About the event

Defying conventions, breaking the mould and meeting with the devil - all in a days work for these two authors and their literary creations.

Chaired by Eleanor Pender

About the speakers

Mark Alder is one of the pseudonyms author and journalist Mark Barrowcliffe. A one-time stand-up comedian, he is the author of mainstream fiction and non-fiction, and also writes for the national press. He also writes the internationally acclaimed Wolfangel novels under author pseudonym M.D. Lachlan. Son of the Night is the second book in a new fantasy series and was published by Gollancz in 2017. Mark lives with his wife and children in Brighton.

Rod Duncan writes alternate history, fantasy and contemporary crime. His novels have been shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick Award, the East Midlands Book Award and the John Creasey Dagger of the Crime Writers’ Association. A dyslexic with a background in scientific research, he now lectures in creative writing at DeMontfort University. Some might say that he is obsessed with boundary markers, naive 18th Century gravestones and forming friendships with crows. But he says he is interested in the way things change.

Find out more about: Mark Alder and Rod Duncan!