Christopher Golden

Christopher Golden and Mr.Duckie
Christopher Golden at a Ghosts of Albion promotion
Born	July 15, 1967 (1967-07-15) (age 44) Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist, comic book writer
Genres	Horror fiction, Fantasy
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Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults, teens, and young readers.

Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He is a graduate of Tufts University. As well as novels, Golden has also written comic books and video games and co-written the online animated series Ghosts of Albion with actress/writer/director Amber Benson. He wrote the introduction to the now collectible 200 only copies slipcased edition to Joe Hill's book of short stories titled 20th Century Ghosts.

Bibliography

Novels

• Strangewood (Signet, 1999)
• Straight On 'Til Morning (Signet, 2001)
• The Ferryman (Signet, 2002)
• The Boys Are Back in Town (Bantam, 2004)
• Wildwood Road (Bantam, 2005)
• Bloodstained Oz - co-authored with James A. Moore (Earthling Publications 2006)
• Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire (co-authored with Mike Mignola)
• Poison Ink (Delacorte, 2008)
• Soulless (MTV Books, 2008)
• When Rose Wakes (2010)
• Bloodstained Wonderland - co-authored with James A. Moore (Earthling Publications tbd)
• Fresh Kill - co-authored with James A. Moore (tbd)

The Hidden Cities

The Hidden Cities series all co-authored with Tim Lebbon

• Mind the Gap (Spectra, 2008)
• Map of Moments (Spectra, 2009)
• The Chamber of Ten (Spectra, 2010)
• The Shadow Men (Spectra, 2011)

The Veil

• The Myth Hunters (Bantam, 2006)
• The Borderkind (Bantam, 2007)
• The Lost Ones (Bantam, 2008)

The Shadow Saga

• Of Saints and Shadows (Berkley, 1994)
• Angel Souls and Devil Hearts (Berkley, 1995)
• Of Masques and Martyrs (Ace, 1998)
• The Gathering Dark (Berkley, 2003)
• Waking Nightmares (Berkley, 2011)

The Menagerie

The Menagerie series all co-authored with Tom Sniegoski

• The Nimble Man (Ace, 2004)
• Tears of the Furies (Ace, 2005)
• Stones Unturned (Ace, 2006)
• Crashing Paradise (Ace, 2007)

Ghosts of Albion

Ghosts of Albion related books are co-authored with Amber Benson.

• Accursed (Del Rey, 2005)
• Astray (Subterranean, 2005)
• Initiation (Subterranean, 2006)
• Witchery (Del Rey, 2006)

Hellboy

Hellboy related books with cover and other illustrations by Mike Mignola

• Hellboy: The Lost Army (Dark Horse, 1997)
• Hellboy: The Bones of Giants (Dark Horse, 2001)
• Hellboy: The Dragon Pool (Pocket Books, 2007)

Body of Evidence

• Body Bags (Pocket, 1999)
• Thief of Hearts (Pocket, 1999)
• Soul Survivor (Pocket, 1999)
• Meets the Eye (Pocket, 2000)
• Head Games (Pocket, 2000)
• Skin Deep - co-authoered with Rick Hautala (Pocket, 2000)
• Burning Bones - co-authoered with Rick Hautala (Pocket, 2001)
• Brain Trust - co-authoered with Rick Hautala (Pocket, 2001)
• Last Breath - co-authoered with Rick Hautala (Pocket, 2004)
• Throat Culture - co-authoered with Rick Hautala (Pocket, 2005)

OutCast

All co-authored with Tom Sniegoski

• OutCast: The Un-Magician (Pocket, 2004)
• OutCast: Dragon Secrets (Pocket, 2004)
• OutCast: Ghostfire (Pocket, 2005)
• OutCast: Wurm War (Pocket, 2005)

Prowlers

• Prowlers (Pocket, 2001)
• Laws of Nature (Pocket, 2001)
• Predator and Prey (Pocket, 2001)
• Wild Things (Pocket, 2002)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer related books.

• Halloween Rain - Co-authored with Nancy Holder (Pocket, 1997)
• Blooded - Co-authored with Nancy Holder (Pocket 1998)
• Child of the Hunt - Co-authored with Nancy Holder (Pocket 1998)
• The Gatekeeper series - all co-authored with Nancy Holder

The Gatekeeper, Book One: Out of the Madhouse (Pocket 1999)

The Gatekeeper, Book Two: Ghost Roads (Pocket 1999)

The Gatekeeper, Book Three: Sons of Entropy (Pocket 1999)

• Immortal - co-authored with Nancy Holder (hardcover, Pocket, 1999)
• Sins of the Father (Pocket, 1999)
• Spike & Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row (hardcover, Pocket, 2000)
• The Lost Slayer a 4 part series(Pocket 2001)

The Lost Slayer I: Prophecies

The Lost Slayer II: Dark Times

The Lost Slayer III: King of the Dead

The Lost Slayer IV: Original Sins

• Oz: Into the Wild (Pocket, 2002)
• The Wisdom of War (Pocket, 2002)
• Monster Island co-authored with Tom Sniegoski (hardcover, Pocket, 2003)
• Dark Congress (Simon Spotlight, 2007)

Young Adult Novels

• Beach Blanket Psycho (Bantam YA, 1995)
• Bikini (Bantam YA, 1995)
• Force Majeure co-authored with Tom Sniegoski (Pocket, 2002)
• Poison Ink (Delacrote YA, 2008)

The Hollow series

Young Adult series co-authored with Ford Lytle Gilmore. The series is based on Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

1. Horseman (Pocket, 2005)
2. Drowned (Pocket, 2005)
3. Mischief (Pocket, 2006)
4. Enemies (Pocket, 2006)

The Waking

Young Adult series written under the pseudonym "Thomas Randall"

1. Dreams of the Dead (Bloomsbury, 2009)
2. Spirits of the Noh (Bloomsbury, 2011)
3. A Winter of Ghosts (Bloomsbury, 2011)

The Secret Journeys of Jack London

Young Adult series co-authored with "Tim Lebbon"

1. The Wild (HarperCollins, 2011)
2. The Sea Wolves (HarperCollins, tbd)

Other Media Tie-ins

Battlestar Galactica

• Battlestar Galactica: Armageddon
• Battlestar Galactica: Warhawk

Daredevil

• Daredevil: Predator's Smile

Gen¹³

• Gen¹³: Netherwar - co-authored with Jeff Mariotte

Justice League

• Justice League: Exterminators

King Kong

• King Kong - official novelization of the 2005 film

X-Men

• X-Men: Mutant Empire-Siege
• X-Men: Mutant Empire-Sanctuary
• X-Men: Mutant Empire-Salvation
• X-Men: Codename Wolverine

Uncharted

• "Uncharted: The Fourth Labyrinth"

Comics

• Talent (with Thomas E. Sniegoski, Boom! Studios, 2006)
• The Sisterhood (with Tom Sniegoski, Archaia, 2008)
• Baltimore: The Plague Ships (with Mike Mignola, Dark Horse Comics, 2010)

See Also

Edited a short story collection enetitled "Zombie" a collection of short stories related to zombies.

See also

Children's literature portal

• Buffy novels which tend to surround the character of Buffy and the fictional town of Sunnydale
• Angel novels which instead focus on Angel and his so called 'Fang Gang'
• Tales of the Slayer which chronicle the stories of past slayers
• Buffy comics
• Angel comics
• Ghosts of Albion

External links

• Official Web Site
• Official Blog
• Interview with Christopher Golden on BookBanter
• Interview with Christopher Golden at SFFWorld
• Interview with Christopher Golden at The Horror Channel
• Interview with Christopher Golden at Watcher's Web
• Three interviews with Christopher Golden at SlayerLit
• Two interviews with Christopher Golden at Buffy and Angel: The Authors

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Date of birth	July 15, 1967
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