Evan Winter | |
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Born | England |
Occupation | Writer |
Known for | The Rage of Dragons, The Fires of Vengeance |
Website | evanwinter |
Evan Winter is a Canadian author of epic fantasy. [1] His first novel, The Rage of Dragons, was originally self-published in 2017. [2] In 2020, TIME named it one of the 100 best fantasy books of all time. [3] A sequel, called The Fires of Vengeance, was published in 2020. [4]
Following its initial publication, Orbit Books re-released The Rage of Dragons and signed Winter to a four-book deal. The Rage of Dragons was on the long list of the CBC's 2020 Canada Reads . [5]
Winter was born in England to South American parents of African ancestry and raised in Zambia. [6] [7] [8] He has also worked as a filmmaker, creative director, and a bartender. [7]
The self-published book was a bestseller and was acquired and re-released by Orbit Books as part of a four-book deal. It is the first book in a planned series.
The two outliers were a fantasy novel, Evan Winter's The Rage of Dragons, and a collection of science fiction novellas, Cory Doctorow's Radicalized.