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Alex Scarrow (born 14 February 1966) is a British author most known for his young adult science fiction series TimeRiders.

Alex Scarrow used to be a rock guitarist in a band, spending ten years after college in the music business. He eventually figured that he would never become famous nor get a record deal. He left the music industry in order to become a graphic artist and then he decided to be a computer games designer. He worked on game titles such as Waterworld, Evolva, The Thing, Spartan, Gates of Troy, Legion Arena, and Ultimate Soccer Manager.

He started his writing career initially by writing screenplays, but after difficulty entering the business he turned his strongest screenplay into the successful A Thousand Suns novel. He has since written a number of successful novels, including October Skies. He has also written several screenplays, and is currently writing a highly successful young adult fiction  which, according to his TimeRiders website, "Allowed him to really have fun with the ideas and concepts he was playing around with when designing games."

He currently lives in Norwich with his son, Jacob and his partner, Debbie, and two rats.