Biography

Personal life

Milson was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1969. His father is British who moved to Australia from Lancashire in the 1950's, and his mother is Australian. His grandfather, Jim, was well known on the Australian TV commercial circuit from the late 1950's, and his grandmother, Elsie, wrote many Jingles for TV and was a budding writer herself.

Growing up in Kedron, (a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland), Milson attended local schools, Kedron State Primary, then Kedron High School then on the decision of his father, he attended Wavell High School. From a teenager he started to read the workings of master horror writer H.P.Lovecraft and found a love for writing himself.

Early Writing Career

In 1989, Milson started to develop a love for writing and while living with his sister and her family in a 3 bedroom cottage farm house on the outskirts of Winchelsea, Victoria. In that cottage house he wrote 26 short stories, one of which was titled Shack of Evil. A nine page story which was the base for what was to become Rise Of The Darkness. Shack of Evil was originally based on a series of Hauntings in a small town, which drew a definate comparison to Winchelsea.

After he left Winchelsea, Victoria, he returned to Brisbane and put his writing career on hiatus.

It was not until 1994 when he took one of those short stories and turned it into a two-part novel, titled The Chosen One, which was based on his earlier short story, Shack Of Evil.

After he had finished what was a two-part, 300 page book, he decided to ask for a review and critique from family members.

After a less than favorable review Milson put his writing career on hiatus again and began working in Marketing and Telemarketing

Family life

Milson has one son, David Lindley, named after his great grandfather, Clement Lindley Wragge. When Milson is not writing novels and screenplays, or working in marketing he travels between Europe, North America and Australasia.

Interests

C.A. Milson enjoys baseball, soccer, and his taste in music ranges from Alien Ant Farm to ZZTop, but he holds a particular like for Rock Music and Australian artists and bands such as John Farnham, Jimmy Barnes, AC/DC, Dragon and Uncanny_X-Men

Bibliography

Current Writing Career

It was when Milson was living in Auckland, New Zealand in 2007 when he started to search for a publisher again and later in that same year he landed his first book deal with Amira Press, a P.O.D. American Publisher, who agreed to publish his debut novel, The Chosen.

In 2009, Milson changed publishers and the full version of The Chosen was re-released by Lulu.com as Rise of The Darkness in May 2009. Rise Of The Darkness was released in Hardcover, Paperback and digital formats and included characters and scenes that were previously cut from the first novel.

In 2010 Milson signed a book deal with Edge Publishing and Rise Of The Darkness was taken on to be released in bookstores across North America

In 2011 Milson plans to film a series of short films.

The writings of C.A.Milson have been described by reviewers as: A must read for Stephen King fans, C.A. has shown he has what it takes to stand among his peers, and A thrillride from the first drop of ink.

Awards

In the Preditors and Editors Readers Poll 2009, Milson received a TOP 5 Award in two categories for:

Best Horror Novel - Rise Of The Darkness

Best Author Site

In the Preditors and Editors Readers Poll 2008, Milson was nominated for: