Evan Winter
{{short description|Canadian fantasy author}}
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| birth_place = England
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| known_for = The Rage of Dragons, The Fires of Vengeance
| occupation = Writer
| website = {{URL|http://evanwinter.com}}
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Evan Winter is a Canadian author of epic fantasy.{{cite web |title=The CBC Books Writers to Watch list: 24 Canadian writers on the rise in 2020 | website=CBC | date=July 30, 2020 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-cbc-books-writers-to-watch-list-24-canadian-writers-on-the-rise-in-2020-1.5666130 | access-date=July 26, 2024}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/collection/100-best-fantasy-books/|title=The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time|website=Time|access-date=1 March 2022}} A sequel, called The Fires of Vengeance, was published in 2020.{{Cite book|isbn = 978-0316489799|title = The Fires of Vengeance|last1 = Winter|first1 = Evan|date = 22 June 2021| publisher=Orbit }}
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.{{Cite web|date=July 2019|title=Interview: Evan Winter|url=https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/interview-evan-winter/|access-date=25 February 2021|website=Lightspeed Magazine}}{{Cite web |title=Evan Winter - Official Website - Bio |url=http://evanwinter.com/#Bio |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Evan Winter |language=en-US}}{{cite web | title='The Rage of Dragons' Is on TIME's List of the 100 Best Fantasy Books | website=Time | date=October 15, 2020 | url=https://time.com/collection/100-best-fantasy-books/5898535/the-rage-of-dragons/ | access-date=July 26, 2024}} He has also worked as a filmmaker, creative director, and a bartender.
Bibliography
=The Burning series=
- The Rage of Dragons (2017)
- The Fires of Vengeance (2020)
- The Lord of Demons (TBA)
References
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{{cite news
| url = https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/romance-writers-rift-widens-567101772.html
| title = Romance writers' rift widens
| work = Winnipeg Free Press
| author = Bob Armstrong
| date = 2020-01-18
| access-date = 2020-02-07
| quote = 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.
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{{cite news
| url = https://www.cbc.ca/books/with-african-epic-the-rage-of-dragons-evan-winter-wrote-the-book-he-d-want-to-read-1.5277942
| title = With African epic The Rage of Dragons, Evan Winter wrote the book he'd want to read
| work = CBC Books
| author = Ryan B. Patrick
| date = 2019-11-06
| access-date = 2020-02-07
| quote = 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.
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