Jonathan Oliver

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

Jonathan Oliver

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

• The End of the Line: An Anthology of Underground Horror (September 2010, ISBN 978-1907519338, Solaris Books)
• House of Fear: An Anthology of Haunted House Stories (September 2011, ISBN 978-1-907992-06-3, Solaris Books)
• Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane (October 2012, ISBN 978-1-78108-053-5, Solaris Books)
• End of the Road (November 2013, ISBN 978-1-78108-154-9, Solaris Books)
• World War Cthulhu (December 2013, ISBN 978-0-85744-212-3, Cubicle 7 Entertainment)
• Dangerous Games (December 2014, ISBN 978-1-78108-268-3, Solaris Books)
• Five Stories High (December 2016, ISBN 978-1-78108-391-8, Solaris Books)