Giles Kristian
Giles Kristian (born 1975) 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 bestselling "Raven: Blood Eye," was published to great acclaim (including an accolade from Bernard Cornwell). 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. He has written two books set during the English Civil War "The 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 Vengeance" (a "Times" Book of the Year) "Winter’s Fire" and "Wings of the Storm". Kristian worked as a narrative designer on the Multiplayer online survival roleplaying game "Valnir Rok", developed by encurio GmbH. Kristian's novel, "Lancelot", published in 2018 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. Its sequel "Camelot", was published in May 2020. Kristian is also the co-founder of UK based production company World Serpent Productions, for which he writes and produces; his 2016 short film, "The Last Viking", (written and produced by Kristian and directed by Philip Stevens) 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 "Lapwing", due for release in winter 2020. Background. Giles  Kristian was born in Leicestershire, England, to a Norwegian mother and an English father. During the 1990s, he was selected from 8000 hopefuls to become lead singer of the pop group Upside Down, achieving three top twenty hit records in the UK Singles Chart with the boy band, 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 the movie marketing company, Empire Design.