and editor. Personal Information: Born October 12, 1950, in Trenton, NJ son of Edward William and Mary (Cowley) Bloor married Pamela Dixon (a teacher). ![]()
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