Mark Hodder Explained

Mark Hodder is an English author, since 2008 living in Spain.^[1] His six-part series of 'Burton & Swinburne' steampunk novels opened with The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack, which went on to win the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award.^[2] The following two novels, The Curious Case of the Clockwork-Man and Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon, were released in 2011 and 2012 respectively to wide acclaim from fans of the genre,^[3] with the latter nominated for a Sidewise Award.^[4] His fourth novel in the Burton & Swinburne series, The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi,^[5] was also nominated for a Sidewise Award.^[6]

The standalone novel, A Red Sun Also Rises,^[7] released in December 2012, transplants a version of Victorian London to another planet.^[8]

In 2015, Hodder began writing a new series set in the far future, called The Oxford Equation.^{[9] [10]}

Hodder is a noted enthusiast for the character of Sexton Blake.^[11] He was an advisor to several reprint volumes of Blake stories, and the author of the first book in the relaunched sixth series of the Sexton Blake Library, 'The Silent Thunder Caper'.^[12]

Bibliography

Novels

• Book: Hodder, Mark . A red sun also rises . 2012 . Pyr . 978-1-61614-694-8-->.
• Book: Sexton Blake: The Silent Thunder Caper. 2014. 978-1-90903-121-0. Obverse Books.

Burton & Swinburne series

• Book: The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack. 2010. 978-1-61614-240-7. Pyr.
• Book: The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man. 2011. 978-1-907777-02-8. Pyr.
• Book: Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon. 2012. 978-1-61614-535-4. Pyr.
• Book: The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi. 2013. 978-1-61614-777-8. Pyr.
• Book: The Return of the Discontinued Man. 2014. 978-1-61614-905-5. Pyr.
• Book: The Rise of the Automated Aristocrats. 2015. 978-1-63388-052-8. Pyr. (published August 2015)

Short fiction

• "Blood of the Land" in Book: Zenith Lives!. 2011. 9780956560599. Obverse Books.

Critical studies and reviews of Hodder's work

A red sun also rises

• Di Filippo, Paul . On Books . August 2013 . Asimov's Science Fiction . 37 . 8 . 107–111 .

External links

• • Hodder's website dedicated to Sexton Blake
• Hodder's blog
• Hodder's Twitter account

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mark Hodder.
2. Web site: 2010 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced. February 25, 2012.
3. Web site: Mark Hodder . 4 July 2012.
4. http://www.sfsite.com/news/2013/07/01/sidewise-award-nominees-3/ Sidewise Award Nominees
5. Web site: The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi . 2 September 2012.
6. News: 2014 Sidewise Award Finalists . Locus. 2014-06-06 . 2014-06-06.
7. Web site: A Red Sun Also Rises . 4 July 2012.
8. Web site: A Red Sun Also Rises . 13 May 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140829224222/http://www.pyrsf.com/RedSunAlsoRises.html . 29 August 2014 .
9. Web site: The Oxford Equation - author's Facebook page for the series . 13 May 2015.
10. Web site: Author's tweet announcing The Oxford Equation . 13 May 2015.
11. http://www.sextonblake.co.uk Blakiana Website
12. http://obversebooks.co.uk/product/silent_thunder/ Silent Thunder Caper page