Tim Kehoe was born on May 11, 1970. He was the author of the Vincent Shadow series and Furious Jones and the Assassin's Secret. He was also the inventor of numerous toy products, including the world's first colored bubbles Zubbles. In 2005, Zubbles was awarded the Popular Science Grand Prize for Innovation. He died unexpectedly on February 27, 2014 at the age of 43.
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