A developer erects a wall, thinks of a theme, and gives the place a name. After that, a completely different place is created, a place as fictional as any novel. This is how it happens: The citrus trees are uprooted and bulldozed into piles the piles are set on fire the charred remains of the trees are buried, and tons of white sand are dumped over their graves.
As he once recalled: "To my dismay, I watched the daily destruction of the citrus groves along this route. He began his career in children's publishing in 1986, and came up with the idea for his first novel while commuting to work on Florida's back roads west of Orlando. In the meantime, Bloor graduated from college, then worked for three years as a teacher.
I continued my soccer playing through high school, on a really good team, and into college, on a really bad team." Bloor's memories of the game eventually found their way into his fiction. 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. SIDELIGHTS:Ī former high school English teacher, Edward Bloor has managed to find time-while working as a book editor at a major publishing house and helping to raise his two children-to pen several well-received novels for teen readers, including his award-winning debut novel Tangerine. Tangerine was adapted as an audiobook, Recorded Books, 2001 Story Time was adapted as an audiobook, Recorded Books, 2005 London Calling was adapted as an audiobook, Recorded Books, 2006.
Story Time, Harcourt (Orlando, FL), 2004. Tangerine, Harcourt Brace ( San Diego, CA), 1997.Ĭrusader, Harcourt Brace ( San Diego, CA), 1999. Named among Books in the Middle Outstanding Titles of 1997, named on Voice of Youth Advocates and Horn Book honor lists, named to Pick of the List, American Booksellers Association, and among 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, New York Public Library, all 1997, and Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults and Best Books for Young Adults citations, American Library Association, and Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination for Best Young Adult Novel, all 1998, all for Tangerine New York Public Library Best Books for the Teen Age and Young Adults' Choices Best of the Rest, International Reading Association, both 2000, both for Crusader Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination, 2004, for Story Time. English teacher in Florida public high schools, 1983-86 Harcourt Brace School Publishers, Orlando, FL, senior editor, beginning 1986. Education: Fordham University, B.A., 1973. Bloor, Edward 1950- (Edward William Bloor) PERSONAL:īorn October 12, 1950, in Trenton, NJ son of Edward William and Mary Bloor married Pamela Dixon (a teacher), Augchildren: Amanda Kristin, Spencer Dixon.
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