Giles Kristian Giles Kristian#cite note-1| is an English 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 bestsellingGiles Kristian#cite note-2|Raven: Blood Eye, Giles Kristian#cite note-3| was published to great acclaim.Giles Kristian#cite note-4| Two further novels complete the Raven Saga; Sons of Thunder and Odin's Wolves, and to date the books have been published in eight languages.Giles Kristian#cite note-5| He has written two books set during the English Civil WarThe Bleeding Land and Brothers Fury published by Transworld Publishers. In 2015 he co-wrote Golden Lion with Wilbur Smith, part of Smith's bestselling Courtney series. This book was a no.1 bestseller across three continents. Kristian’s second Viking series, The Rise of Sigurd trilogy, comprises God of VengeanceWinter’s Fire and Wings of the Storm. Kristian worked as a narrative designer on the Multiplayer online survival roleplaying game', developed by encurio GmbH. Kristian’s latest novel, Lancelot, was published in 2018 and tells the story of one of the great figures of British myth and legend. It reached No. 6 in The Sunday Times bestseller list and No. 3 in The Times bestseller list. Giles is also the co-founder of UK based production company World Serpent Productions http://www.worldserpentproductions.com, for which he writes and produces, his 2016 short film ' was selected for the 2017 Aesthetica film festival, and the 2017 Midlands Movies Awards. Kristian is an executive producer for World Serpent Productions debut feature film due for release in winter 2018.
Background
Giles Kristian was born in 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 groupUpside Down, achieving three 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 companyEmpire Design.
