Christopher Golden

## About the Author

* **Other Names**: Thomas Randall, Jack Rogan
* **Genre**: horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens.
* **Writing Style**:
* **Books:** Christopher Golden Books

### Biography

Golden was born July 15, 1967 and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts University.

Christopher Golden was voted the third most popular science fiction author of the year 2000 by the readers of SFX magazine. As well as novels, Golden has written comic books and video games, and co-written the online animated series *Ghosts of Albion* with actress/writer/director Amber Benson. He co-created and co-writes the Dark Horse Comics series Baltimore with Mike Mignola and wrote the introduction to the now collectible, 200-only copies, slipcased edition of Joe Hill's book of short stories titled 20th Century Ghosts. He has also edited numerous horror and dark fantasy fiction anthologies.

Golden worked on the script for Hellboy, a reboot film based on Mignola's comic series Hellboy, though he ultimately was uncredited.

## Series

### Peter Octavian / Shadow Saga series

* Genre: Urban Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Horror
	1. Of Saints and Shadows (Peter Octavian Book 1) (1994)
	2. Angel Souls and Devil Hearts (Peter Octavian Book 2) (1998)
	3. Of Masques and Martyrs (Peter Octavian Book 3) (1998)
	4. The Gathering Dark (Peter Octavian Book 4) (2003)
	5. Waking Nightmares (Peter Octavian Book 5) (2011)
	6. The Graves of Saints (Peter Octavian) (2013)
	7. King of Hell (Peter Octavian) (2014)

### The Veil series

* Genre: Urban Fantasy
	1. The Myth Hunters (The Veil Book 1) (2006)
	2. The Borderkind (The Veil Book 2) (2007)
	3. The Lost Ones (The Veil Book 3) (2008)

### The Menagerie series

* Genre: Urban Fantasy
* Theme: vamps, weres, mages, goblins, demons, zombies, faerie
* Co-authored: Thomas E. Sniegoski
* Series list:
	1. The Nimble Man (The Menagerie Book 1) (2004)
	2. The Tears of the Furies (The Menagerie Book 2) (2005)
	3. Stones Unturned (The Menagerie Book 3) (2006)
	4. Crashing Paradise (The Menagerie Book 4) (2007)

### The Prowlers Series

* Genre: Urban Fantasy
* Theme: werewolf-like beings, Boston
* Co-authored: Thomas E. Sniegoski
* Series list:
	1. Prowlers (The Prowlers Book 1) (2001)
	2. Laws of Nature (The Prowlers Book 2) (2001)
	3. Predator and Prey (The Prowlers Book 3) (2001)
	4. Wild Things (The Prowlers Book 4) (2002)

### Magic Zero

* aka originally released as 'Outcast'
* Genre: pre-teen fantasy
* Theme: dragons
* Co-authored: Thomas E. Sniegoski
* Series list:
	1. Magic Zero (Magic Zero Book 1) (2004) - (originally released as 'The Un-Magician')
	2. Dragon Secrets (Magic Zero Book 2) (2004)
	3. Ghostfire (Magic Zero Book 3) (2005)
	4. Battle for Arcanum (Magic Zero Book 4) (2005) - (originally released as 'Wurm War')

### The Hidden Cities

* Genre: YA Fantasy, Historical Fantasy
* Theme:
* Co-authored: Tim Lebbon
* Series list:
	1. Mind the Gap (Hidden Cities Book 1) (2008)
	2. Map of Moments (Hidden Cities Book 2) (2009)
	3. The Chamber of Ten (Hidden Cities Book 3) (2010)
	4. The Shadow Men (Hidden Cities Book 4) (2011)

### The Hollow series

* Genre: YA Fantasy, Historical Fantasy
* Theme: based on Washington Irving's *The Legend of Sleepy Hollow*
* Co-authored: Ford Lytle Gilmore
* Series list:
	1. Horseman (Sleepy Hollow High Book 1) (2005)
	2. Drowned (Sleepy Hollow High Book 2) (2005)
	3. Mischief (Sleepy Hollow High Book 3) (Sleepy Hollow High Book 1) (2006)
	4. Enemies (Sleepy Hollow High Book 4) (2006)

### Ghosts of Albion series

* Genre: Horror, Historical Fantasy
* Theme: vengeful tale of demons, vampires, and ghosts set in nineteenth-century London
* Co-authored: Amber Benson
* Series list:
	1. Accursed (Ghosts of Albion Book 1) (2005)
	2. Witchery (Ghosts of Albion Book 2) (2006)
	3. Astray (Ghosts of Albion Book 3) (2004)
	4. Initiation (Ghosts of Albion Book 4) (2006)

### Ben Walker series

* Genre: Horror, Supernatural thriller
	1. Ararat (Ben Walker Book 1) (2017)
	2. The Pandora Room (Ben Walker Book 2) (2019)
	3. Red Hands (Ben Walker Book 3) (2020)

## Other Writings

### Novels

* Bikini (1995)
* Beach Blanket Psycho (1995)
* Daredevil (1995)
* Strangewood (1999)
* Straight on Til' Morning (2001)
* The Ferryman (2002)
* Force Majeure (2002) (with Thomas E Sniegoski) aka Storm Warning
* The Boys Are Back in Town (2004)
* Wildwood Road (2005)
* Kong (2005) aka King Kong
* The Seven Whistlers (2006) (with Amber Benson)
* Poison Ink (2008)
* Soulless (2008)
* The Ocean Dark (2010) (as by Jack Rogan)
* When Rose Wakes (2010)
* The Collective (2011) (as by Jack Rogan)
* Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2011) (with Troy Nixey and Guillermo del Toro)
* Snowblind (2014)
* Sons of Anarchy: Bratva (2014)
* Tin Men (2015)
* Dead Ringers (2015)
* Indigo (2017) (with Kelley Armstrong, Charlaine Harris, Tim Lebbon, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, James A Moore, Mark Morris, Cherie Priest and Kat Richardson)
* Runaways (2018)
* Blood of the Four (2018) (with Tim Lebbon)
* Road of Bones (2022)
* All Hallows (**Jan 24, 2023**)

### Anthologies

* Many Bloody Returns — Story: "The Mournful Cry of Owls"
* Death's Excellent Vacation — Story: "Thin Walls"
* Dark Duets (editor) — Story:
* Four Summoner's Tales — Story: "Pipers"

**As Editor ~ Anthologies**:

* Dark Duets
* 21st Century Dead
* The Monster's Corner
* The New Dead
* British Invasion (edited by Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon, and James A. Moore)
* Hellboy: Odd Jobs
* Hellboy: Odder Jobs
* Hellboy: Oddest Jobs

## Awards

* Bram Stoker Best Novel winner (2017) : Ararat