Evan Winter

Evan Winter
Born
England
OccupationWriter
Known forThe Rage of Dragons, The Fires of Vengeance
Websiteevanwinter.com

Evan Winter is a Canadian author of epic fantasy. His first novel, The Rage of Dragons, was originally self-published in 2017. In 2020, TIME named it one of the 100 best fantasy books of all time. A sequel, called The Fires of Vengeance, was published in 2020.

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.

Personal life

Winter was born in England to South American parents of African ancestry and raised in Zambia. He has also worked as a filmmaker, creative director, and a bartender.

Bibliography

The Burning series

References

  1. ↑ "The CBC Books Writers to Watch list: 24 Canadian writers on the rise in 2020". CBC. July 30, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  2. ↑ Ryan B. Patrick (2019-11-06). "With African epic The Rage of Dragons, Evan Winter wrote the book he'd want to read". CBC Books. Retrieved 2020-02-07. 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.
  3. ↑ "The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time". Time. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  4. ↑ Winter, Evan (22 June 2021). The Fires of Vengeance. Orbit. ISBN 978-0316489799.
  5. ↑ Bob Armstrong (2020-01-18). "Romance writers' rift widens". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2020-02-07. 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.
  6. ↑ "Interview: Evan Winter". Lightspeed Magazine. July 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Evan Winter - Official Website - Bio". Evan Winter. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  8. ↑ "'The Rage of Dragons' Is on TIME's List of the 100 Best Fantasy Books". Time. October 15, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2024.