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Christopher Mahoney
| url |
http://www.goodreads.com/mahoney
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| born |
March 11, 1976
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| gender |
male |
| place of birth |
Pittsburgh, PA, The United States |
| website |
http://www.onyxsun.com |
| genre |
Young Adult, Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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| influences |
Ayn Rand, Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, Daniel Handler, JK Rowling |
about this author
I started writing when I was seven, but it took me twenty years and about ten unfinished manuscripts to find a story I felt compelled to finish. My debut novel, The Incredible Origins of the Onyx Sun, has gone on to win a Writer's Digest award and was one of 50 remaining submissions from a field of 5,000 in the Semifinals of the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards.
The Incredible Origins of the Onyx Sun follows the adventures of Zack Goodspeed, a kid I once imagined myself to be, who stows away on a spaceship developed by his grandfather and fueled by an unlimited source of power called the Onyx Sun. Zack is thrust into an adventure that strands him on the Moon, introduces him to bold new friends, and pits him against an enemy trying to use the Onyx Sun to wipe out all life on Earth.
I am currently promoting this book, the first in a series, while working on the sequel, The Wicked Adversaries of the Onyx Sun.
My main interest for the last 34 years and an immense inspiration for my book, is technology. I currently work for Sony Playstation but have also held senior manager positions at Second Life, and the online division of Houghton Mifflin.
I share a birthday with Douglas Adams, who is ironically one of my largest influences.
I write from my imagination, which is all over the place but physically located in San Francisco, CA.
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