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Marios Koutsoukos was born in August, 1983. He is a bilingual author, writing in both his native Greek and English.His first 100K+ word epic fantasy novel was published when he was at the tender and impressionable age of 17. Little did he know then that this achievement would inevitably lead him down the ascetic rabbit hole of professional writing.A notorious genre-jumper, he has written works ranging from epic and dark fantasy, humour and parody, adventure, romance, historical fiction and non-fiction as well as occult horror. He is always looking to expand the list.He has a Bachelor's degree in French Language and Literature, a Masters in Creative Writing and, apparently, a latent tendency towards intellectual self-punishment since he is currently a PhD candidate in Classics (Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology) at the University of Liverpool. Of all things, he specialises in the history of ancient religions.Beyond the padded walls of academia, he works as an educator, translator, screenwriter, editor and ghostwriter.Since 2004 he's been involved in the international Metal music scene, writing lyrics and developing concepts for bands and projects internationally (see portfolio). Much like a bass-player, he cannot be considered a proper musician but rather someone who hangs out with artists a lot.He is also a Goodwill ambassador for cooperation, friendship and inter-species relationships between the genera felis silvestris catus, canis lupus familiaris and homo sapiens sapiens. Which is just a fancy way of saying he likes both cats and dogs.---Ο Μάριος Κουτσούκος γεννήθηκε στις 22 Αυγούστου 1983. Σπούδασε Γαλλική Γλώσσα και Φιλολογία στο Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, συνέχισε σε μεταπτυχιακό επίπεδο με Δημιουργική Γραφή στο Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο, και έπειτα ολοκλήρωσε το διδακτορικό του επάνω στις Κλασσικές Σπουδές και την Ιστορία των Αρχαίων Θρησκειών, στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Λίβερπουλ. Για πάνω από είκοσι χρόνια εργάζεται ως συγγραφέας, ενώ παράλληλα δραστηριοποιείται και ως στιχουργός, σεναριογράφος, μεταφραστής και εκπαιδευτικός. Γράφει τόσο στην μητρική του Ελληνική, όσο και στην Αγγλική.