Most of the novels are narrated in the first person by teenage characters who are, for the most part, multi-faceted, sympathetic and skilfully drawn, though they are often in dark and traumatic situations. These genres have influenced his style as well as his subject matter - his novels are tightly plotted, gripping page-turners, which build up tension with skilful sophistication. On the contrary, they are usually dark, intense and powerful stories, influenced by Brooks’ own reading of thrillers and crime fiction. Kevin Brooks’ novels for young adults are by no means typical teenage ‘issue’ novels.
In 2014 his novel The Bunker Diary, about a group of children held hostage by an unseen torturer, was awarded the CILIP Carnegie Medal he has since published books including The Devil's Angel (2014), Dumb Chocolate Eyes (2015), and Born Scared (2016).
These were followed by iBoy (2010), a science-fiction crime thriller for teens, and Naked (2011), set in London in the hot summer of 1976. Subsequent novels include Candy (2005), its eponymous heroine being a drug addict and prostitute, her tale told through the eyes of Joe, who falls in love with her The Road of the Dead (2006), a tale of murder and revenge Black Rabbit Summer (2008), shortlisted for the 2009 Carnegie Medal, and Killing God (2009). His second novel, Lucas, which tells the story of Caitlin, who falls in love with a mysterious boy with tragic consequences, was published in 2003, and won the 2004 North East Book Award . His first novel, Martyn Pig (2002), a black comedy about a 15-year-old who decides not to tell the authorities when his alcoholic father dies accidentally, was shortlisted for a 2002 Carnegie Medal and won the 2003 Branford Boase Award. Two of his books form the 'Johnny Delgado' series: Like Father, Like Son (2006) and Private Detective (2006). He writes books for young adults, many of which have crime and thriller elements. He studied psychology and philosophy at Birmingham Aston University, and Cultural Studies in London, and had a variety of jobs before becoming a full time writer. Kevin Brooks was born in 1959, grew up in Devon and now lives in North Yorkshire.
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