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Sean Michael Wilson is a comic book writer from Scotland. He has had around 30 books published with a variety of US, UK and Japanese publishers, including: a comic book version of A Christmas Carol ('Best of 2008’, Sunday Times), AX:alternative manga ( 'Best ten books of 2010’, Publishers Weekly), Parecomic (with an introduction by Noam Chomsky, his first contribution to a book in graphic form). He is currently writing books for big Japanese publisher Kodansha, being the only British writer to do so. In fact, he is the only pro manga writer from Britain who lives in Japan. He is also the editor of the critically acclaimed collection 'AX:alternative manga' (Publishers Weekly's 'Best ten books of 2010' and nominated for a Harvey award).

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	Wuthering Heights The Graphic Novel: Original Text by Sean Michael Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Adapted by), John M. Burns (Illustrator), Emily Brontë 3.84 avg rating — 955 ratings — published 2011 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yakuza Moon: The True Story of a Gangster's Daughter by Sean Michael Wilson (Goodreads Author), Michiru Morikawa (illustrator), Shōko Tendō 3.73 avg rating — 501 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lafcadio Hearn's "The Faceless Ghost" and Other Macabre Tales from Japan: A Graphic Novel by Sean Michael Wilson (Goodreads Author), Michiru Morikawa (Illustrator) 3.49 avg rating — 509 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Five Rings: A Graphic Novel by Sean Michael Wilson (Goodreads Author), Chie Kutsuwada (Illustrator), William Scott Wilson (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 418 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	AX Volume 1: A Collection of Alternative Manga by Sean Michael Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katsuo Kawai, Nishioka Kyoudai 3.33 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Christmas Carol: The Graphic Novel by Sean Michael Wilson (Goodreads Author) (adaptor), Charles Dickens (original author) 3.97 avg rating — 357 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 47 Ronin: A Graphic Novel by Sean Michael Wilson (Goodreads Author), Akiko Shimojima (Illustrator) 3.34 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady Murasaki's Tale of Genji: The Manga Edition by Sean Michael Wilson (Goodreads Author), Inko Ai Takita (Illustrator) 3.03 avg rating — 198 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Musashi (A Graphic Novel) by Sean Michael Wilson (Goodreads Author), Michiru Morikawa (Illustrator) 3.57 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bushido: The Soul of the samurai [a graphic novel] by Sean Michael Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Adapter), Akiko Shimojima (Illustrator), Inazō Nitobe 3.57 avg rating — 102 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The excellent web site run by journalist and writer, Amy Chavez, has a spotlight on the classic novel Wuthering Heights, and since they are enlightened enough to realize how wonderful comic books are they asked me to do an article for them on comic books.
And they have just put up this interview with little me to go along with their spotlight on Wuthering Heights, mentioning our graphic novel versi Read more of this blog post »

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Thus Spoke Zarathustra

by Frederich Nietzsche

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The Art of War: (Miniature book)

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Les Misérables

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