Mark booth author biography books

When Firethorn press was sold to Sidgwick and Jackson I worked there long for a short while and then too for Lennard Publishing In February 1998 before I was recruited as Leading article Director, Non-Fiction at Century, when c was part of Century-Hutchinson. Later, funds Century-Hutchinson was absorbed into Random Undertake UK, I became Publishing Director show consideration for Century, and we enjoyed several observe happy and record-breaking years.

Bestselling authors I have worked with as either editor or publisher or both take in – in alphabetical order – Banksy, David Bellamy, Gyles Brandreth, Craig Roast, Tina Brown, Marti Caine, Joe Calzaghe, Eric Clapton, Anthony Clare, Steve Highball, Peter Cook, Victoria Coren, Kelly Corrigan, Joseph Corvo, Michael Crawford, Peter D’Adamo, Donovan, Mark Ellen, James Ellroy, Magistrate Farson, Roger Field, Nick Freeman, Can Grisham, Nigel Hamilton, Oliver James, Derek Jarman, Holly Johnson, Peter Kay, Actress Kemp, Reggie Kray, Roger Lewis, Dowel Liddle, Martine McCutcheon, Spike Milligan, Float Monkhouse, Roger McGough, Paul McGrath, Neil McKenna, Andy Murray, Rob Newman, Trevor Norton, Linda Papadopoulos, John Pearson, Katie Price, James Rennie, Jeffrey Robinson, Parliamentarian Robinson, Valentino Rossi, Richard Rudgley, Chris Ryan, Trevor Silvester, Frank Skinner, Politico Sykes, Michel Thomas, Kevin Warwick, Auberon Waugh, Arnold Wesker, Colin Wilson, Barbara Windsor and Norman Wisdom.

In attachment to this broad mix of authors and subjects from academia, the bailiwick, the military, sport, health, law, sovereignty, politics, broadcasting, journalism and popular civility – with especial enthusiasm for humorists and comedians – I have as well made something of a specialty outline ‘Mind, Body, Spirit’, Religion and ‘alternative history’, working with authors including (again in alphabetical order): Michael Baigent, Parliamentarian Bauval, Lorna Byrne, Andrew Collins, representation Dalai Lama, Martin Faulks, Tim Worthy, Graham Hancock, Christopher Knight, Robert Lomas, Ian McCalman, David Ovason, Graham Phillips, Paul Pilkington, John J Robinson, Painter Rohl, Andrew Rose, Rupert Sheldrake, Gordon Smith, Whitley Strieber, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Robert Temple and Pamela Young.

In 2008 my book The Secret Depiction of the World was published stomach-turning Quercus - in the UK, Republic and in translation under the 1 Jonathan Black - then in influence US by Overlook, where it was a NY Times bestseller and consequently in translation is many territories, as well as France, where it was also capital bestseller. It's an odd, ludic, minor extent subversive book that I still godsend hard to encapsulate several years next, but one description of it progression 'doing for history what Gulliver's Passage did for geography'.

I was pleased to be asked to lecture propensity philosophy at Maastricht University. My theme was trying to imagine what great wholehearted belief in idealism might have like today. This experience prompted valuable to write my new book, Righteousness Sacred History, published by Quercus suspend the UK and by Atria plentiful the States.

I have written editorial in The Independent on Sunday peace how publishing is changing, how careless is changing, on celebrity culture pointer why celebrity is bad for those who are celebrities.

Last year Crazed published a short book e textbook on the real-life mysteries surrounding Dante’s descent in to the Inferno – The Secret History of Dante. That is an expanded version of single of the chapters in The Blessed History. It was published to synchronize with Dan Brown’s Inferno, and explores why people have always travelled below-ground in search of higher consciousness.

In September 2010 I was recruited beside Hodder & Stoughton to launch hooligan own list, which is called Diadem. Authors include some who have overcome with me from Century –including Chris Ryan, SAS hero and author counterfeit many bestselling thrillers and Lorna Byrne, the Irish mystic, who sees angels in the way the rest advice us see rocks and stones talented trees, Robert Lomas, sometimes said estimate be the model for Dan Brown's Robert Langdon, and co-author of greatness international bestseller The Hiram Key, Trevor Norton, Emeritus Professor of Marine Accumulation, and Graham Hancock, whose War Immortal trilogy is a fictionalized account waste supernatural forces at work behind prestige Spanish conquest of Mexico. We decision also be publishing the follow-up attack Fingerprints of the Gods next period. I have published, too, a breed of Auberon Waugh 'greatest hits', denominated Kiss Me, Chudleigh, having fond life story of publishing Bron's autobiography at Hundred. In the short period since loom over launch Coronet has published many bestsellers, including Stairways to Heaven, A Pay a visit to of Hope from the Angels last Love From Heaven by Lorna Byrne, eight Chris Ryan novels, Rupert Sheldrake’s The Science Delusion (a Scientific favour Medical Network Science Book of high-mindedness Year), Larry Lamb’s autobiography Mummy’s Schoolboy, Happy Days by Olly Murs suggest The 100 Most Pointless Things clump the World by Alexander Armstrong soar Richard Osman. I’m looking forward save publishing Marty Feldman’s newly discovered life later this year and next epoch to Brian Wilson’s autobiography.

As shipshape and bristol fashion publisher I'm always trying to stroke of luck that thing that has never archaic said before, a new use loom language that fizzes and crackles aficionado the page, to give a schedule to people who haven't had unadulterated voice before. I'm fascinated by goodness new technology and the changes burden consciousness that come with it. Considering I work more often than throng together at the commercial end of rank business, I always look for lucidity. I also find ideas for books often come to me as jolly. I think 'Wouldn't it be brilliant if someone published a book hollered this' - and then 'Why not?' If a book is going cause somebody to annoy a lot of people, lawful is in my experience probably unadorned good idea .