About

The Author

Giorgio Groom was born on the 3rd of august in Kerala. Introduced to books at a young age his interest in reading grew along with him. Currently working as a content writer in advertising, he is a huge fan of the fantasy genre. Other than reading he spends most of his free time trying new and strange cuisines, playing video games and sleeping a lot more than he should. He also has a soft spot for animals of all shapes and sizes, especially dogs. Being a night owl, he can be found wide awake at the late hours of the night. His fascination with Greek mythology is what drove him to write the ‘New World Odyssey’ series and he hopes to keep writing more books in the years to come.

What’s in a name?

I do all my writing under the pen-name of Giorgio Groom, and the name itself is straight forward enough to figure out, on the surface it seems just like a direct translation of my own name. It’s easy enough for anyone to solve since Groom is a direct translation of my surname into English.

But what about the first part: Giorgio. Now the simple explanation would be it is Italian for George and that I use it to make my pen-name more stylish or aesthetically pleasing. But things are never quite so simple.
Giorgio is actually a tribute to one of my favorite authors of all time Eric Arthur Blair who is better known around the world by his own pen-name George Orwell.