Matthew Harrill

Born and raised in Bristol, England, Matthew W Harrill is an international award-winning horror author. His series, 'The ARC Chronicles' consists of Hellbounce (which has received acclaim at the Halloween Book Festival, the London Book Festival and most recently the 2015 International Book Awards), Hellborne and Hellbeast.

His novel 'The Eyes Have No Soul' has recently also been awarded the position of finalist in the Horror category at the International book Awards.

http://www.internationalbookawards.com/2018awardannouncement.html

In addition to his mentor David Farland (The Runelords, The Courtship of Princess Leia [as Dave Wolverton]), Matt is always thankful to know the British author Juliet E McKenna, who has helped him countless times. He is a fan of fantasy, loving Robert Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' series. He also has a lot of time for the truly bizarre horror of H P Lovecraft, citing this as an influence on his work.

Matthew has worked as a labourer, a barman, a cleaner, a joiners mate. In addition he has dabbled in commercial insurance and has for the past 15 years implemented share plans.

When not working, Matthew enjoys high intensity fitness training, watching movies and television series such as Supernatural and Grimm, blogging and cookery.