Tim Kehoe

Tim Kehoe
Born(1970-05-11)May 11, 1970
Saint Paul, Minnesota
DiedFebruary 27, 2014(2014-02-27) (aged 43)
OccupationsNovelist, Inventor
SpouseSherri Kehoe
Writing career
GenreMiddle-Grade Fiction

Tim Kehoe (May 11, 1970 – February 27, 2014) was an author and toy inventor from St. Paul, Minnesota. He invented numerous toys, and was known primarily for inventing non-staining colored bubbles, Zubbles. Zubbles took more than 14 years to develop and incorporated a great deal of research in various fields, including chemistry and the science of dyeing. Kehoe died unexpectedly at the age of 43 in 2014.

Author

Kehoe was the author of the Vincent Shadow series published by Little, Brown and Company. Eleven-year-old Vincent Shadow dreamed of being a toy inventor. He had notebooks full of ideas: bubbles that carried sound, rockets that pop into kites, and a football that would rather bite than be caught. Unfortunately, the secret attic lab where Vincent built his prototypes had seen more disasters than triumphs. But a chance encounter with eccentric toy inventor Howard G. Whiz, and the discovery of long-lost inventions by one of the world's greatest scientists would change Vincent's life forever.

Kehoe also authored the forthcoming middle-grade thriller Furious Jones and the Assassin's Secret.

Furious Jones’s dad is a thriller writer. One week before the release of his latest book, his dad was murdered onstage with Furious in a front row seat to witness it. Furious inherits an estate alongside his father's unresolved conflicts. But after spending time with a secret copy of his dad’s soon-to-be-released book, Furious decides to stop running and start chasing.

Books

  • The Unusual Mind of Vincent Shadow, 11/01/2009, Little, Brown, and Company
  • Vincent Shadow: Toy Inventor, 8/03/2011, Little, Brown, and Company
  • Vincent Shadow: The Top Secret Toys, 11/02/2011, Little, Brown, and Company
  • Furious Jones and the Assassin's Secret, Coming spring 2014, Simon & Schuster

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Powell, Joy (15 March 2014). "Obituary: St. Paul inventor Tim Kehoe created the first colored bubbles". Star Tribune. Retrieved 13 September 2016.