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ⓘ About Rich Hawkins
Rich Hawkins is a horror fiction author that is best known as the author of the “Last” series of novels. Even though he is a horror fiction author, he has an unexplained fear of large crowds of people and sharks. He is a native of the South West of England and was born in a small backwater village in the wilds. He now makes his home in Salisbury alongside his wife and their dog. Hawkins has said that ever since he was a child, he was fascinated by monsters and horror and would usually creep downstairs to go watch “The Thing” by John Carpenter while his parents slept. She has always had an affinity with the strange and weird and still spends an inordinate amount of time daydreaming about awful things such as tentacle abominations.
All Book Series by Rich Hawkins
Slaughter Beach
Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 2015 Anthology · Benedict J. Jones
A Love Like Blood
Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2019 Anthology · Simon Bestwick
Geraint Wyn: Zombie Killer
Book 5 of 13 · published 2016 Anthology · Gary Slaymaker
Year of the Zombie
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2018 Anthology · David Moody
Great British Horror 1: Green and Pleasant Land
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2016
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Rich Hawkins?
Rich Hawkins is a horror fiction author that is best known as the author of the “Last” series of novels. Even though he is a horror fiction author, he has an unexplained fear of large crowds of people and sharks. He is a native of the South West of England and was born in a small backwater village in the wilds.
Which Rich Hawkins series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Last Plague series, the earliest of Rich Hawkins's multi-book series: it opens with The Last Plague (2014) and runs to 3 books across 2014–2020, ending with The Last Outpost (2020). Rich Hawkins's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Rich Hawkins written?
Rich Hawkins has 39 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2012 and 2020. 23 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Year of the Zombie series with 13 books — and 16 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Rich Hawkins's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Rich Hawkins's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Last Plague (2014–2020, 3 books), Year of the Zombie (2015–2018, 13 books) and Dark Minds (2015–2019, 7 books).
How are Rich Hawkins's books organised into series?
This guide splits Rich Hawkins's 39 books into 3 named series and 16 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Year of the Zombie (13 books, 2015–2018); Dark Minds (7 books, 2015–2019); The Last Plague (3 books, 2014–2020).