Angus Watson (born 4 September 1972) is a British novelist and journalist. His

epic fantasy High fantasy, or epic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy defined by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or plot. Brian Stableford, ''The A to Z of Fantasy Literature'', (p. 198), Scarecrow Pres ...

trilogy set in the British Iron Age began in 2014 with ''Age of Iron''. ''Clash of Iron'' was released in March 2015 and ''Reign of Iron'' was released in September 2015. His second trilogy, West of West, is the epic tale of Vikings crossing a fantasy North America a thousand years ago. He is published by

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

and

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imprint

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. Watson lives in London with his wife Nicola and son Charlie. He came up with the idea of writing a fantasy trilogy set in the Iron Age when exploring British hillforts for the ''Telegraph''. As a freelance journalist Watson has worked for the ''Telegraph'', the ''Times'' and the ''Financial Times'', writing features which included looking for Bigfoot in the USA (''Telegraph''), swimming with sea lions off the Galapagos Islands (''Times'') and diving on the scuppered German World War One fleet at Scapa Flow (''FT'').

Bibliography

*''Age of Iron'' (2014) *''Clash of Iron'' (2015) *''Reign of Iron'' (2015) *''You Die When You Die'' (2017) *''The Land You Never Leave'' (2018) *''Where Gods Fear to Go'' (2019)

Reception

''Age of Iron'' was chosen as one of

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's 'Best Fantasy Novels of 2014' and has been short listed for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for Best Debut Fantasy Fiction novel. The book was widely reviewed by the genre press and book bloggers.

Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of ...

said 'Watson’s tale is gore soaked and profanity laden—full of visceral combat and earthy humor, and laced with subtle magic'.

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called it 'intelligent and exciting'. Crime novelist

Christopher Brookmyre Christopher Brookmyre (born 6 September 1968) is a Scottish novelist whose novels, generally in a crime or police procedural frame, mix comedy, politics, social comment and action with a strong narrative. He has been referred to as a Tartan Noi ...

is also a fan.

References

External links

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Angus Watson at Publisher website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Angus 1972 births Living people British male novelists English fantasy writers Writers from London 21st-century British novelists 21st-century British short story writers 21st-century English male writers Alumni of the University of Bristol Writers from Hexham