Michael Arnold (born October 1979) is a British novelist who writes

historical fiction Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other ty ...

Early life and education

Michael Arnold was brought up and educated in the market town of Petersfield, in

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

, where he still lives with his wife and three children.

Career

Arnold worked in the

financial services industry Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of finan ...

for 10 years before writing full-time. He started creating his series of

civil war A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

novels in 2009. The first book, ''Traitor's Blood'', was published in 2010 to positive reviews."Arnold, Michael - 'Traitor's Blood'"
''Eurocrime'', Terry Halligan, England January 2011 Since then Arnold has released seven more novels in this series, and started a new series called 'Highwayman'.

Books

''The Civil War Chronicles''

*Traitor's Blood (John Murray, 2010) *Devil's Charge (John Murray, 2011) *Hunter's Rage (John Murray, 2012) *Assassin's Reign (Hodder & Stoughton, 2013) *Stryker & the Angels of Death (Hodder & Stoughton, 2013) *Warlord's Gold (Hodder & Stoughton, 2014) *Marston Moor (Hodder & Stoughton, July 2015) *Prince's Gambit (Hodder & Stoughton, May 2015)"Newark Advertiser: Michael Arnold pens story to mark opening of National Civil War centre."
''Newark Advertiser''. Apr 21, 2015

''Highwayman''

* Highwayman Ironside (Endeavour Press, 2013) * Winter Swarm (Endeavour Press, 2015)

References

External links

Official websiteProfile at Hodder & Stoughton
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnold, Michael 1979 births Living people 21st-century British novelists British male novelists People from Petersfield British historical fiction writers