Giles Kristian
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Giles Kristian 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 Raven: Blood Eye, was published to great acclaim (including an accolade from Bernard Cornwell
). 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. Currently, he is writing the second book in a new series set during the English Civil War
. The first of these, titled The Bleeding Land, is due for publication in April 2012.
to a Norwegian mother and an English father. During the 90s he was selected from 8000 hopefuls to become lead singer of the pop group Upside Down, achieving four top twenty hit records with the boyband 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. 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.
Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell OBE is an English author of historical novels. He is best known for his novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe which were adapted into a series of Sharpe television films.-Biography:...
). 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. Currently, he is writing the second book in a new series set during the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
. The first of these, titled The Bleeding Land, is due for publication in April 2012.
Background
Giles Kristian was born in LeicestershireLeicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
to a Norwegian mother and an English father. During the 90s he was selected from 8000 hopefuls to become lead singer of the pop group Upside Down, achieving four top twenty hit records with the boyband and performing at such venues as the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
, N.E.C. and Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena is an indoor arena, at Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium.-History:...
. 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. 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.
Raven saga
- 2010 Raven: Blood Eye
- 2011 Raven: Sons of Thunder
- 2012 Raven: Odin's Wolves