Gordon Bowker is an American entrepreneur. He started out as a writer, was one of the founders of Starbucks, and co-owned Peet's Coffee and Tea, and Redhook Ale Brewery. He attended The University of San Francisco and wrote biographies about George Orwell, Malcolm Lowry and Lawrence Durrell. For other meanings of the name Starbuck, see Starbuck. ... Peets Coffee & Tea is a specialty coffee roaster and retailer. ... The Redhook Ale Brewery, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, is a brewer of craft beers, with operations in Woodinville, Washington and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. ... The University of San Francisco (often abbreviated USF) is a private, coeducational Jesuit university in the United States. ... Sir Thomas Malory wrote the most famous fictional biography of the Middle Ages with Le Morte dArthur about the life of King Arthur. ... George Orwell, on the cover of a 2005 biography by Gordon Bowker Eric Arthur Blair (June 25, 1903–January 21, 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was a British author and journalist. ... Malcolm Lowry (July 28, 1909 – June 26, 1957) was an English poet and novelist. ... Lawrence George Durrell (February 27, 1912 – November 7, 1990) was a British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer, though he resisted affiliation with Britain and preferred to be considered cosmopolitan. ...

Books

• Through the Dark Labyrinth: Biography of Lawrence Durrell, Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, ISBN 1856194485
• Pursued By Furies : A Life of Malcolm Lowry, Vintage Canada, ISBN 0394223853
• George Orwell, Abacus, ISBN 0349115516

Gordon Bowker, the US entrepreneur educated at University of California at San Francisco, is a different person from Gordon Bowker, the British biographer of Lowry, Durrell and Orwell, who was educated at Nottingham and London Universities.