‘A novelist with the ability to cut through the hype and reveal the dark heart of everyday life’Independent
Gavin James Bower was born and grew up in Lancashire.
He graduated with a degree in History from the University of Sheffield, before modelling in Paris and later working as an editor and publisher in London.
The author of two novels (Dazed & Aroused and Made in Britain) and one non-fiction title (Claude Cahun: The Soldier with No Name), his journalism has featured in the Guardian, the Independent and Independent on Sunday, the Sunday Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Esquire and BBC Radio 5 Live.
He joined EASTENDERSin 2014, writing five episodes.