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jonathanmaberry's Journal

Created on 2006-11-03 13:47:22 (#11530381), last updated 2009-04-19

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Basic Info
Name:jonathanmaberry
Birthdate:05-18
Location:Southampton, Pennsylvania, United States
Website:Jonathan Maberry Official Website

Contact:

jonathan_maberry@yahoo.com
Bio
JONATHAN MABERRY is a multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author, magazine feature writer, playwright, content creator and writing teacher/lecturer. His books have been sold to a dozen countries.

His novels include GHOST ROAD BLUES (Pinnacle books; winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel in 2006), DEAD MAN’S SONG (2007), BAD MOON RISING (2008), and PATIENT ZERO (St Martins Press 2009), which has been optioned for TV by Sony Pictures.

Upcoming novels include THE WOLFMAN (February 2010, Tor/Universal Pictures), THE DRAGON FACTORY (March 2010, St Martins Griffin), THE KING OF PLAGUES (2011), ROT & RUIN (2010, Simon & Schuster) and DUST & DECAY (2011).

His nonfiction works include VAMPIRE UNIVERSE (Citadel Press, 2006), and THE CRYPTOPEDIA (Citadel, 2007 –winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction); and ZOMBIE CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead (Winning of the Hinzman and Black Quill Awards and nominated for a Stoker Award; 2008) and THEY BITE! (2009). His next nonfiction book will be VAMPIRE HUNTERS AND OTHER ENEMIES OF EVIL (2010). He is also the author of THE VAMPIRE SLAYERS FIELD GUIDE TO THE UNDEAD (2001), written under the pen name of Shane MacDougall.

He writes a variety of projects for Marvel Comics involving BLACK PANTHER, WOLVERINE, DEADPOOL, THE X-MEN, and FANTASTIC FOUR. In September 2009 Marvel Comics presented MARVEL ZOMBIES RETURN, a limited series with installments written by Jonathan Maberry, David Wellington (author of MONSTER ISLAND) and Seth Grahame-Smith (author of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES). Jonathan’s next projects are DOOMWAR, scheduled as a major Marvel event; and MARVEL: INFECTED –both scheduled to launch in early 2010. Graphic novel collections of POWER, DOOMWAR, and INFECTED will be released in 2010.

Recent short stories include “Pegleg and Paddy Save the World” (HISTORY IS DEAD, Permuted Press 2007), “Doctor Nine” (KILLERS, Swimming Kangaroo Press, 2008; and reprinted in THE STORIES (in) BETWEEN Edited by Greg Schauer, Jeanne B. Benzel, and W.H. Horner. Fantasist Enterprises, 2009), “The Adventure of the Greenbrier Ghost” (LEGENDS OF THE MOUNTAIN STATE 2, Bloodletting Books, 2008), “Clean Sweeps” (AND SO IT BEGINS, Dark Quest Books, 2008), “Family Business” (THE NEW DEAD, St. Martins Press, 2010), and “Zero Tolerance” (THE LIVING DEAD 2, Night Shade Books). Jonathan also created two Joe Ledger short stories for the Internet: “Countdown” (posted in 2008) and “Deep, Dark” (posted in 2009).

Jonathan is the co-creator (with Laura Schrock) of ON THE SLAB, an entertainment news show in development by Stage 9 for ABC Disney / Stage 9. He is also a ‘blog correspondent’ on Sony’s zomnbie-themed web show ‘WOKE UP DEAD’; and a recurring character on ‘IT’S TODD’S SHOW’.

Jonathan’s Big Scary Blog (www.jonathanmaberry.com) focuses on the publishing industry. Jonathan’s interviews include Sandra Brown, Gayle Lynds, Alafair Burke, John Saul, Jonathan Kellerman, Barry Eisler, CJ Box, Laurell K. Hamilton, Jack Ketchum, Tom Piccarilli, Dale Brown, Kevin J. Anderson, Joe Lansdale, Peter Straub, Ramsey Campbell, and many other best-selling authors.

Jonathan is a Contributing Editor for The Big Thrill (the newsletter of the International Thriller Writers), and is a member of SFWA, MWA, SCBWI, SFWA and HWA. He is a frequent guest at genre cons and writers conferences, including ThrillerFest, Sisters in Crime, BackSpace, PennWriters, Dragon*Con, PhilCon, Horror-Realm, HorrorFind, Monster Mania, Philadelphia Writers Conference, Balticon, The Write Stuff, Hypericon, LunaCon, and many others.

Jonathan is a founding member of The Liars Club, a group of networking publishing professionals that includes bestsellers William Lashner, L. A. Banks, Merry Jones, Gregory Frost, Jon McGoran, Ed Pettit, Dennis Tafoya, Keith Strunk, Don Lafferty, Kelly Simmons, Laura Schrock and Marie Lamba.

On the last Sunday of every month Jonathan hosts the Writers Coffeehouse, a free three-hour open-agenda networking and discussion session for writers of all genres and levels of skill. The event is held at the Barnes & Noble in Willow Grove Pennsylvania.

Jonathan has been a writing teacher and career counselor for writers for the last two decades. He teaches a highly regard series of classes and workshops including Write Your Novel in Nine Months, Revise & Sell, Experimental Writing for Teens, and others. Many of his students have gone on to publish in short and novel-length fiction, magazine feature writing, nonfiction books, TV, film, and comics.

In 2004 Jonathan was inducted into the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame largely because of his extensive writings in that field. His martial arts books include E.S.M: Effective Survival Methods (Vortex Multimedia, 1985); Introduction to Asian Martial Arts (Vortex Multimedia, 1986); The Self-Defense Instructor’s Handbook (Vortex Multimedia, 1990); Judo and You (Kendall Hunt, 1991); Ultimate Jujutsu Principles and Practices (Strider Nolan, 2002); The Martial Arts Student Logbook (Strider Nolan, 2002); Ultimate Sparring Principles and Practices (Strider Nolan, 2003).

Visit his website at www.jonathanmaberry.com or find him on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and MySpace.

Jonathan’s complete books in print:
NONFICTION

THEY BITE!: Endless Cravings of Supernatural Predators
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Citadel (August 25, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0806528206 / ISBN-13: 978-0806528205

ZOMBIE CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead
Publisher: Citadel Press; First edition (September 1, 2008)
ISBN-10: 080652877X / ISBN-13: 978-0806528779

THE CRYPTOPEDIA: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange, and Downright Bizarre
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Citadel (September 1, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0806528192 / ISBN-13: 978-0806528199

VAMPIRE UNIVERSE
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Citadel (September 1, 2006)
ISBN-10: 0806528133 / ISBN-13: 978-0806528137

WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE
Publisher: Citadel (August 31, 2010)
ISBN-10: 0806528214 / ISBN-13: 978-0806528212

NOVELS

THE WOLFMAN
Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Tor Books (Feb 2, 2010)
ISBN-10: 0765365162 / ISBN-13: 978-0765365163

GHOST ROAD BLUES
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Pinnacle (June 1, 2006)
ISBN-10: 0786018151 / ISBN-13: 978-0786018154

DEAD MAN'S SONG
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Pinnacle Books; 1st edition (July 1, 2007)
ISBN-10: 078601816X / ISBN-13: 978-0786018161

BAD MOON RISING
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Pinnacle; First edition (May 1, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0786018178
ISBN-13: 978-0786018178
Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4

PATIENT ZERO: A Joe Ledger Novel
Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (March 3, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0312382855 / ISBN-13: 978-0312382858

THE DRAGON FACTORY: A Joe Ledger Novel
Paperback: 496 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (March 2, 2010)
ISBN-10: 0312382499 / ISBN-13: 978-0312382490

THE KING OF PLAGUES: A Joe Ledger Novel
Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (March 3, 2009)

ROT & RUIN
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (September 7, 2010)
ISBN-10: 1442402326 /ISBN-13: 978-1442402324

DUST & DECAY
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (2011)
ISBN-10:
ISBN-13:

SHORT STORIES IN ANTHOLOGIES

HISTORY IS DEAD
Paperback: 300 pages
Publisher: Permuted Press (December 1, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0978970799 /ISBN-13: 978-0978970796
Includes the story: “Pegleg and Paddy Save the World”

KILLERS
Paperback: 244 pages
Publisher: Swimming Kangaroo Books (September 15, 2008)
ISBN-10: 1934041661 / ISBN-13: 978-1934041666
Includes the story: “Doctor Nine”

SO IT BEGINS edited by Mike McPhail
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Dark Quest, LLC (May 22, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0979690153 / ISBN-13: 978-0979690150
Includes the story: “Clean Sweeps”

THE STORIES IN BETWEEN edited by Greg Schauer
Paperback: 306 Pages
Publisher: Fantasist Enterprises (November 20009)
ISBN-10: 097136088X / ISBN-13: 9780971360884
Includes the story: “Doctor Nine”

THE NEW DEAD edited by Christopher Golden
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (February 16, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312559712 / ISBN-13: 978-0312559717
Includes the story: “Family Business”

THE LIVING DEAD 2 edited by John Joseph Adams
Paperback:
Night Shade Books (September 2010)
ISBN-10 / ISBN-13
Includes the story: “Zero Tolerance”


COMIC BOOKS &

PUNISHER: NAKED KILL
Publisher: Marvel Comics (April 2009)
ASIN: B002BP6EK2

WOLVERINE: THE ANNIVERSARY
Publisher: Marvel (March 2009)
ASIN: B0026SKE1Y
Includes the story: “Ghosts” by Jonathan Maberry

BLACK PANTHER #7
Publisher: Marvel Comics (August 2009)
ASIN: B002JVSU7S

BLACK PANTHER #8
Publisher: Marvel Comics (September 2009)
ASIN: B002NSPVNS

BLACK PANTHER #9
Publisher: Marvel Comics (October 2009)

BLACK PANTHER #10
Publisher: Marvel Comics (November2009)

BLACK PANTHER #11
Publisher: Marvel Comics (December 2009)

BLACK PANTHER #12
Publisher: Marvel Comics (January 2010)

MARVEL ZOMBIES RETURN #3
Publisher: Marvel Comics (September 2009)

DOOMWAR #1
Publisher: Marvel Comics (February 2010)

DOOMWAR #2
Publisher: Marvel Comics (March 2010)

DOOMWAR #3
Publisher: Marvel Comics (April 2010)

DOOMWAR #4
Publisher: Marvel Comics (May 2010)

DOOMWAR #5
Publisher: Marvel Comics (June 2010)

MARVEL:INFECTED #1
Publisher: Marvel Comics (March 2010)

MARVEL:INFECTED #2
Publisher: Marvel Comics (April 2010)

MARVEL:INFECTED #3
Publisher: Marvel Comics (May 2010)

MARVEL:INFECTED #4
Publisher: Marvel Comics (June 2010)



GRAPHIC NOVEL COLLECTIONS

MARVEL ZOMBIES RETURN TPB (Paperback)
By Fred Van Lente, David Wellington, Jonathan Maberry, and Seth Grahame-Smith
Paperback: 120 pages
Publisher: Marvel Comics (January 20, 2010)
ISBN-10: 078514238X / ISBN-13: 978-0785142386

MARVEL ZOMBIES RETURN HC (Hardcover)
By Fred Van Lente, David Wellington, Jonathan Maberry, and Seth Grahame-Smith
Hardcover: 168 pages
Publisher: Marvel Comics (January 20, 2010)
ISBN-10: 0785142770 / ISBN-13: 978-0785142775

WOLVERINE: FLIES TO A SPIDER
Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Marvel Comics (September 9, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0785135693 / ISBN-13: 978-0785135692

BLACK PANTHER: POWER
Hardcover: 120 pages
Publisher: Marvel Comics (March 24, 2010)
ISBN-10: 0785143122 / ISBN-13: 978-0785143123
(Collects Black Panther #7-12)

BLACK PANTHER: POWER
Paperback: 120 pages
Publisher: Marvel Comics (March 17, 2010)
ISBN-10: 0785138617 / ISBN-13: 978-0785138617

DOOMWAR
Publisher: Marvel Comics (2010)
ISBN-10: / ISBN-13:
Collecting DoomWar issues #1-5

MARVEL INFECTED
Publisher: Marvel Comics (2010)
ISBN-10: / ISBN-13:
Collecting Marvel Infected issues #1-4

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