Mark Walden

Mark Walden
Occupation	Writer, Video games designer/producer
Language	English
Education	BA in English Literature, MA in Twentieth Century Literature, Film and Television.
Genres	Fantasy action
Notable work(s)	H.I.V.E. (series)
Spouse(s)	Sarah Walden
Children	Megan Walden

Mark Walden (born 1973) is the award-winning author of the H.I.V.E. series of novels. He was a senior producer in charge of developing Playstation games for Sony before taking up writing full time.

Personal life

Walden spent seven years at Bablake School, an independent co-educational day school in Coventry, before studying for a BA in English Literature and an MA in Twentieth Century Literature, Film and Television at Newcastle University.^[1][2] Walden has a wife, Sarah, a daughter, Megan, and a cat called Marge. He spent ten years as a video games designer and producer before leaving the games industry to write and become a full-time father.^[1][3]

H.I.V.E., published in September 2008, was Walden's debut novel.^[4] It was selected as a winner in Richard and Judy’s ‘Best Kids’ Books Ever' competition and Paramount Pictures has optioned the film rights.^[5] Walden has since produced five more books in the series, with another, Aftershock, released in August 2011. Walden describes himself as "the world's laziest man".^[6]

H.I.V.E.

Main article: H.I.V.E. (series)

H.I.V.E. (aka. Higher Institute of Villainous Education) is a series of young-adult fiction novels by Mark Walden. H.I.V.E. is a top secret school in which children learn the skills to become criminal masterminds. Only children who have already been noticed having some villainous skill are accepted to this school. Otto Malpense is a thirteen year old criminal genius, who has been handpicked along with others-the smartest, most athletic, technologically advanced kids in the world to be part of H.I.V.E. But once Otto has entered the school, he discovers that is it not all what it seems, and sets out to unfold the mystery behind the school and its organization.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mark Walden: Biography". Simon & Schuster. http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Mark-Walden/41154149/biography. Retrieved 8 April 2010. 
2. ^ Walden; Mark (2008). "Mark Walden - profile". Linked In. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mark-walden/28/120/612. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
3. ^ Walden; Mark. "Mark Walden". Friends Reunited. http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/profile/131550/2EA7198BAD20EABC2E4B527C8936E93A. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
4. ^ "First News - Interview with Mark Walden". First News. 2009. http://www.firstnews.co.uk/discover/interview-with-mark-walden-author-of-hive-i29. Retrieved 8 March 2011. 
5. ^ Walden; Mark (2009). "Bloomsbury Publishing - H.I.V.E. Author". http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lr53Hrmfm1AJ:www.bloomsbury.com/childrens/authors/details.aspx%3Ftpid%3D3230+%22Mark+Walden%22%2Bauthor&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&source=www.google.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2011. 
6. ^ Walden; Mark (2009). "World's Laziest Man". www.markwalden.net. http://www.markwalden.net/blog/?page_id=27. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• Mark Walden at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Date of birth	1973
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