Tom Knox (Author)
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Tom Knox is the pseudonym of British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 journalist and writer Sean Thomas. When he writes under the name of Tom Knox, he specialises in archaeological thrillers.

His first thriller, The Genesis Secret, focuses on the region known as Gobekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe [ɡøbe̞kli te̞pɛ] is a hilltop sanctuary erected on the highest point of an elongated mountain ridge in southeastern Turkey, some northeast of the town of Şanlıurfa . It is the oldest human-made religious structure yet discovered...

, and features Biblical mysteries and cutting edge science. Noteworthy for several exceptionally gruesome episodes, it was an international bestseller.

His second novel, The Marks of Cain was published in 2010. Centring on the little-known Cagot community who lived in the Basque Country
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....

, it too was an international bestseller. The front of the US hardcover dust jacket shows the title as Marks of Cain.

A third book, titled Bible of the Dead was published in March 2011 in the United Kingdom and will be published as The Lost Goddess in the US in February 2012, and focuses on the Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge literally translated as Red Cambodians was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, who were the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan...

, while taking in the cave paintings of France, the dark history of human-animal hybridisation and modern Chinese Communism.

Sean Thomas lives in London. Most famous for "Millions Of Women Are Waiting To Meet You", Sean Thomas also won the Bad Sex award in 2006 for his novel Kissing England .

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