Mark Charan Newton
Mark Charan Newton | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Notable works | The Legends of the Red Sun |
| Website | |
| http://markcnewton.com/ | |
Mark Charan Newton is a British Fantasy author. He is best known for his fantasy series The Legends of the Red Sun, published by Pan Macmillan (Tor UK).[1] He was also a reviewer for The Ecologist, UK's oldest ecological magazine. [2]
Biography
Mark Charan Newton was born in 1981, to an English father and Indian mother. His first and last names are English in origin, while his middle name is Indian in origin. He has a degree in Environmental Science and currently lives in Nottingham, UK.
He worked for a some time at the bookstore chain Ottakar's. It was during this time that he decided to start writing. This decision was influenced by reading China Mieville's novel, The Scar). At 23 years of age, he joined the publishing industry, working for the imprint Black Flame. He also co-founded an imprint called Solaris, which was later sold in 2009. In 2007, he sold rights for two books to Tor UK.
Bibliography
Like China Mieville, Mark Charan Newton describes his works as "New Weird".
The Legends of the Red Sun
- Nights of Villjamur (2009)
- City of Ruin (2010)
- The Book of Transformations
- The Broken Isles