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Mark Hayden

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Born

The Black Country, The United Kingdom

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http://pawpress.co.uk

Genre

Crime, Thriller, Fantasy

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July 2014

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Author also writes under Ruth Ward

Mark Hayden is the nom de guerre of Adrian Attwood. He lives in Westmorland with his wife, Anne.

Adrian has had a varied career working for a brewery, teaching English and being the Town Clerk in Carnforth. He is now a part-time writer and part-time assistant in Anne's craft projects.

He is also proud to be the Mad Unky to his Great Nieces & Great Nephew.

His current writing project is the King’s Watch series of urban fantasy novels, from 13th Witch all the way down to Zero Hour. If he can keep it up. ...more

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Average rating: 4.28 · 27,156 ratings · 1,429 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	The 13th Witch (The King's Watch, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 4,328 ratings — published 2017 — 6 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 12 Dragons of Albion (The King's Watch, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 2,268 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Eleventh Hour (The King's Watch, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 2,035 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
	Tenfold (The King's Watch, #4) 4.34 avg rating — 1,765 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
	Nine of Wands (The King's Watch, #5) 4.32 avg rating — 1,628 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
	Eight Kings (The King's Watch, #6) 4.22 avg rating — 1,518 ratings — 3 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 Seventh Star (The King's Watch, #7) 4.37 avg rating — 1,381 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
	Six Furlongs (The Kings Watch, #8) 4.37 avg rating — 1,254 ratings — 3 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
	Five Leaf Clover (The King's Watch, #9) 4.39 avg rating — 1,109 ratings — 3 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
	Four Roads Cross (The King's Watch, #10) 4.32 avg rating — 1,094 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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Mark Hayden answered Debashish Goswami's question: Awesome read as usual. Quick question - is Mina based on a young Sakina Jaffery ? Also, what's the next book name, please ? Will you start tying up all the loose ends, especially Conrad's Larder of unfinished business ? At the rate you're going, I'm completely confident that CBC is off to Valhalla by Zero Hour or Peculiar Constable - but would be great if you could maybe do a time skip and pick up after 2 decades !! Greetings, Debashish, and thank you for your kind words. To answer your questions: No, Mina was not based on anyone in particular (in fact none of my characters are based on any one person – I tried to make them true to themselves) though obviously so See Full Answer
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Mark Hayden answered Ward Van's question: Hello Mark, do you have any say in the choice of narration in the audiobooks on Audible? I’m re-listening your more than excellent King’s Watch series in preparation of starting on Second Nature. Once again the question presents itself; why oh why was the second narrator introduced in the later books? Cairan Saward does a stellar job for both the male and female characters, but the second narrator… well, not realy. Hi there, Thank you so much for your kind words about the King's Watch. It still humbles me that readers (or listeners!) find enough in my writing to want to revisit the books. That's more than I ever hoped for. As an Indie author, I have complete cont See Full Answer
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“obfuscatory and sesquipedalian terminology.”
― Mark Hayden, A Serpent in Paradise

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“she’d brushed out her hair and added eye shadow and lipstick. She’d also swapped the sleeveless top for a loose, long-sleeved blouse. All of these changes made her look smarter, yes, and also younger.”
― Mark Hayden, Nine of Wands

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