Conn Iggulden is a British author, who mainly writes historical fiction. In 2005, he released the fourth book in the best-selling Emperor series.
Iggulden was 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.
His writing influences include universally acclaimed historical novelists like Patrick O'Brian, David Gemmell, Bernard Cornwell, George MacDonald Fraser, Wilbur Smith and C. S. Forester. Iggulden is also a lover of poetry, and his favourites include If by Rudyard Kipling.
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 very loosely based around the life of Julius Caesar, from childhood (The Gates of Rome) to his eventual betrayal and death (The Gods of War).
The series has been released, and well received internationally. 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. Conn Iggulden has confirmed via email to a fan that he will indeed write a fifth book after concluding his Conqueror series.
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 September 1, 2008. Conn 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 titled 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 on June 5, 2006. The book sold out its first print run very quickly and was reprinted in late July 2006.
The Dangerous Book for Boys has now gone on to sell 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.
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
Conqueror series
Dangerous books
Other
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