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This is an old series. His latest Koli series is published as M. R. Carey.
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Sorry. That was my point. The Felix Castor books are older and were published under his name: Mike Carey. Then everything after was published under the vaguer name M.R. Carey.
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Did he say he stops using that name?
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TBH: I wasn't interested enough to seek out an interview. It just grabs my attention when I pick up one of his books.
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Usually pen names are used to signal a specific genre (or sub-genre in this case). Maybe this is different enough than the MR stuff that they decided to go with this one.
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I could see that. But the Mike and M.R. stuff seems so similar, why bother?
Aha: Found a Reddit AMA:
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Finally, why the pen name for The Girl with all the Gifts? It's not like "M. R. Carey" is much of a disguise for "Mike Carey." I'm just curious.
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It was because I was sort of jumping genre. My publisher wanted retailers and readers to approach it with an open mind. I'd already used a pseudonym for my two conspiracy thrillers The Dead Sea Deception and The Demon Code. I take no responsibility for those titles, by the way...
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The series he mentioned is called
Heather Kennedy as by Adam Blake. Looks like DaVinci Code stuff. Not really my bag.
I think at this point the books should all be republished under the same name, Mike or M.R. It couldn't do anything but help those Adam Blake books and I couldn't imagine the reader that enjoyed Girl With All the Gifts but hated Felix Castor.