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F. Bowman Hastie

Biography

F. Bowman Hastie

F. Bowman Hastie III is at least as old as Karl Ristoff. He has ghostwritten bestsellers for such young adult luminaries as Francine Pascal—a 350-million-seller worldwide for the iconic Sweet Valley series—and #1 New York Times bestseller and Newbery winner Katherine Applegate. The first book to carry his own name was Portrait of the Dog as a Young Artist, the biography of his Jack Russell terrier, the late Tillamook Cheddar aka Tillie. Mr. Hastie lives in Brooklyn with Tillie’s son, Doc Chinook Strongheart Cheddar.

F. Bowman Hastie