Jonathan Oliver Explained

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

As editor

Notes and References

  1. http://theliteraryproject.blogspot.com/2010/04/interview-with-jonathan-oliver.html "An Interview with Jonathan Oliver,"
  2. http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2006/rebellion-talks-2000ad/ "Rebellion Talks 2000AD,"
  3. http://www.thebookseller.com/news/96135-rebellion-acquires-solaris-imprint.html "Rebellion Acquires Solaris Imprint,"
  4. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1062382 The Call of Kerberos
  5. http://abaddonbooks.blogspot.com/2010/09/twilight-of-kerberos-update.html "Twilight of Kerberos Update,"
  6. http://www.pornokitsch.com/2010/10/classic-covers-the-wrath-of-kerberos-by-jonathan-oliver.html "Classic Covers: The Wrath of Kerberos, by Jonathan Oliver,"
  7. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1154836 The End of the Line
  8. http://ttapress.com/915/end-of-the-line/ "The End of the Line,"
  9. http://solaris-editors-blog.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-from-editor.html "News from the editor,"

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