Giles Kristian

Giles Kristian (born 1975)[1] is a novelist, known for his action adventure novels in the historical fiction genre. He is best known for his Raven series, about a young man’s coming of age amongst a band of Viking warriors. His first novel, the bestselling[2] Raven: Blood Eye, [3] was published to great acclaim (including an accolade from Bernard Cornwell).[4] Two further novels complete the Raven Saga, Sons of Thunder and Odin's Wolves, and to date the books have been published in five languages.[5] Currently, he is writing the second book in a new series set during the English Civil War.[6] The first of these The Bleeding Land was published in April 2012.[7]

Background

Giles Kristian was born in Leicestershire to a Norwegian mother and an English father.[8] During the 90s he was selected from 8000 hopefuls[9] to become lead singer of the pop group Upside Down, achieving four top twenty hit records with the boyband[10] and performing at such venues as the Royal Albert Hall, N.E.C. and Wembley Arena. As a singer songwriter he signed to the record label The M-Company and toured for two years in Europe, releasing the record I Just Wanna Know in 2001.[11] He has worked as a model, appearing in press campaigns and TV commercials. He has been an advertising copywriter and lived for nearly three years in New York where he wrote copy for movie marketing company Empire Design.

Works

Raven saga

Civil War series

References

  1. ↑ Interviews (2009-04-08). "Giles Kristian, author of Raven: Blood Eye". Bookgeeks.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  2. ↑ "Giles Kristian | Historical Writers' Association". Thehwa.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  3. ↑ "Raven: Blood Eye | Giles Kristian | Author of the Raven series". Giles Kristian. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  4. ↑ Raven: Blood Eye ISBN 978-0-593-06162-6
  5. ↑ "Giles Kristian". Amheath.com. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  6. ↑ "Book Trade Announcements - Transworld Acquisition: Viking Author Looks Forward To Waging Civil War". booktrade.info. 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  7. ↑ Cameron, Christian (2009-09-09). "The Bleeding Land: Amazon.co.uk: Giles Kristian: Books". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  8. ↑ "Giles Kristian (Author of Blood Eye)". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  9. ↑ From Pop to Published (2009-03-13). "Leicester - Features - From Pop to Published". BBC. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  10. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 577. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  11. ↑ "Giles Kristian Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2011-10-31.

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