Jonathan Oliver (publishing)
Jonathan Oliver is a British science fiction, fantasy and horror author and editor.
Biography
After five years working for Taylor & Francis academic publishers,[1] Oliver started working for Rebellion 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
As Author
- 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
- The End of the Line: An Anthology of Underground Horror (September 2010, ISBN 978-1-907519-31-1 , Solaris Books)
- House of Fear: An Anthology of Haunted House Stories (Date TBC, ISBN 978-1-907992-06-3, Solaris Books)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "An Interview with Jonathan Oliver," The Literary Project, 16 April 2010
- ↑ "Rebellion Talks 2000AD," Forbidden Planet International, 10 July 2006
- ↑ "Rebellion Acquires Solaris Imprint," 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," 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
- Jonathan Oliver at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Jonathan Oliver at the Grand Comics Database
- Jonathan Oliver at the Comic Book DB