ies ▁of ▁his ▁world , ▁the ▁" H alf - Cont inent ". ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁that ▁a ▁chance ▁encounter ▁with ▁a ▁children ' s ▁publish er ▁gave ▁him ▁an ▁opportunity ▁to ▁develop ▁these ▁ideas ▁further . ▁Learning ▁of ▁his ▁journ als , ▁she ▁ur ged ▁him ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁story ▁from ▁his ▁world . ▁Corn ish ▁was ▁sent ▁away ▁with ▁the ▁task ▁of ▁deliver ing ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁words ▁the ▁following ▁week ▁and ▁each ▁week ▁there after . ▁Ab andon ing ▁all ▁other ▁paid ▁work , ▁he ▁spent ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁years ▁pro pped ▁up ▁with ▁one ▁small ▁advance ▁after ▁another . ▁ ▁Works ▁ ▁His ▁first ▁book ▁is ▁Found ling , ▁the ▁first ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Mon ster ▁Blood ▁T atto o ▁tr il ogy . ▁The ▁second ▁book ▁named ▁Lam pl ighter ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁The ▁third ▁in ▁the ▁series ▁is ▁named ▁Fact ot um ▁and ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁He ▁has ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁plans ▁to ▁continue ▁writing ▁nov els ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁Half - Cont inent ▁and ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁published ▁a ▁book ▁of ▁short ▁stories ▁titled ▁T ales ▁from ▁the ▁Half - Cont inent ▁( Mon ster ▁Blood ▁T atto o ▁ 3 . 5 ). ▁ ▁Awards ▁▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁A ure alis ▁Award ▁Best ▁Young ▁Ad ult ▁Nov el , ▁winner ▁for ▁Mon ster ▁Blood