Marcus Keith Gibson (born November 15, 1973) is an Australian writer who emerged at a young age with the novel 'D'.
Gibson was born into a devout Christian family in Sydney. He was raised in a strict fundamentalist environment, and by 16 was teaching in a Sunday School run by his parents. At 17, Gibson dropped out of high school to attend Baptist Bible College, but returned to complete high school after one year of study. During this year he publ...
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Marcus Keith Gibson (born November 15, 1973) is an Australian writer who emerged at a young age with the novel 'D'.
Gibson was born into a devout Christian family in Sydney. He was raised in a strict fundamentalist environment, and by 16 was teaching in a Sunday School run by his parents. At 17, Gibson dropped out of high school to attend Baptist Bible College, but returned to complete high school after one year of study. During this year he published his first short story, aged 18, and won several awards.
After an anomaly in his Higher School Certificate placed Gibson's entire grade in the lowest percentile band in the state, Gibson found work as a labourer while completing his first novel.
Gibson's first novel was acquired by HarperCollins in Sydney in 1994, and released the following December. A gruesome literary thriller titled 'D', the novel sold out the 10,000 copy print run in little over a month.
At a book signing at the Sydney Opera House, Gibson inscribed more than 200...
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