Adam Christopher McGechan (born 2 February 1978 in

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),"Internet Speculative Fiction Database"
/ref> who writes under the name Adam Christopher, is a New York Times Bestselling novelist. Born in New Zealand, he moved to

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in 2006, where he lives with his wife.

Career

Christopher has released several books through

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and

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.
''adamchristopher.co.uk, 23 April 2012'' He has also worked as an editor for nine issues of ''Time/Space Visualiser'', the journal of the New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club, from 2003 to 2009."TSV Online Archive"
/ref> In 2010, he won a

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for Best Fan Publication for TSV."Sir Julius Vogel Award Results – 2010"
/ref>"Detective Tale with a Robotic Twist"
''Interview with the New Zealand Herald, 3 April 2012''

Bibliography

Standalone novels

* ''Seven Wonders'' (September 2012 – K, S Angry Robot) * ''Hang Wire'' (2014, Angry Robot)

Series

Empire State

* ''Empire State'' (January 2012 – K, S

) * ''The Age Atomic'' (2013, Angry Robot)

Ray Electromatic Mysteries

"Brisk Money" is a novelette published by Tor.com in 2014 set in the same universe of the Ray Electromatic Mysteries. * ''Made to Kill'' (2015, Tor Books) * ''Standard Hollywood Depravity'' (2017, Tor Books) * ''Killing Is My Business'' (2017, Tor Books) * ''I Only Killed Him Once'' (2018, Tor Books)

Spider Wars

* '' The Burning Dark'' (2014, originally titled ''Shadow's Call'', Tor Books) * ''The Machine Awakes'' (2015, originally titled ''The Jovian Conspiracy'', Tor Books) "Cold War" is a novelette published by Tor.com in 2014 set in the same universe of the Spider Wars series.

Tie-in fiction

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* ''Dishonored: The Corroded Man'' (September 27, 2016, Titan Books) * ''Dishonored: The Return of Daud'' (March 27, 2018, Titan Books) * ''Dishonored: The Veiled Terror'' (2018, Titan Books)

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* ''Elementary: The Ghost Line'' (2015, Titan Books) * ''Elementary: Blood and Ink'' (2016, Titan Books)

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* ''Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town'' (2019, Del Rey)

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* "End of Watch" in ''Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View'' (2017, Del Rey) * "The Witness" in ''Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back'' (2020, Del Rey) * '' Shadow of the Sith'' (2022, Del Rey)

Comics

''Dark Circle Comics/Archie Comics''

* ''

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'' vol. 5 #1-4 (with

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and Drew Johnson, October 2015-November 2016)

'' Star Wars Adventures''

* ''Alone in the Dark'' in '' Star Wars Adventures'' #26 (with Megan Levens, September 25, 2019)

'' Lazarus''

* ''Ganymede'' in ''Lazarus: Rising'' #2 (prose short story, illustrated by

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, July 24, 2019)

References

External links

Official site

Adam Christopher at Del Rey/Penguin Random House

Adam Christopher at Angry Robot Books

Adam Christopher at Tor Books/Macmillan Publishing
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