Author: Kieron Gillen
Alternate names: KIERON GILLEN; Jason Aaron; Kieron Gillen; KIERON GILLEN,STEVEN SANDERS; Kieron Gillen, Jason Aaron, Marco Checchetto, Salvador Larroca, …; KIERON GILLEN,MANUEL GARCIA,TED MCKEEVER,JOHN BARBER; Gillen Kieron; BREITWEISER, MITCH/ ELSON, RICHARD/ GILLEN, KIERON; Gillen, Kieron, (guión); Espín, Salva, (dib.); GILLEN, KIERON/ PACHECO, CARLOS/ PETERSON, BRANDON/ LAND, GREG; Yost, Chris, Texeira, Mark, Gillen, Kieron, Swierczynski, Duane
Born: 30 September 1975
Bio: Kieron Michael Gillen (/ˈɡɪlən/; born 30 September 1975) is a British comic book writer and former video game and music journalist. In comics, Gillen is known for Once & Future, Die, Phonogram, and The Wicked + The Divine, the latter two co-created with artist Jamie McKelvie and published by Image, as well as numerous projects for Marvel, such as Journey into Mystery, Uncanny X-Men, Young Avengers, Eternals, and the company-wide crossover storyline A.X.E.: Judgment Day. He has also written projects for Star Wars including Darth Vader, Star Wars, and co-created the character Doctor Aphra who starred in her own ongoing spin-off comic series Star Wars: Doctor Aphra which Gillen wrote the first 20 issues of.

In video game journalism, he created the New Games Journalism manifesto. He also co-founded the website Rock Paper Shotgun.

He has been nominated for a Hugo Award six times, once for The Wicked + The Divine, twice for Once & Future, and three times for Die. He also has been nominated four times for a GLAAD Media Award, winning once for Young Avengers. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieron_Gillen)