Mark Robson (writer)

For other people named Mark Robson, see Mark Robson (disambiguation).

Mark Robson (born 1966) is a British author of Young Adult fantasy novels.

Biography

Robson was born in Wanstead, East London, in 1966 and was raised near Carmarthen, Wales. In 1982 he won a scholarship to join the RAF as a pilot and remained in the RAF for over twenty years, flying Victor air-to-air refuelling tankers for three years, then as a flying instructor on Jet Provost and Tucano training aircraft for four years and was then based for eight years at Brize Norton, Oxon, as copilot, captain and instructor on the VC10 aircraft.^[1][2]

While based on the Falkland Islands in 1995 weather conditions were too bad to fly in, his navigator said "Oh, for goodness sake! Do something useful. Go write a book or something!". His first published series was the Darkweaver Legacy.

Works

The Darkweaver Legacy

Robson's first series of 4 books, self published under Sword Publishing. Set in a fantasy world they follow young protagonist Calvyn.

• The Forging of the Sword (2000, ISBN 0953819000)
• Trail of the Huntress (2001, ISBN 0953819019)
• First Sword (2002, ISBN 0953819027)
• The Chosen One (2003, ISBN 0953819035)'

The Imperial Trilogy

Robson's first professionally published series. Set in the same world as The Darkweaver Legacy, it takes up on the aftermath, but follows one of the smaller characters from Darkweaver, Femke, and a new character, Reynik.

• Imperial Spy (2006, ISBN 141690185X)
• Imperial Assassin (2006, ISBN 1416901868)
• Imperial Traitor(2007, ISBN 1847380352)

Dragon Orb

Dragon Orb is set in a fictional world separate to Robson's previous series, and has some chapters set in a WWI time Earth. Four dragon riders are given a mission to save the 'oracle'.

• Firestorm (2008, ISBN 1847380689)
• Shadow (2008 ISBN 1847380697)
• Longfang (2009, ISBN 1847380700)
• Aurora (2009, ISBN 184738448X)

References

1. ^ "About Mark Robson". http://www.markrobsonauthor.com/about/. Retrieved 19 February 2010. 
2. ^ "Mark Robson Revealed". Simon & Schuster. http://authors.simonandschuster.co.uk/Mark-Robson/62644632/author_revealed. Retrieved 19 February 2010. 

External links

• Official site
• Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles Forum
• Mark Robson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Date of birth	1966
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