Mark Wheaton

Mark Wheaton is the award-winning author of EMILY ETERNAL (Grand Central, 2019, written as M.G. Wheaton) which has been translated into 5 languages, and was named one of the Best Science Fiction Novels of the Year by the Financial Times. Booklist called it cleverly written and said "Fans of Andy Weir and Blake Crouch will enjoy the wit and action of Emily's story.” Mark also wrote an LA-set crime trilogy. the first of which, FIELDS OF WRATH, sold over 200,000 copies (Thomas & Mercer, 2016-2017). Most recently he’s the author of THE QUAKE CITIES (Severn House, 2021), about which Booklist said: "This post-apocalyptic novel will appeal to fans across genres, and the resoundingly hopeful conclusion is a welcome message.” Kirkus Reviews calls his upcoming novel, WRAITH, "an involving and fast-moving family-ghost thriller…” His first horror short story appeared in the 2021 Stoker Award-nominated anthology, WORST LAID PLANS, from Grindhouse Press. Subsequently, he has had horror shorts published in anthologies from Dark Peninsula Press, Sentinel Creatives, Blood Song Books, Macabre Ladies, 18th Wall, HellBound Books, Excessive Nuance, Bag of Bones Press, Dead Sea Press, Fedowar Press, Black Hart, and more. He has also worked as a screenwriter (FRIDAY THE 13TH, THE MESSENGERS, VOICE FROM THE STONE, etc.), comic book writer (Dark Horse's THE CLEANERS), video game scribe (F.E.A.R. franchise), and journo for movie magazines like FANGORIA, SFX, TOTAL FILM, and more.