Jeff Mariotte Explained

Jeff Mariotte
Birth Date:	7 September 1955
Birth Place:	Park Forest, Illinois, U.S.
Genre:	Horror, crime, Western
Spouse:	Marsheila Rockwell

Jeff Mariotte (born September 7, 1955) is an American author who lives in Arizona. As well as his own original work, he is best known for writing novels and comic books based on licensed properties.

Biography

Mariotte was born in Park Forest, Illinois, but he moved at age six because his father, who worked for the United States Department of Defense, was transferred to Paris, France. He graduated from San Jose State University with a degree in Radio/TV/Film. He has worked as the manager of Hunter's Books in La Jolla, California; co-founder and co-owner of specialty bookstore Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego; Vice President of Marketing at WildStorm Productions/Image Comics; Senior Editor at DC Comics; and was the first Editor-in-Chief at IDW Publishing. His writing has been recognized with an Inkpot Award from Comic-Con International and three Scribe Awards from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. He's been a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award (twice), the International Horror Guild Award, the Spur Award, the Peacemaker Award, the Harvey Award, and the Glyph Award.

He is the author of the series Witch Season and has also written many Charmed and Angel books based on the television shows. In 2006 he announced that he would retire from the Angel franchise after eleven novels and eleven comics.^[1] He also created and writes the Desperadoes series of Weird West-style comic books and Graveslinger.^[2]

Recent projects include the one-shot "Presidential Material: Barack Obama,"^{[3] [4]} a four-issue adaptation of the film Terminator Salvation,^[5] as well as Zombie Cop, a graphic novel from the Image Comics imprint Shadowline and a novella "The Strip" set in the same fictional universe,^[6] and Garrison at Wildstorm.^{[7] [8]}

He is married to author Marsheila Rockwell.

Bibliography

Buffyverse works

Buffy novels

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Xander Years, Volume 2

Angel novels

• Unseen Trilogy
• Hollywood Noir
• Haunted
• Stranger to the Sun
• Endangered Species
• Sanctuary
• Solitary Man
• Love and Death
• Close to the Ground
• Angel: The Casefiles, Volume One (with Nancy Holder and Maryelizabeth Hart)

Angel comics

• The Curse
• Old Friends
• Doyle Spotlight

More comprehensive list of novels

• Year of the Wicked published by Simon Pulse (2018),
• Season of the Wolf published by WordFire Press (2019), (as Jeffrey J. Mariotte)
• Cold Black Hearts published by WordFire Press (2019), (as Jeffrey J. Mariotte)
• River Runs Red published by WordFire Press (2019), (as Jeffrey J. Mariotte)
• Missing White Girl published by WordFire Press (2019), (as Jeffrey J. Mariotte)
• The Slab published by WordFire Press (2019), (as Jeffrey J. Mariotte)
• Narcos

The Jaguar's Claw published by Titan Books (2018,

• Empty Rooms published by WordFire Press (2014), (as Jeffrey J. Mariotte)
• Deadlands

Thunder Moon Rising published by Tor Books (2016), (as Jeffrey J. Mariotte)

• published by Pocket Star (June 2011)
• City Under the Sand published by Wizards of the Coast (October 2010)
• published by Pocket Star (February 2010)
• published by Pocket Star (2009)
• Cold Black Hearts published by Jove (2009) (as Jeffrey J. Mariotte)
• River Runs Red published by Jove (2008) (as Jeffrey J. Mariotte)
• published by Pocket Star (2008)
• published by Pocket Star (2008)
• Witch Season 2 published by Barnes & Noble, (2008)
• published by Pocket Star, (2007)
• published by Harper Entertainment (2007,)
• Missing White Girl published by Jove, (2007) (as Jeffrey J. Mariotte)
• published by Pocket Star, (2007)
• Age of Conan: Marauders trilogy published by Ace (2006)
• (with Steve Niles), published by Pocket Star, (2006)
• published by Pocket Star, (2006)
• Andromeda

The Attitude of Silence published by Tor books, (2005)

• Spring (Witch Season) published by Simon Pulse, (2005)
• Boogeyman published by Pocket Star, (2005)
• Winter (Witch Season) published by Simon Pulse, (2004)
• Fall (Witch Season) published by Simon Pulse, (2004)
• published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment, (2004)
• Summer (Witch Season) published by Simon Pulse, (2004)

Deny Thy Father published by Pocket Books, (2003)

• Star Trek: The Original Series: Serpents in the Garden published by Pocket Books, (2014)
• The Slab published by IDW Publishing, (2003)
• published by Simon Pulse, (2003)
• (with Scott Ciencin)
• (with Christopher Golden, 1999)

Comics

• Desperadoes

• • A Moment's Sunlight (with John Cassaday, Homage Comics/Wildstorm, 5-issue mini-series, 1997–1998, tpb, 104 pages, July 1998,)
  • "Epidemic!" (with art laid out by John Cassaday and drawn by John Lucas, Homage Comics/Wildstorm, one-shot, 1999,)
  • Quiet of the Grave (with John Severin, Homage Comics/DC Comics, tpb, 128 pages, December 2002,)
  • Banners of Gold (with Jeremy Haun, 5-issue mini-series, IDW Publishing, tpb, 120 pages, August 2005, hardcover, softback)
  • Buffalo Dreams (with Alberto Dose, 4-issue mini-series, IDW Publishing, January 2007, tpb, September 2007,)
• (with artist Jean Diaz, 5-issue limited series, IDW Publishing)^[9]
• Graveslinger (with co-author Shannon Eric Denton and art by John Cboins and Nima Sorat, 4-issue mini-series, Image Comics, October 2007 – January 2008, tpb, IDW Publishing, March 2009,)^[10]
• "Presidential Material: Barack Obama" (with Tom Morgan, IDW Publishing, 2008)
• Zombie Cop (with Szymon Kudranski, graphic novel, Shadowline, Image Comics, February 2009,)
• Fade to Black (with Daniele Serra, 5-issue limited series, Image Comics, 2010)
• Garrison (with Francesco Francavilla, 6-issue limited series, Wildstorm, 2010)

Short stories

• Tales of Zorro

"Mission Gold"

• Lost Trails: "The Ones he Never Mentioned"
• Full Spectrum: "The Last Rainmaking Song"
• Dead Lands—A Fistful O' Dead Guys: "Behind Enemy Lines"
• Cutting Block Single Slices: "The Lottons Show" (with Marsheila Rockwell)

See also

• Angel books
• Angel comics
• Charmed novels

External links

• • Interview with Futureal Studio
• original e-novel Carnival Summer

Notes and References

1. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=6949 Not Fade Away: Jeff Mariotte Talks "Angel"
2. http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11710 Denton and Mariotte Go West in "Graveslinger"
3. Web site: Kiel . Phegley . CCI: IDW Enters the political sphere with "Presidential Material" . . July 28, 2008 . November 22, 2008 .
4. Web site: Tim . Lasiuta . Jeff Mariotte: Explaining Presidential Material . . November 4, 2008 . November 22, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081121165516/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/122580333221583.htm . November 21, 2008 .
5. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17498 CCI: IDW nabs "Terminator: Salvation"
6. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18885 Mariotte On The Case in "Zombie Cop"
7. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20613 Jeff Mariotte Unleashes "Garrison" at Wildstorm
8. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080919-Mariotte-Garrison.html Raiding WildStorm's GARRISON with Jeff Mariotte
9. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=2624 To Protect and to Serve: Jeff Mariotte on 'The Shield'
10. http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/reviews/119194551984871.htm Review of Graveslinger #1