M.A. Batten

M.A.Batten is an award-winning writer of fantasy, science fiction, dark fiction, and twisted horror.

During a hugely successful 25-year career in advertising, M.A. amassed over 150 creative awards before deciding to return to his childhood dream of telling stories, but without brands or their ridiculous reasons to buy stuff you can’t afford and don’t need.

His stories have since won four First Places in NYC Midnight, two Shortlists for the Hammond House Literary Prize, and a Finalist at Page International Awards.

He is also an award-winning screenwriter under the moniker Mr Chicken whose work has collected Best Screenplay at TMFF Screenwriting, Semi-Finalist at FICIE in Spain, an Awardeo Winner, a string of Official Selections at international festivals, and garnered interest from Rupert Grint (Harry Potter series), Kunal Nayar (Big Bang Theory), Greg Davies (Taskmaster), and Nitin Sawney (Mowgli).

As M.A.Batten writes, a hedgehog called Camden sits on his desk.