Jonathan Oliver

Jonathan Oliver

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 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

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

Notes

  1. ^ a b "An Interview with Jonathan Oliver," Archived 19 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine The Literary Project, 16 April 2010
  2. ^ "Rebellion Talks 2000AD," Archived 29 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Forbidden Planet International, 10 July 2006
  3. ^ "Rebellion Acquires Solaris Imprint," Archived 6 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine The Book Seller, 3 September 2009
  4. ^ The Call of Kerberos on isfdb.org
  5. ^ "Twilight of Kerberos Update," Abaddon Books, 14 September 2010
  6. ^ "Classic Covers: The Wrath of Kerberos, by Jonathan Oliver," Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Pornokitsch, 4 October 2010
  7. ^ The End of the Line on isfdb.org
  8. ^ "The End of the Line," Black Static, TTA Press, 14 September 2010
  9. ^ "News from the editor," When Gravity Fails, 27 October 2010.

References