Gareth Brown

Gareth Brown’s debut novel - The Book of Doors – was first published in the UK (Bantam) and USA (William Morrow) in February 2024. It became an instant Sunday Times Bestseller and also hit the USA Today bestseller list. Foreign language rights for The Book of Doors have also been sold to over 20 other territories, including Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, South Korea and Brazil. The book was an Amazon Editors’ Best Books of 2024, a finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards for Readers’ Favourite Fantasy and the Readers' Favourite Debut Novel in 2024, and was long-listed for the Glass Bell Award 2025.

Gareth’s second novel – The Society of Unknowable Objects – was first published in the UK and the US in summer 2025. It was a finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards and was long-listed for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize in 2026.

Gareth currently works in the UK Civil Service. When not working or writing, Gareth loves travel, barbecues, playing bass guitar and watching snooker. He also enjoys falling asleep in front of the television like an old man.

Gareth lives with his wife and two Skye terriers near Edinburgh in Scotland.