Rising of a Dead Moon, published in 2013, is an historical fiction set against the backdrop of 19th Century Indian Indenture.
[3] Haston was born in London, England and graduated in 1980 with a master's degree in English literature from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
Haston has a spartan writing style that often requires the reader to provide linkages within the story line and characterisation.
Rising of a Dead Moon examines the plight of Indian widows in a historical context: the 19th century diaspora of 'coolies' from India to work on the white-owned sugar plantations in South Africa.
His children's book, Echo and the Magical Whispers was written to raise awareness of poaching of elephants for their ivory.