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Chuck Bowie

Chuck Bowie, Alexa Bowie

 

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First name
Chuck
Last name
Bowie
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Fredericton
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Pen Name
Chuck Bowie, Alexa Bowie
Biography
Chuck Bowie is an East Coast Canadian writer who lets his experiences in food, music, wine and travel influence his taut, well-written suspense-thrillers and cozy mysteries. He’s an air force brat, studied Science at university, plays a bit of blues guitar, is willing to renovate a kitchen and makes a lemon cheesecake worth blackmailing for. He moved nineteen times by the age of 21, but settled down since then, and considers trips to be a hobby, not a lifestyle.

Chuck spent most of his first career with the Federal Government. One element of these responsibilities was to travel, and he’s been to every Canadian province on business, as well as to England, France, the USA, Ireland, Wales, and Romania. An astute observer of life, he gathered up ideas and experiences which he uses in his writing.

His readers suggest Chuck writes smart, thoughtful thrillers, employing multiple storyline arcs that weave together seamlessly. He likes an ending that is satisfying, with no loose ends except for the obvious one: will Donovan ever get out of the contract thief business? It’s a good question, and he remains mum on the subject.
Chuck also writes Cozy Mysteries as Alexa Bowie. These 'Old Manse Mysteries' draw upon his considerable time spent on the Miramichi.
Chuck writes full-time from his home in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and he writes whenever he travels.
Publications
Book 1 in the suspense-thriller series Donovan: Thief For Hire: Three Wrongs, available an an eBook or in print. 2013
Book 2 in the Thief4Hire series: AMACAT, available as an eBook and in print. 2014
Book 3 in the suspense-thriller series Donovan: Thief For Hire: Steal It All. 2015
Book 4 in the Thief4Hire series The Body on the Underwater Road. 2017
Book 5 in the Thief4Hire series Her Irish Boyfriend. 2020
Book 6 in the Donovan: Thief For Hire series is almost completed.
Book 1 in the Old Manse Mysteries series Death Between the Walls 2019
Book 2 in the Old Manse Mysteries series Death Between the Tables 2020
Book 3 in the Old Manse Series Death Between the Decks. 2021.
Chuck has contributed to the Short Story Anthologies Autumn Paths, Winter Paths, and Spring Paths. Summer Paths drops in Summer, 2024
All books and e-books can be purchased from Amazon, as well as various bookstores in Miramichi, Fredericton, Oromocto, and Saint John, NB.
Genres
  • Fiction
  • Suspense
  • Mystery
  • Thrillers
  • Short stories
 

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WISP Regions
  • South
  • West
WISP Grades
  • 5-8
  • 9-12
WISP Languages
  • English
WISP What I Offer
I am available to do readings from my novels.
I am available to work with selected students, getting them started on creative writing projects, and nudging them along.
I am available to discuss the craft of writing: how I got started, how I got published, how to write a novel, what are the elements of a novel, how to convert an idea into a work of creative fiction.
I am also available to discuss other possibilities for workshopping or lectures.

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