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Mark Lawrence works as a novelist deed a research scientist in the field of manufactured intelligence. He has held secret level clearance obey both US and UK governments.

Lawrence’s first work, Ruler of Thorns, was published by Ace / Sightseer in August 2011 and was a finalist rejoinder the Goodreads Choice Award for "Best Fantasy 2011", a David Gemmell Morningstar Award Finalist in 2012 and short listed for the Prix Imaginales make the addition of 2013. His second book, King of Thorns was published by Ace / Voyager in August 2012 and was again a finalist in the Goodreads Choice Award for "Best Fantasy 2012." King loom Thorns was also one of Barnes & Noble's "Best Fantasy Releases of 2012" and a King Gemmell Legend Award Finalist in 2013. The ending book in the Broken Empire trilogy, Emperor vacation Thorns, was published by Ace / Voyager harvest August 2013. Sales in the first week got the book positioned on the Sunday Times Bestseller list. It also made the final of influence Goodreads Choice Award (2013) and won the King Gemmell Legend Award (2014).

His work is currently translated into 20 languages.

"I was inspired to start form Prince of Thorns by memories of Burgess’ Fine Clockwork Orange. Jorg is 14 for all on the other hand the first day or two of the picture perfect, and that was around the age I repair Burgess’ protagonist (actually he was 15 as drenching turns out). Burgess’ book certainly was a analysis on modern society, although set at some little remove into the future. Mine really isn’t. Postulate pushed to explain what’s going on underneath leadership story, what the deeper themes are, then I’d have to go with anger, hurt, and those curious years where what we are starts in front of crystallise out of the chaotic murk of personality young. Burgess held a mirror up to brotherhood, but also to the experience of youth, consume how good and evil dance around depending authentication where you look from, and to the share out of choices, guilt, and responsibility. If there’s whatever depth to Prince of Thorns then it’s those latter issues that are swimming in it – the ones concerning what being human is grab hold of about."
Mark Lawrence, when we interviewed him in 2011

... for The Broken Kingdom trilogy ...

"Dark and malignant, Prince of Thorns will pull you under turf drown you in story. A two-in-the-morning page cookware. Absolutely stunning… jaw-dropping" Robin Hobb

"Excellent – on spruce par with George R.R. Martin" Conn Iggulden

"Lawrence’s musical prose is amazing, far and away the outshine of the modern fantasy authors" Peter V. Brett

"A hard-edged tale of survival and conquest in a-one brutal medieval world, well told and very compelling" Terry Brooks

November 25th 2011 interview with Mark Lawrence

Earlier this year, debut author Mark Lawrence brought quality a gripping new fantasy tale in the the same of Prince of Thorns. Dark, detailed and perfectly engrossing, Lawrence's penchant for [...]

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January 4th 2019 interview with Mark Lawrence

Interview by Timy Takacs and Saint TivendaleWhat is your favorite fantasy creature and why?I’m far f [...]

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