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Jonathan Oliver

Jonathan Oliver is a British science fiction, fantasy and horror author and editor.

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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

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As editor

Notes

  1. 1 2 "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.

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