Adrian Dawson
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Adrian Dawson is a British author of thriller and horror fiction, currently best known for his 2010 debut novel Codex.
Codex was written in 1999, and Dawson was signed to the Christopher Little Literary Agency,[1] on the strength of the novel, but they failed to find a publisher. Codex deals with cryptology, religion and high-end technology, with one publisher stating that most readers would turn to non-fiction, rather than fiction for such subject matter[1] - that self same publisher was thanked by Dan Brown
in the 2003 published The Da Vinci Code
.
However, with the advent of the iPad
, Dawson's novel was published in ebook format where it stormed the UK iBookstore's Best Seller list [2] and was printed in November 2010.
Dawson's second Novel 'Sequence' was released in the Uk on 5 September 2011 to wide critical acclaim, with Sci Fi Now! Magazine, calling Dawson "the new kid on the Block" and Terry Halligan of Eurocrime saying that Sequence is "a very powerful story, of an intensity which makes it the best that I've read this year" [3]
Codex was written in 1999, and Dawson was signed to the Christopher Little Literary Agency,[1] on the strength of the novel, but they failed to find a publisher. Codex deals with cryptology, religion and high-end technology, with one publisher stating that most readers would turn to non-fiction, rather than fiction for such subject matter[1] - that self same publisher was thanked by Dan Brown
Dan Brown
Dan Brown is an American author of thriller fiction, best known for the 2003 bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code. Brown's novels, which are treasure hunts set in a 24-hour time period, feature the recurring themes of cryptography, keys, symbols, codes, and conspiracy theories...
in the 2003 published The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery-detective novel written by Dan Brown. It follows symbologist Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu as they investigate a murder in Paris's Louvre Museum and discover a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus having been married to...
.
However, with the advent of the iPad
IPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
, Dawson's novel was published in ebook format where it stormed the UK iBookstore's Best Seller list [2] and was printed in November 2010.
Dawson's second Novel 'Sequence' was released in the Uk on 5 September 2011 to wide critical acclaim, with Sci Fi Now! Magazine, calling Dawson "the new kid on the Block" and Terry Halligan of Eurocrime saying that Sequence is "a very powerful story, of an intensity which makes it the best that I've read this year" [3]
Sources
- http://www.lastpassage.com/Bios.html
- http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Ups-downs-Nottingham-author/article-2471917-detail/article.html
- http://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/codex/id365801187?mt=11
- http://www.eurocrime.co.uk/reviews/Sequence.html
- http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/books/fiction/article3155087.ece - Peter Millar's review of Sequence in The Times