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Short Biography on Fred Bowen

Fred Bowen is author of the AllStar SportStory Series for ages 8 and up (Peachtree Publishers/Atlanta). His books are sports fiction with a little real sports history looped in to each story and a bonus history chapter at the back. Fred also writes the Friday sports column for kids in The Washington Post. "The Score," appears on the KidsPost page in the Style section and is available online at: www.washingtonpost.com/kidspost.

For 13 years, Fred coached kids' baseball, softball, and basketball teams. Some of his stories spring directly from his coaching experience; others from his sports-happy childhood in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

Fred has a degree in history and political science from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from George Washington University. He is a full-time attorney with the federal government. Fred uses his annual leave to visits schools and conferences around the country. He has a been a guest author at the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC, and hundreds of schools across the country.

So far, he has written five baseball books and four basketball books.

He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife Peggy Jackson and their daughter. Their son is an assistant coach for a college baseball team. (The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.)

More info available at www.fredbowen.com

Baseball Titles
Winners Take All
Playoff Dreams
Kid Coach
Golden Glove
T.J.'s Secret Pitch

Basketball Titles
Final Cut
On the Line
Off the Rim
Full Court Fever