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James Swallow is a British author and scriptwriter. He is the author of several original books and tie-in novels, as well as 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, Stargate and 2000AD. He lives and works in London.^[1]

Novels

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)
• 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)
• Bloodline (Chapbook) (2010), reprinted in Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus (2012)
• 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 (TBC)

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)

Doctor Who

• Peacemaker (2007)

Stargate

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

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)

Dark Future

• Jade Dragon (2006)

Deus Ex

• Icarus Effect (2011)

Other Fiction

• The Butterfly Effect (2004)

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)
• 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) and Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus (2012)
• The Slow Knife - Star Trek: Seven Deadly Sins (2010)
• The Returned - Legends of the Space Marines (2010)
• Liar's Due - Age of Darkness (2011)
• Redeemed - Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus (2012)

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)

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)

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 (TBC)

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) and Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus (2012)
• Oath of Moment (2010)
• Legion of One (2011)
• Liar's Due (audiobook) (2011), appears in prose form in Age of Darkness (2011)
• Red & Black (2011)

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 (TBC)

Other Credits

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

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.

His novel Day of the Vipers won the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers Scribe Award for Best Original Speculative Fiction in 2009. He was previously nominated for the Scribes for Faith & Fire in 2007.

His novel Nemesis was a New York Times Bestseller in 2010.

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.

External links

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

References

1. ^ "About the Author" - Halcyon, Fandemonium Press