Paul Dowswell

Paul Dowswell è un autore britannico specializzato in saggistica e narrativa per giovani adulti, con oltre 70 libri pubblicati a suo nome. Le sue opere spaziano tra diversi generi, tra cui narrativa storica, avventura e titoli educativi, molti dei quali sono stati pubblicati da importanti case editrici britanniche.

Prima di diventare scrittore a tempo pieno, Dowswell ha lavorato come caporedattore presso Usborne Publishing, dove ha affinato le sue capacità nel creare contenuti coinvolgenti e informativi. Dal passaggio alla scrittura freelance nel 1999, si è affermato come autore prolifico e versatile, noto per la sua meticolosa ricerca e la capacità di rendere argomenti complessi accessibili ai giovani lettori. I suoi contributi sia nella narrativa che nella saggistica hanno consolidato la sua reputazione come voce rispettata nella letteratura per bambini e giovani adulti.
Adventures of a Young Sailor Books
# Titolo Anno
1 Powder Monkey 2005
2 Prison Ship 2006
3 Battle Fleet 2011
20th Century Leaders Books
# Titolo Anno
1 Adolf Hitler 2002
2 Churchill 2002
Romanzi singoli
# Titolo Anno
1 Ausländer 2009
2 The Cabinet of Curiosities 2010
3 Pirate Attack 2011
4 Sektion 20 2011
5 Eleven Eleven 2012
6 Bomber 2014
7 Red Shadow 2014
8 Wave 2016
9 Wolf Children 2017
10 The Great Revolt 2020
Libri di non-fiction
# Titolo Anno
1 The Usborne Introduction to the Second World War 1990
2 The Usborne Animal Quizbook 1994
3 Tales of Real Heroism 1996
4 Egyptian Echo 1996
5 Questions and Answers 1998
6 The Mud Pack 1999
7 King Tut in God Swap Shock 1999
8 The Ultimate Book of Dinosaurs 2000
9 Genetic Engineering 2001
10 Great Inventions: Medicine 2001
11 Paul McCartney: An Unauthorized Biography 2001
12 Witches & Wizards 2001
13 John Lennon: An Unauthorized Profile 2001
14 Entertainment 2001
15 Transportation 2001
16 True Desert Adventure Stories 2002
17 The Vietnam War 2002
18 Weapons and Technology of WW I 2002
19 Great Inventions: Transport 2002
20 The Causes of World War II 2002
21 World War I 2002
22 True Adventure Stories 2003
23 The Russian Revolution 2003
24 The Western Front in World War I 2004
25 Military Aircraft 2004
26 The Usborne Little Book of Animals 2005
27 The World Wars 2007
28 Story of the Second World War 2012
29 The Story of the First World War 2014
30 The Amazing History of Wizards & Witches 2016
31 True Stories Survival 2016
32 Aliens: The Chequered History of Britain's Wartime Refugees 2023
First Encyclopedias Books
# Titolo Anno
1 First Encyclopedia of Animals 1999
2 First Encyclopedia of Our World (By: Felicity Brooks) 1999
3 First Encyclopedia of Seas & Oceans (By: Ben Denne) 2001
4 First Encyclopedia of Space 2001
5 Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (By: Struan Reid, Jane Chisholm, Gill Harvey) 2002
6 First Encyclopedia Of Science (By: Rachel Firth) 2002
7 The Usborne Children's Encyclopedia (By: Felicity Brooks, Gill Harvey) 2002
8 Encyclopedia of the Ancient World (By: Gill Harvey) 2003
9 First Encyclopedia of History (By: David Hancock, Fiona Chandler, Susie McCaffrey) 2003
10 First Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life (By: Sam Taplin) 2004
11 First Encyclopedia of the Human Body (By: Anna Claybourne) 2011
12 First Encyclopedia of Seas and Oceans (By: Felicity Brooks) 2025
Great Inventions Books
# Titolo Anno
1 Everyday Life 2001
2 The Printing Press (By: Milton Meltzer) 2003
3 Clocks (By: James Lincoln Collier) 2003
4 Vaccines (By: James Lincoln Collier) 2003
5 Gunpowder and Weaponry (By: James Lincoln Collier) 2003
6 The Telephone (By: Rebecca Stefoff) 2005
7 Radio and Television (By: Michael Teitelbaum) 2005
8 The Steam Engine (By: James Lincoln Collier) 2005
9 The Automobile (By: James Lincoln Collier) 2005
10 Airplane ( By: Harold Faber) 2005
11 Electricity and the Lightbulb (By: James Lincoln Collier) 2005
12 Rockets ( By: Steven Otfinoski) 2006
13 Television ( By: Steven Otfinoski) 2006
14 Submarines (By: Rebecca Stefoff) 2006
15 Microscopes and Telescopes (By: Rebecca Stefoff) 2006
16 Computers ( By: Steven Otfinoski) 2007
17 Navigational Aids (By: Linda D. Williams) 2007
18 Robots (By: Rebecca Stefoff) 2007
19 The Camera (By: Rebecca Stefoff) 2007
Systems of Government Books
# Titolo Anno
1 Dictatorship 2005
2 Monarchy (By: Nathaniel Harris) 2005
True Adventure Stories Books (with Gill Harvey)
# Titolo Anno
1 True Desert Adventures (By: Gill Harvey) 2004
2 True Stories of Heroes 2008
Usborne True Stories Books (with Gill Harvey)
# Titolo Anno
1 Usborne Tales of Real Escape 1994
2 True Ghost Stories 2002
3 Everest Adventures 2004
4 Crime and Detection (By: Gill Harvey) 2013
5 True Stories Of Polar Adventure 2015