James Swallow

James Swallow is a British author and scriptwriter. A BAFTA nominee and a New York Times best-seller, he is the author of several original books and tie-in novels, as well as short fiction, numerous audio dramas and videogames.

His writing includes The Sundowners series of Western fiction steampunk novels, and fiction from the worlds of Star Trek, Warhammer 40,000, Doctor Who, 24, Stargate and 2000 AD. He lives and works in London.^[1]

Novels & Novellas

The Rubicon series

• Nomad (2016), audiobook (2016)
• Exile (2017)

The Sundowners series

• Ghost Town (2001)
• Underworld (2001)
• Iron Dragon (2001)
• Showdown (2001)

Warhammer 40,000

• Deus Encarmine (2004)
• Deus Sanguinius (2005)
• Faith & Fire (2006)
• The Flight of the Eisenstein (2007), reprinted as Collector's Edition (2012), audiobook (2013)
• Red Fury (2008)
• The Blood Angels Omnibus (Collected edition of Deus Encarmine, Deus Sanguinius and the short story Blood Debt) (2008)
• Black Tide (2009)
• The Book of Blood (Collected edition including Heart of Rage and the short stories Crimson Night and Blood Debt) (2010)
• Nemesis (2010), audiobook (2015), Collector's Edition (2016)
• Bloodline (Chapbook) (2010), reprinted in Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus, 25 For 25, Hammer & Bolter #23 (2012) and The Best of Hammer And Bolter Volume Two (2013)
• Hammer & Anvil (2011)
• Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus (Collected edition of Red Fury, Black Tide, Heart of Rage, Bloodline and the short story Redeemed) (2012)
• Fear To Tread (2012), audiobook (2012), Collector's Edition (2015)
• Vow of Faith (2016)
• Weapon of Fate (2017)

Star Trek

• Star Trek: Terok Nor - Day of the Vipers (2008)
• Star Trek Myriad Universes - Infinity's Prism (features novella Seeds of Dissent) (2008)
• Star Trek: Titan - Synthesis (2009)
• Star Trek - Cast No Shadow (2011)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Stuff of Dreams (2013)
• Star Trek: The Fall - The Poisoned Chalice (2013)
• Star Trek: Titan - Sight Unseen (2015)
• Star Trek - The Latter Fire (2016)

Doctor Who

• Peacemaker (2007), audiobook (2008)

Stargate

• Stargate Atlantis: Halcyon (2006)
• Stargate SG-1: Relativity (2007)
• Stargate Atlantis: Nightfall (2009)
• Stargate Universe: Air (2009)

24

• Deadline (2014), audiobook (2014)

2000AD

• Judge Dredd: Eclipse (2004)
• Rogue Trooper: Blood Relative (2005)
• Judge Dredd: Whiteout (2005)
• I Am The Law: The Judge Dredd Omnibus (Collected edition including Eclipse) (2006)

Deus Ex

• Icarus Effect (2011)
• Fallen Angel (Novelette) (2013)
• Black Light (2016)
• Hard Line (Novelette) (2016)

Tannhäuser

• Enigma (2013)

Dark Future

• Jade Dragon (2006)

Other Tie-in Fiction

• The Butterfly Effect (2004)
• Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Short fiction

• Snowblind - Silent Night (2002)
• Crimson Night - Inferno! #38 (2003), reprinted in What Price Victory (2004), The Book of Blood (2010)
• Wings of Bone - Inferno! #40 (2004)
• Relics - Inferno! #43 (2004)
• Passive/Aggressive - Judge Dredd Megazine #225 (2004)
• Closure - Star Trek Voyager: Distant Shores (2005)
• Siege Mentality - Bernice Summerfield Something Changed (2006)
• Museum Peace - Doctor Who Short Trips: Dalek Empire (2006), reprinted in Doctor Who Short Trips: Re:Collections (2009), audiobook (2010)
• Choices - Stargate: The Official Magazine #10 (2006)
• The Inconstant Gallery - Bernice Summerfield Collected Works (2006)
• Lady of the Snows - Doctor Who Short Trips: Destination Prague (2007)
• Outsiders - Stargate: The Official Magazine #20 (2007)
• Piecemeal - Doctor Who Short Trips: Snapshots (2007)
• Ordinary Days - Star Trek The Next Generation: The Sky's The Limit (2007)
• Clean-up on Aisle Two - Doctor Who Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership (2008)
• Blood Debt – The Blood Angels Omnibus (2008), reprinted in The Book of Blood (2010)
• Straw Man – Battlecorps.com (2008)
• The Black Flag - Star Trek Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows (2009)
• The Voice - Tales of Heresy (2009), audiobook (2015)
• Target Market - Full-Throttle Space Tales Volume 3: Space Grunts (2009)
• Heart of Rage - The Book of Blood (adaptation of audio drama) (2010), reprinted in Victories of the Space Marines (2011), Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus (2012) and Space Marines: The Omnibus (2013)
• The Slow Knife - Star Trek: Seven Deadly Sins (2010)
• The Returned - Legends of the Space Marines (2010), reprinted in Space Marines: The Omnibus (2013) and There Is Only War (2013)
• Liar's Due - Age of Darkness (2011), audiobook (2011)
• Redeemed - Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus, reprinted in Hammer & Bolter #16 (2012) and The Best of Hammer And Bolter Volume Two (2013)
• Honours - Games Day UK 2012 Official Programme (2012)
• Lost Sons - Black Library Weekender 2012 Anthology Volume One (2012), reprinted in The Silent War (2016)
• All That Remains - The Imperial Truth (2013), reprinted in War Without End (2016)
• The Fury - Space Marines: Angels of Death (2013)
• Vigil - Space Marines: Angels of Death (2013)
• Dante: Lord of the Host - Lords of the Space Marines (2013)
• The Sanguinor: Exemplar of the Host - Lords of the Space Marines (2013)
• The Turn of The Card - Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters (2014), audiobook (2014)
• Gunsight - Death And Defiance (2014), reprinted in War Without End (2016)
• Reflection in Blood - Black Library Advent Calendar 2014 (2014)
• Rewriting History - The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who (2015)
• Screen Burn - Game Over (2015)
• Ghosts Speak Not - Tales of the Knights Errant, reprinted in The Silent War (2016)
• Patience - Tales of the Knights Errant, reprinted in The Silent War (2016)
• Ashes & Iron - Adventures In No Man's Sky (2016)
• Breaking Strain - Halo: Fractures (2016)
• Toy Soldier - Mech: Age of Steel (2017)

Non-fiction

• The Manga Collector's Edition, Volume 1 (co-writer with Peter J. Evans) (1995)
• Starlog: Star Trek's Greatest Guest Stars (contributing writer) (1997)
• Dark Eye: The Films of David Fincher (2003)
• Games Writing: Narrative Skills for Videogames (contributing writer) (2006)

Scriptwriting

Star Trek Voyager

• One, episode #193, 4th season (original story concept) (1996)
• Memorial, episode #236, 6th season (original story concept) (1998)

Doctor Who audio drama

• Doctor Who: Singularity (2005)
• Doctor Who: Kingdom of Silver / Keepsake (2008)
• Doctor Who - The Companion Chronicles: Old Soldiers (2007)
• Doctor Who: Peacemaker (audiobook) (2008)
• Cyberman 2: Outsiders (2009)
• Cyberman 2: Terror (2009)
• Cyberman 2: Machines (2009)
• Cyberman 2: Extinction (2009)
• Doctor Who - Short Trips in Time & Space: Museum Peace (audiobook) (2010)
• Doctor Who - Destiny of the Doctor: Shockwave (2013)
• Cyberman: The Complete Series 1 & 2 (Collected edition including Cyberman 2) (2016)

Blake's 7 audio drama

• Blake's 7 The Audio Adventures - Liberator (2007)
• Blake's 7 The Early Years - Point of No Return (2008)
• Blake's 7 The Early Years - Escape Velocity (2010)
• Blake's 7 The Liberator Chronicles: Volume 7 - The Hard Road (2014)

Stargate audio drama

• Stargate SG-1 - Shell Game (2008)
• Stargate Atlantis - Zero Point (2008)
• Stargate SG-1 - First Prime (2009)
• Stargate SG-1 - Half Life (2012)

2000AD audio drama

• Judge Dredd: Dreddline (2003)
• Judge Dredd: Jihad (2004)
• Judge Dredd: Grud is Dead (2004)
• Judge Dredd: Crime Chronicles - Blood Will Tell (2009)
• Judge Dredd: Crime Chronicles - Double Zero (2010)

Warhammer 40,000 audio drama

• Heart of Rage (2009), appears in prose form in The Book of Blood (2010), Victories of the Space Marines (2011), Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus (2012) and Space Marines: The Omnibus (2013), in script form in The Space Marine Script Book (2012)
• Oath of Moment (2010), in script form in The Horus Heresy: The Scripts Volume 1 (2012)
• Legion of One (2011), in script form in The Horus Heresy: The Scripts Volume 1 (2012)
• Liar's Due (audiobook) (2011), appears in prose form in Age of Darkness (2011)
• Red & Black (2011)
• Sword of Truth (2012), in script form in The Horus Heresy: The Scripts Volume 2 (2014)
• Fear to Tread (audiobook) (2012)
• The Flight of the Eisenstein (audiobook) (2013)
• Burden of Duty (2013), in script form in The Horus Heresy: The Scripts Volume 2 (2014)
• Shield of Lies (2014)
• Knight Errant (Collected edition of Oath of Moment, Sword of Truth, Burden of Duty, Ashes of Fealty, Legion of One and Shield of Lies) (2015)
• Ashes of Fealty (2015)
• Nemesis (audiobook) (2015)
• The Voice (audiobook) (2015), appears in prose form in Tales of Heresy (2009)

Dan Dare audio drama

• Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures: Volume 1 - The Red Moon Mystery (2016)

Space 1889 audio drama

• The Steppes of Thoth (2005)

Videogames

• Star Trek Invasion (2001)
• Battlestar Galactica video game (2003)
• Maelstrom (2007)
• Killzone 2 (2009)
• Necrovision (2009)
• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West - Pigsy's Perfect 10 downloadable content (2010)
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011)
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link downloadable content (2011)
• Fable: The Journey (2012)
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut (2013)
• Deus Ex: The Fall (2013)
• Disney Infinity 3.0 Star Wars: Twilight of the Republic (2015)^[2]
• Fractured Space (2016)
• No Man's Sky (2016)^[3]
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016)
• Dark Future: Blood Red States (TBC)

Other Credits

• Audio Direction on Maelstrom (2007)
• Script Editor on Highlander: The Four Horsemen audio drama series, episodes 1-4 (2011)
• Script Editor on Stargate audio drama series 3, episodes 2-6 (2012)

Notes

Although uncredited, Swallow is the only British writer to have worked on a Star Trek television series, having created the original stories for "One" and "Memorial", two episodes of the series Star Trek: Voyager.^[4]

His novel Day of the Vipers won the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers Scribe Award for Best Original Speculative Fiction in 2009.^[5] He was previously nominated for the Scribes in this category for Faith & Fire in 2007.^[6] His novel Deadline was nominated in the Best Original General Fiction category in 2015.^[7]

Nominated with Mary DeMarle and Jean-François Dugas in 2012 for the BAFTA Video Games Awards Story category, for their work on Deus Ex: Human Revolution.^[8]

Co-winner of the 2012 Canadian Videogames Award for Best Writing for Deus Ex: Human Revolution.^[9]

His novels The Poisoned Chalice,^[10] Fear To Tread ^[11] and Nemesis ^[12] were New York Times Bestsellers in 2013, 2012 and 2010. His novel Nomad was a Sunday Times and Irish Times bestseller in 2016.

At the Pegusus 2 convention held in the UK in 2007, James Swallow auctioned off the chance to have a "walk on role" in the Stargate SG-1 novel Relativity. The money was given to charity. He has previously done this with the books Underworld and Whiteout, and the Doctor Who audio drama Destiny of the Doctor: Shockwave.

External links

• Blogger
• Livejournal
• James Swallow at the Internet Movie Database
• James Swallow at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• 2000AD profile

References

1. "About the Author" - Halcyon, Fandemonium Press
2. http://www.sidelinesagency.com/2015/05/star-wars-in-the-toy-box/
3. Hussain, Tamoor (7 August 2016). "First No Man's Sky Update Detailed, Early Copy Players Recommended to Delete Saves". GameSpot. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
4. Ayers, Jeff (November 2006). Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion. Pocket Books. p. 655. ISBN 978-1-41650-349-1.
5. http://iamtw.org/the-scribe-awards/previous-scribe-award-winners/#2009
6. http://iamtw.org/the-scribe-awards/previous-scribe-award-winners/#2007
7. http://iamtw.org/the-scribe-awards/scribe-award-nominees/
8. http://awards.bafta.org/award/2012/games/story
9. http://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/enfinalistsfrfinalistes/
10. http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-12-15/mass-market-paperback/list.html
11. http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2012-09-16/mass-market-paperback/list.html
12. http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2010-08-15/mass-market-paperback/list.html