Justin Somper

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Justin Somper is the British author of the Vampirates and the Allies & Assassins children's novel series.

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Biography

Somper was born in St Albans, England, and graduated from the University of Warwick. [1] He worked as a publicist before starting his writing career. He has since authored six books in a series called Vampirates and two under the title Allies and Assassins.

Bibliography

Vampirates series

  1. Demons of the Ocean (2005)
  2. Tide of Terror (2006)
  3. Blood Captain (2008)
  4. Black Heart (2009)
  5. Empire of Night (2010)
  6. Immortal War (2011)

Allies & Assassins series

  1. Allies & Assassins (2013)
  2. A Conspiracy of Princes (2015)

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