Craig Robert Saunders is the author of ‘Field of Heroes’, ‘Hush’ and ‘Lore’ – space opera, space fleet and space marine stories. Some of his favourite modern science fiction comes from Neal Asher, Andy Remic, Iain M. Banks, Dan Abnett and Richard Morgan. As a reader he’s a sucker for a great robot or a smart ship. His proudest moment to date is rare praise from Andy Remic for his novel ‘Field of Heroes’, which Andy described as ‘A powerhouse of action and war with an intrinsic dark humour reminiscent of Iain M. Banks.’

As Craig Saunders he’s written around fifty novels and novellas, including ‘Deadlift’, ‘Vigil’ and ‘A Stranger’s Grave’. As ‘Craig R. Saunders’ he penned the seven-book fantasy saga of the world of Rythe.

Since his first novel acceptance ‘Rain’ over ten years ago his short fiction has been published in periodicals, magazines, podcasts, ‘Best of’ anthologies, and his novellas have won a couple of awards. He’s been a top 100 bestselling horror and science fiction authors on Amazon, but it isn’t the New York Times so he doesn’t make a big song and dance about it.

Craig publishes science fiction with Severed Press. His latest horror ‘Red Ice Run’, co-written with Ryan C. Thomas, sold out through Thunderstorm Books. Due next are ‘Xenophobia’ (science fiction) and ‘It Always Rains when the Circus Comes to Town’ (horror). He also publishes novels independently under the Dark Fable Books/Fable Books labels and considers himself a hybrid author.

Craig writes in a shed and blogs about writing and his ongoing battle with schizophrenic affective disorder and he is a fierce advocate for mental health rights.

He’s always happy to talk over at www.craigrsaunders.blogspot.com, or on Twitter @Grumblesprout.