Evan identified nine publishers and sent the manuscript of Hounded to them, along with snapshots of the accompanying series. Once again the book went through a series of rejections but he was to receive an offer from Evan Goldfried of Jill Grinberg Literary Management. He sought an agent who promotes urban fantasy books, to promote the book. Over a period of nine months, he was to work on what was going to be his breakthrough novel, Hounded. After waiting a long time for a response, Kevin Hearne decided to start work on another piece. They all rejected it, with the exception of one, who decided to look at it for onward review. While working as a teacher in Arizona, he wrote an epic fantasy totaling, 114,000 words. This was an important factor before he could get recognition as an author. The Road to Cibola, which although was never published and took him such a long time to write, taught him a lesson about balancing his regular teaching job and his career as an author. Gaining Acceptance for his workįor Kevin Hearne, his books also represent important learning experiences he went through in his life. He returned to Arizona and continued teaching for another 15 years. After completing university with a degree in English Education, Kevin Hearne moved to California, where he worked as a high school English teacher for three years. The most notable being, The Road to Cibola, which took him six years to write. This was the first of many novels he wrote and were never published at this time. Kevin Hearne wrote his first novel which was never published. He was also often featured as a columnist and produced cartoons for the comic section. At the university, he took on roles as the editor of the college newspaper. It was during this time that he actually began writing.

This further fed into his growing interest for comic and fiction books.Īfter completing high school, Kevin Hearne enrolled at Northern Arizona University. Some of the most important moments in his early childhood, include when his parents took him to see the first release of “Star Wars” in Phoenix. He saw a need to further develop the characters in some of the comic books he read and thought readers should be furnished with background information on the characters. His interest in books about people with superhuman powers developed at an early age. Kevin Hearne was born in Arizona on December 9th 1970 and is one of America’s notable urban fantasy authors. The Princess and the Scoundrel (By:Beth Revis) Canto Bight (By:Saladin Ahmed,Mira Grant,John Jackson Miller,Rae Carson)

Hounded by Kevin Hearne