Mark Hodder

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British writer living in Valencia, Spain.

Mark Hodder is the creator and caretaker of the Blakiana: The Sexton Blake Resource web site, which he designed to celebrate, record, and revive Sexton Blake, the most written about fictional detective in English publishing history.

A former BBC writer, editor, journalist, and Web producer, Mark has worked in all the new and traditional medias and was based in London for most of his working life until 2008, when he relocated to Valencia in Spain to de-stress and write novels. He can most often be found at the base of a palm tree, hammering at a laptop.

Mark has a degree in cultural studies and loves British history (1850 to 1950, in particular), good food, cutting-edge gadgets, cult TV (ITC forever!),...more

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Book Signing at Forbidden Planet

I'll be signing EXPEDITION TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON in London's Forbidden Planet Megastore on April 14th from 4 - 5pm. Come say hello!

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Books by Mark Hodder

Average rating: 3.77 · 1,780 ratings · 438 reviews · 5 distinct works

	The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack (Burton & Swinburne, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 1,250 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man (Burton & Swinburne, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 395 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon (Burton & Swinburne, #3) 3.71 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Red Sun Also Rises 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:
	Zenith Lives! Tales of M. Zenith, the Albino by Stuart Douglas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark Hodder, Paul Magrs 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Mark Hodder

Burton & Swinburne (3 books)
by Mark Hodder

3.77 avg rating — 1,776 ratings

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Quotes by Mark Hodder

“Indeed. I have often thought that when a man selects one word over another he often reveals far more of himself than he intended.”
― Mark Hodder, The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack

tags: mystery , science-fiction , steampunk

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“Here lies the body of Colonel Cornell’s. The rest of the fellow, I fancy, in hell is.”
― Mark Hodder, The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack

tags: mystery , science-fiction , steampunk

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JULY SCIENCE FICTION: This run-off poll determines which novel becomes our July 2011 SF Book of the Month.

The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder

42 votes, 52.5%

The Languages of Pao by Jack Vance

38 votes, 47.5%

80 total votes

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