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Hugh C. Howey (born 1975) is an American writer, known best for the science fiction series Silo, part of which he published independently through Amazon.com's Kindle Direct Publishing system. Howey was raised in Monroe, North Carolina and before publishing his books, he worked as a book store clerk, yacht captain, roofer, and audio technician. Wool He began the series in 2011, initially writing Wool as a stand-alone short story. His first book was initially published with a small press. After that, he decided to publish through Amazon.com's Kindle Direct Publishing system, because of the freedom of self-publishing. After the series grew in popularity, he began to write more entries for it. Howey began soliciting international rights in 2012, including signing a deal for Brazil. Film rights to the series were sold to 20th Century Fox; Lionsgate also expressed interest.In 2012, Howey signed a deal with Simon & Schuster to distribute Wool to book retailers across the US and Canada. The deal allowed Howey to continue to sell the book online exclusively. He notably turned down seven figure offers in favor of a mid-six figure sum, in return for maintaining e-book rights.He has also signed publishing contracts with Random House Century UK for UK distribution of both his Wool and Sand series, published as novels of the same names.Howey became closely tied to both Amazon/Kindle Direct Publishing and self-publishing as a leader of the new paradigm of publishing. He opened up his Silo Saga to other authors, formalizing that effort when he signed with Kindle Worlds. Though authors like Fredric Shernoff (Atlantic Island), Jason Gurley (Eleanor), and Michael Bunker (Pennsylvania) all experienced some degree of success that can be attributed to Howey, Wool, and the Kindle Worlds project, nobody was able to replicate Wool's success either through tie-in books or those authors' original stories. Personal life In mid-2015, Howey gave up his home in Florida, and moved to St Francis Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He commissioned the construction of a sailing catamaran, on which he sailed the world from Cape Town to Australia. In November of 2022, Howey married pilot and former model Shay Londre. They live in New York, NY. Bibliography Filmography Television Wool Production on the serialization of Wool was announced in 2012. After development was begun by AMC, the project was moved to Apple TV+ in May of 2021. Beacon 23 In 2018 it was announced that the Beacon 23 series was going to be adapted into a television series. Filming began in 2022 References External links Official website Hugh Howey at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Anon. (December 2013). "Artisanal publishing : Hugh Howey". Locus (635): 72–74. "How Bestselling Author Hugh Howey Writes". Copyblogger. Retrieved 9 September 2015. "Winning at the Self-publishing Game with Hugh Howey – The Knowledge Project Episode 63". FS.BLOG. Retrieved 3 September 2019. Hugh Howey at Library of Congress, with 3 library catalog records. Discover the Hugh Howey popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Hugh Howey books.