

Shortly after he graduated, he met Peggy Jackson, a journalist. Bowen also loves sports history because of all the great dramas and big personalities, which is why he weaves real sports history into all of his stories.Īfter he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, he went to George Washington Law School in Washington, DC.

Bowen has always loved US and world history and he made history his major in college. When Bowen turned eighteen, he left behind his sports-happy childhood and headed to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Bowen’s dad was his Little League coach and his brothers were his teammates in backyard football and “driveway basketball.” One of Bowen’s earliest memories is watching the 1957 World Series on TV with his dad and his brothers. Most of his family still lives there-he has four big brothers and two sisters.

Fred Bowen was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, a seaside town north of Boston.
