Robert Lautner was born in Middlesex in 1970. Before becoming a writer he owned his own comic-book store, worked as a wine merchant, photographic consultant and recruitment consultant. He now lives on the Pembrokeshire coast in a wooden cabin with his wife and children.
Mark Keating/Robert Lautner.
Writing career.
I have published four books as Mark Keating and three as Robert Lautner. I have been continually published from 2010 – present.
Commercial fiction writing as Mark Keating:
The Pirate Devlin series.
Four books published by Hodder & Stoughton and Grand Central in the US. Translated into four languages and published in multiple formats. Final book published in 2013.
Writing literary fiction as Robert Lautner:
The Road to Reckoning.
Published in 2014 by The Borough Press imprint of Harper Collins and by Simon & Schuster in the US. Published in multiple formats and languages. Book has been optioned for film.
The Draughtsman. Published in 2017 by The Borough Press in multiple formats. Shortlisted for The Sir Walter Scott Prize For Historical Fiction in 2018.
Quint.
Published in Feb 2024 by The Borough Press. Optioned for film. Selected for The Times Book Of The Month Feb 24.
