Jonathan Oliver
Jonathan Oliver is a British science fiction, fantasy and horror author and editor.
Biography
[edit]After five years working for Taylor & Francis academic publishers,[1] Oliver started working for Rebellion Developments as Graphic Novels Editor on the 2000 AD line in 2006, and launched the Abaddon Books genre fiction imprint.[2] When Rebellion bought the Solaris Books imprint from BL Publishing,[3] Oliver became Editor-in-Chief of both the Abaddon and Solaris imprints.[1]
Oliver's first book as author, Twilight of Kerberos: The Call of Kerberos, the sixth book in Abaddon's Twilight of Kerberos series, was published in October 2009.[4] In September 2010, Abaddon announced the sequel, Twilight of Kerberos: The Wrath of Kerberos, also by Oliver, for a November 2011 publication date.[5] The book has been described as the "beginning of the end" of the shared world series' overarching storyline.[6]
Oliver's first anthology as editor, The End of the Line: An Anthology of Underground Horror,[7] was launched by Solaris at Fantasycon in Nottingham in September 2010.[8] In October 2010, Solaris announced Oliver's second anthology, House of Fear: An Anthology of Haunted House Stories,[9] due for publication in October 2011.
Bibliography
[edit]As author
[edit]- Twilight of Kerberos: The Call of Kerberos (October 2009, ISBN 978-1-906735-16-6, Abaddon Books)
- Twilight of Kerberos: The Wrath of Kerberos (Date TBC, ISBN 978-1-907992-35-3, Abaddon Books)
As editor
[edit]- The End of the Line: An Anthology of Underground Horror (September 2010, ISBN 978-1907519338, Solaris Books)
- House of Fear: An Anthology of Haunted House Stories (September 2011, ISBN 978-1-907992-06-3, Solaris Books)
- Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane (October 2012, ISBN 978-1-78108-053-5, Solaris Books)
- End of the Road (November 2013, ISBN 978-1-78108-154-9, Solaris Books)
- World War Cthulhu (December 2013, ISBN 978-0-85744-212-3, Cubicle 7 Entertainment)
- Dangerous Games (December 2014, ISBN 978-1-78108-268-3, Solaris Books)
- Five Stories High (December 2016, ISBN 978-1-78108-391-8, Solaris Books)
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "An Interview with Jonathan Oliver," Archived 19 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine The Literary Project, 16 April 2010
- ^ "Rebellion Talks 2000AD," Archived 29 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Forbidden Planet International, 10 July 2006
- ^ "Rebellion Acquires Solaris Imprint," Archived 6 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine The Book Seller, 3 September 2009
- ^ The Call of Kerberos on isfdb.org
- ^ "Twilight of Kerberos Update," Abaddon Books, 14 September 2010
- ^ "Classic Covers: The Wrath of Kerberos, by Jonathan Oliver," Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Pornokitsch, 4 October 2010
- ^ The End of the Line on isfdb.org
- ^ "The End of the Line," Black Static, TTA Press, 14 September 2010
- ^ "News from the editor," When Gravity Fails, 27 October 2010.
References
[edit]- Jonathan Oliver at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Jonathan Oliver at the Grand Comics Database
- Jonathan Oliver at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)