M.R carey

M.R.Carey is a writer in many different media. He worked as a teacher for fifteen years before resigning to write full-time. At first he worked exclusively in comics, completing long runs on Lucifer, Hellblazer and X-Men Legacy before making his prose fiction debut with the Felix Castor novels.

His 2014 novel The Girl With All the Gifts has sold more than a million copies worldwide. He went on to write the screenplay for the book’s movie adaptation which premiered at the Locarno festival and was given an international release. He won the Philip K. Dick award in 2026 for his novel Outlaw Planet.

Carey’s most recent work includes the Ghostbox miniseries from Mad Cave, Cul de Sac from Bad Idea and The Lycan from Comixology. He is also the co-writer, along with his wife Linda and their daughter Louise, of two fantasy novels, The City of Silk and Steel and The House Of War and Witness.