Mark Walden (born 1972) is the author of the

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series of novels. He was a senior producer in charge of developing

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games for Sony before taking up writing full-time.

Personal life

Walden spent seven years at

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, an independent co-educational day

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, before studying for a BA in English

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and an MA in Twentieth Century Literature, Film and

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. Walden has a wife, Sarah, a daughter, Megan, and a cat called Marge. He spent ten years as a video games designer and producer before leaving the games industry to write and become a full-time father. H.I.V.E., published in September 2006, was Walden's debut novel. It was selected as a winner in

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's 'Best Kids' Books Ever' competition and

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has optioned the film rights. Walden has since produced seven more books in the series, with another, Aftershock, released in August 2011 and the semi-sequel Deadlock, released in June 2013. Walden describes himself as "the world's laziest man".

H.I.V.E.

H.I.V.E. (aka. Higher Institute of Villainous Education) is a series of

young adult fiction Young adult literature (YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as family dysfunction, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality. It is characterized by simpler world build ...

novels by Mark Walden. H.I.V.E. is a top secret school in which children learn the skills to become criminal masterminds. Only children who have already been noticed having some villainous skill are accepted to this school.

Otto Malpense ''H.I.V.E.'' (short for ''Higher Institute of Villainous Education'') is a series of young adult novels by Mark Walden. Overview H.I.V.E., the Higher Institute of Villainous Education, is a top-secret school inside an active volcano. The scho ...

is a thirteen-year-old criminal genius, who has been handpicked along with others-the smartest, most athletic, technologically advanced kids in the world to be part of H.I.V.E. But once Otto has entered the school, he discovers that it is not all what it seems, and sets out to unfold the mystery behind the school and its organization.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walden, Mark Living people 1972 births Alumni of Newcastle University English children's writers English fantasy writers People educated at Bablake School Writers from Coventry