Arwen Elys Dayton

Arwen Elys Dayton is an American novelist best known for writing the Seeker series of novels. Arwen has always desired to be a writer from as far back as she can remember. When she was about 8 years old, she wrote her first story, a science fiction saga about a prince from another galaxy that for the love of his kidnapped sister had to come to Earth where she was held. Dayton grew up in reading Asimov, Bradbury, Vonnegut, and Herbert and many other similar authors. She remembers reading Dune out loud to her parents when she was about 10. The novel has complex plots and themes such as competing religions, star system spanning politics, complex layers of society and an epic adventure. She also read a ton of historical fiction from the likes of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court and Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc both by Mark Twain, to Mary Renault’s The King Must Die. The King Must Die is more of historical fiction as it includes aspects of prophecy, romance, battles, gods brought to life, and myths made real, which probably explains Arwen’s tendency towards historical fiction. Just before she went to college at Stanford, she got a job writing Magazine articles for PBS and script writing for the Eddie Files, a popular show that she thought was better training than what was on offer in college. Soon after, she was writing novels and screenplays the most prominent of which were Resurrection and Sovereign’s Hold, which became Amazon bestsellers in the UK and the US. In 2013, Columbia Pictures acquired the rights to the Seeker series of novels. The Mark Gordon Company known for the movies Source Code, Saving Private Ryan, and Speed will adapt the series to film.