Conn Iggulden

Conn Iggulden is a English author, who mainly writes historical fiction. Born in 1971, he attended St. Martins School in Northwood before moving on to Merchant Taylors' School. He studied English at the University of London, and went on to teach the subject for seven years, becoming head of the English department at St Gregory's Roman Catholic School in London. He eventually left teaching to write his first novel, The Gates of Rome. He is married with three children and lives in Hertfordshire, England.^[1]

Works

Historical fiction

Iggulden's debut book was the The Gates of Rome, the first in a four-part series entitled Emperor. The series is based around the life of Julius Caesar, from childhood (The Gates of Rome) to his eventual betrayal and death (The Gods of War). The film option has been sold to Spitfire Productions (an Intermedia company).

The author has indicated that in the future he may write a fifth book that deals with the events after the end of The Gods of War. He mentions the possibility in the "Historical note" of the fourth book.

After completing the Emperor series, Iggulden began research for his next series of books, the Conqueror series, based on the life of Mongol warlords Genghis and Kublai Khan. His first book was available from 2007. Bones of the Hills , the third in the series, was released on 1 September 2008. Iggulden has confirmed on his official website that he will be writing 3 more books on Kublai Khan and then one more Emperor book.

Childrens books

Iggulden co-wrote a book with his brother Hal, The Dangerous Book for Boys. It covers around eighty topics, from building a soapbox racer and tying knots, to learning about famous battles and how to make potassium aluminium sulphate crystals[1]. It was released in the UK in June 2006 and reprinted a month later, selling over 500,000 copies in the United Kingdom.

On 28 March 2007, The Dangerous Book for Boys was voted Book of the Year at the Galaxy British Book Awards.

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On September 2009 he wrote a children's book Tollins: Explosive Tales for Children through Harpercollins. Tollins are described as such on the book's website,"Tollins are not fairies. Though they both have wings, fairies are delicate creatures and much smaller. Tollins are also a lot less fragile than fairies. In fact, the word 'fragile' can't really be used about them at all. They are about as fragile as a housebrick!" Iggulden has written three stories to accompany the story of the Tollins. ^[2]

Other works

In March 2006, Iggulden released a novelette entitled Blackwater, part of the Quick Reads initiative of World Book Day 2006. Being a thriller, Blackwater is a change in genre for Iggulden who has mainly written historical fiction.

Bibliography

Emperor series

• The Gates of Rome (2003)
• The Death of Kings (2004)
• The Field of Swords (2005)
• The Gods of War (2006)
• Untitled fifth book (TBA)

Conqueror series

• Wolf of the Plains (titled Genghis: Birth of an Empire in North America) (2007)
• Lords of the Bow (titled Genghis: Lords of the Bow in North America) (2008)
• Bones of the Hills (titled Genghis: Bones of the Hills in North America) (2008)
• Ogedai: Empire of Silver (Due 2010)
• 2 untitled fifth and sixth books (TBA)

Dangerous books

• The Dangerous Book for Boys (2007) (with Hal Iggulden)
• The Pocket Dangerous Book for Boys: Things to Do (2007) (with Hal Iggulden)
• The Dangerous Book for Boys Yearbook (2007) (with Hal Iggulden)
• The Pocket Dangerous Book for Boys: Things to Know (2008) (with Hal Iggulden)
• The Pocket Dangerous Book for Boys: Wonders of the World (2008) (with Hal Iggulden)
• The Pocket Dangerous Book for Boys: Facts, Figures and Fun (2008) (with Hal Iggulden)
• The Dangerous Book of Heroes (2009) (with David Iggulden)

Other

• Blackwater (2006)
• Tollins: Explosive Tales for Children (September 2009)

References

External links

• Conn Iggulden Official Website
• Conn Iggulden page on publisher HarperCollins' website
• Conn Iggulden page on the website of Agent A.M. Heath & Company
• Information about the 'Quick Reads' initiative on World Book Day 2006
• Conn Iggulden on Fantastic Fiction
• Conn Iggulden at the Internet Book List