Biography

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I was born in 1981 to an Indian mother and an English father. (That’s why I’ve got a strange middle name that no one seems to be able to pronounce.) I took a degree in Environmental Science, did some dire part-time jobs, and then worked in a bookshop while living in a caravan (I needed somewhere cheap, very quickly, and I wasn’t made of money.)

I moved into an editorial position at the Black Flame imprint, which published media tie-in fiction for the franchises New Line Cinema and 2000 AD. Later, I helped create Solaris, a mass market, original SF, Fantasy and Horror imprint. About that time, I sold a couple of novels to Pan Macmillan (Tor UK), and I’ve recently sold another new series to them.

I currently work in Nottingham, UK, where I write novels and the occasional environmental book review for The Ecologist.

Here, I’ll talk about all sorts of random stuff, mostly things to do with genre, writing, environmental issues or whisky. There’s so much rubbish written about writing online, that I think many people forget about the rich resource of ideas available. That’s why I see this blog more as a digital writer’s scrapbook: ideas, impressions, things to promote contemplation. Not yet another writing lecture.

If you want to drop me a line, please feel free to do so using the above links – it’s always nice to hear from people!

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Nothing I say represents the opinions of my employer. My thoughts are entirely my own and, if linked to, should be attributed specifically to Mark Charan Newton.