Adrian Dawson (born 26 January 1971) is a British author of
thriller
Thriller may refer to:
* Thriller (genre), a broad genre of literature, film and television
** Thriller film, a film genre under the general thriller genre
Comics
* ''Thriller'' (DC Comics), a comic book series published 1983–84 by DC Comics i ...
and
horror fiction, currently best known for his 2010 debut novel, ''Codex''.
''Codex'' was written in 1999, and Dawson was signed to the
Christopher Little Literary Agency on the strength of the novel, but they failed to find a publisher. ''Codex'' deals with
cryptology, religion and high-end technology, with one publisher stating that most readers would turn to non-fiction, rather than fiction, for such subject matter. With the advent of the
iPad, Dawson's novel was published in
ebook
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format, where it achieved a place on the UK
iBook Store's Best Seller list and was printed in November 2010.
Dawson's second Novel ''Sequence'' was released in the UK on 5 September 2011 to wide critical acclaim, with ''SciFi Now'' magazine, calling Dawson "the new kid on the Block" and Terry Halligan of ''Euro-Crime'' saying that ''Sequence'' is "a very powerful story, of an intensity which makes it the best that I've read this year".
Euro-Crime: Review of "Sequence"
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References
Other sources
* ttp://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/books/fiction/article3155087.ece Peter Millar's review of "Sequence" in The Times
External links
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British thriller writers
British horror writers
British science fiction writers
Living people
1971 births
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