Biography
Miles Girard Watson was born in Chicago, the son of prominent journalist Jerome Richard Watson and Northwestern University teacher Jerilyn Watson. He has a unique work history, having divided his life and career between criminal justice, Hollywood, and the typewriter.
Watson lived in Los Angeles for many years, working as a make-up effects artist, actor, writer, and production coordinator. He also worked extensively in the video game industry, making trailers at such studios as The Ant Farm, Buddha Jones, G-Net, AV Squad, 72 & Sunny, Ayzenberg Studios, and Aspect Ratio. In the field of law enforcement, Watson served as a parole officer, investigator for the district attorney, correctional specialist and victim's rights advocate.
Watson is an accomplished author. He graduated from Seton Hill University with a Masters of Fine Arts and was a recipient of that school's first-ever Endowed Scholarship in 2012. His first novel, "Cage Life," was released on February 14, 2016 by One Nine Books; on March 19, 2017 it was named "Book of the Year" by Zealot Script Magazine, and on December 11, 2018, won the Best Indie Book Award in the category of Mystery & Suspense. He has subsequently released a sequel, "Knuckle Down, which was given Honorable Mention in the 27th Annual Writer's Digest Awards for Genre Fiction on October 30, 2019, and won the Best Indie Book Award in the Suspense Category on December 29, 2019. On May 6, 2019, his short story collection "Devils You Know" was named a Finalist in the Eric Hoffer Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing, and on December 24, his story "The Numbers Game" won the Pinnacle Book Achievement Award in the Novella category. His novella "Nosferatu" also won the Pinnacle Award. In the fall of 2019, he released his third novel, "Sinner's Cross," which has won the Best Indie Book Award for Historical Fiction, the Book Excellence Award for Action, and the Literary Titan Gold Medal. It is also an IAN Awards finalist and a Reader's Favorite 5 Stars. He is also the author of the novellas "Shadows and Glory," "Seelenmord," and "Deus Ex."
An avid martial artist, Watson obtained a black belt in White Tiger Taekwondo in 2012 and trained at the UFC Gym in Santa Clarita: his letters were published in "the Bible of Boxing", Ring Magazine as well as World Boxing. He has been a member of American Cinemateque since 2015 and of the Internation Make Up Artists Trade Show since 2018. He is also a regular guest on numerous podcasts, including The Hollywood Godfather Podcast, the LCS Hockey Radio Show, and Comic Book Syndicate's "Flea Market Fantasy."
