Miles Allen

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Born in the UK, I grew up in Kent, England when petrol was cheap, roads were empty and you could get a job with two O-levels. I followed an engineering career into management within a blue chip company for twenty-five years before leaving to run my own company. I got into heroic fantasy reading in my late teens, but didn’t have the call to writing until my forties. I live with my family in the UK running my editorial and publishing company, and of course – writing.

Fantasy writing came as a surprise to me. I’d written plenty of words in my time, mostly technical manuals and management reports, but nothing so demanding as a full-blown fiction novel. It all just happened rather than a planned approach to becoming a writer.

I find writing fascinating. I set the stage in my head and have a goal to achieve for a piece. I then let the characters have a ‘free run’ to a degree, giving them a kind of personal creativity. It often leads to unexpected results – some of which rise into the highly dramatic, and even evolve into unplanned plot lines. I will occasionally surprise my family with ‘you won’t believe what just happened!’.

I have developed a late love affair with fantasy writing and helping new authors and intend to continue for as long as I am able.”

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In 2010, Miles self-published his first book The Walkers of Legend, achieving No1 ranking for Epic Fantasy on Amazon and heading the charts in the UK's leading national bookstore Waterstones knocking The Hunger Games from the top slot. He champions self-publishing and has a passion for helping others earning him a reputation as a respected professional writing and self-publishing coach and editor of fiction and business books.