Summary
Adam Christopher McGechan (born 2 February 1978 in Auckland, New Zealand),[1] who writes under the name Adam Christopher, is a New York Times Bestselling novelist. Born in New Zealand, he moved to North West England in 2006, where he lives with his wife.
Adam Christopher | |
|---|---|
| Born | Adam Christopher McGechan 2 February 1978 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | New Zealander/British |
| Period | 2008–present |
| Genre | Science fiction Superhero fiction Urban fantasy Horror fiction Crime fiction |
| Website | |
| www | |
Career edit
Christopher has released several books through Angry Robot and Tor Books.[2] He has also worked as an editor for nine issues of Time/Space Visualiser, the journal of the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club, from 2003 to 2009.[3] In 2010, he won a Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Fan Publication for TSV.[4][5]
Bibliography edit
Standalone novels edit
- Seven Wonders (September 2012 – ISBN 978 0 85766 195 1 [UK] | ISBN 978 0 85766 196 8 [US], Angry Robot)
- Hang Wire (2014, Angry Robot)
Series edit
Empire State edit
- Empire State (January 2012 – ISBN 978 0 85766 192 0 [UK] | ISBN 978 0 85766 193 7 [US], Angry Robot)
- The Age Atomic (2013, Angry Robot)
Ray Electromatic Mysteries edit
"Brisk Money" is a novelette published by Tor.com in 2014 set in the same universe of the Ray Electromatic Mysteries.
- Made to Kill (2015, Tor Books)
- Standard Hollywood Depravity (2017, Tor Books)
- Killing Is My Business (2017, Tor Books)
- I Only Killed Him Once (2018, Tor Books)
Spider Wars edit
- The Burning Dark (2014, originally titled Shadow's Call, Tor Books)
- The Machine Awakes (2015, originally titled The Jovian Conspiracy, Tor Books)[6][7][8][9]
"Cold War" is a novelette published by Tor.com in 2014 set in the same universe of the Spider Wars series.
Tie-in fiction edit
Dishonored edit
- Dishonored: The Corroded Man (September 27, 2016, Titan Books)
- Dishonored: The Return of Daud (March 27, 2018, Titan Books)
- Dishonored: The Veiled Terror (2018, Titan Books)
Elementary edit
- Elementary: The Ghost Line (2015, Titan Books)
- Elementary: Blood and Ink (2016, Titan Books)
Stranger Things edit
- Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town (2019, Del Rey)
Star Wars edit
- "End of Watch" in Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View (2017, Del Rey)
- "The Witness" in Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (2020, Del Rey)
- Shadow of the Sith (2022, Del Rey)
Comics edit
Dark Circle Comics/Archie Comics edit
- The Shield vol. 5 #1-4 (with Chuck Wendig and Drew Johnson, October 2015-November 2016)
Star Wars Adventures edit
- Alone in the Dark in Star Wars Adventures #26 (with Megan Levens, September 25, 2019)
Lazarus edit
- Ganymede in Lazarus: Rising #2 (prose short story, illustrated by Michael Lark, July 24, 2019)
References edit
- ^ "Internet Speculative Fiction Database"
- ^ [1] Archived 30 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine adamchristopher.co.uk, 23 April 2012
- ^ "TSV Online Archive"
- ^ "Sir Julius Vogel Award Results – 2010"
- ^ "Detective Tale with a Robotic Twist" Interview with the New Zealand Herald, 3 April 2012
- ^ "'The Machine Awakes' - A Sci-Fi Military Thriller Whodunit". GeekDad. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: The Machine Awakes by Adam Christopher. Tor, $25.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-7653-7640-4". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "The Machine Awakes by Adam Christopher (book review)". SFcrowsnest. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Science Fiction: the latest must-reads". Toronto Star. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
External links edit
- Official site
- Adam Christopher at Del Rey/Penguin Random House
- Adam Christopher at Angry Robot Books
- Adam Christopher at Tor Books/Macmillan Publishing