Mark Hodder

Mark Hodder is an English steampunk author, since 2008 living in Spain.^[1] His steampunk tetralogy Burton & Swinburne opened with The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack which went on to win the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award.^[2] The following two novels The Curious Case of the Clockwork-Man and Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon were released in 2011 and 2012 respectively to wide acclaim from fans of the genre, with Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon and The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi nominated for a Sidewise Award.^[3][4][5] A Red Sun Also Rises,^[6] was released in December, 2012. His most recent novel is also part of the Burton & Swinburne series and is called The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi.^[7] Next novel in the Burton & Swinburne series will be called The Return of the Discontinued Man and will be released in 2014.^[8]

Hodder is a noted enthusiast for the character of Sexton Blake.^[9] He was an advisor to several reprint volumes of Blake stories, and the author of the first book in the relaunched sixth series of the Sexton Blake Library, 'The Silent Thunder Caper'.^[10]

Bibliography

Novels

• Burton & Swinburne series^[11]
  • The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack. Pyr. 2010. ISBN 1-61614-240-5. 
  • The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man. Pyr. 2011. ISBN 1-907777-02-4. 
  • Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon. Pyr. 2012. ISBN 1-61614-535-8. 
  • The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi. Pyr. 2013. ISBN 978-1-61614-777-8. 
  • The Return of the Discontinued Man. Pyr. 2014. ISBN 978-1-61614-905-5. 
• A Red Sun Also Rises. Pyr. 2012. ISBN 978-1-61614-694-8. 

• Sexton Blake:The Silent Thunder Caper. Obverse Books. 2014. ISBN 978-1-90903-121-0. 

Short stories

• "Blood of the Land" in Zenith Lives!. Obverse Books. 2011. ISBN 9780956560599. 

References

External links

• Mark Hodder at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Hodder's website dedicated to Sexton Blake
• Hodder's blog
• Hodder's Twitter account