David Barnett (born 11 January 1970) is an
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
journalist
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...
and
author
An author is the writer of a book, article, play, mostly written work. A broader definition of the word "author" states:
"''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...
. He has several published books, including Hinterland (Immanion Press, 2005, re-issued 2008), Angelglass (Immanion Press, 2007) and The Janus House and Other Two-Faced Tales (Immanion Press, 2009). Born in
Wigan
Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, Lancashire, River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the nor ...
,
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
, England, he has worked at the
Telegraph & Argus
The ''Telegraph & Argus'' is the daily newspaper for Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is published six times each week, from Monday to Saturday inclusive. The newspaper has offices in Newhall Way, Bradford, from where its journalists work ...
.
Bibliography
Novels
* ''Hinterland'' (Immanion Press, 1 April 2005; paperback )
* ''Angelglass'' (Immanion Press, 15 November 2007; paperback )
* ''The Janus House and Other Two-Faced Tales'' (Immanion Press, 24 December 2009; paperback )
* ''popCULT!'' (Pendragon Press, 31 March 2011, paperback )
* ''Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl'' (
Tor Books
Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese scien ...
, September 10, 2013, )
* ''Gideon Smith and the Brass Dragon'' (
Tor Books
Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese scien ...
, September 16, 2014, )
* ''Gideon Smith and the Mask of the Ripper'' (
Tor Books
Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese scien ...
, April 14, 2015, )
* ''The Handover'' (
Trapeze
A trapeze is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes or metal straps from a ceiling support. It is an aerial apparatus commonly found in circus performances. Trapeze acts may be static, spinning (rigged from a single point), swinging or flying, an ...
, April 29, 2021, )
* ''Alien: Colony War'' (
Titan Books
Titan Publishing Group is the publishing division of Titan Entertainment Group, which was established in 1981. The books division has two main areas of publishing: film and television tie-ins and cinema reference books; and graphic novels and co ...
, April 26, 2022, )
Short stories
* ''The End of the World Show'' (
Postscripts
''Postscripts'' was a quarterly British magazine of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction, first published in June 2004. magazine, published Winter 2006) - giant lizards attacking Tokyo and asteroids and zombies.
* ''Go'' (You Are Here, Redbeck Press, September 2006) - about the ghost of
Jack Kerouac
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
Of French-Canadian a ...
* ''It's Nice But I Wouldn't Want To Die Here'' (Visionary Tongue magazine, April 2006)
* ''What Would Nite-Owl Do?'' (All Saints No Sinners Magazine, 2006)
* ''State of Grace'' (Postscripts, PS Publishing, issue ten, Summer 2007)
* ''Woman's Work'' (in
Encounters of Sherlock Holmes
Encounter or Encounters may refer to:
Film
*''Encounter'', a 1997 Indian film by Nimmala Shankar
* ''Encounter'' (2013 film), a Bengali film
* ''Encounter'' (2018 film), an American sci-fi film
* ''Encounter'' (2021 film), a British sci-fi film
*E ...
,
Titan Books
Titan Publishing Group is the publishing division of Titan Entertainment Group, which was established in 1981. The books division has two main areas of publishing: film and television tie-ins and cinema reference books; and graphic novels and co ...
, 2013)
Comics
Under the pen name "Sax", David Barnett wrote stories for two short story comics. Both featured the open-source character,
Jenny Everywhere
Jenny Everywhere, also known as "The Shifter", is an open-source, freely licensed character, created by Canadian comic book artist Steven Wintle. The character was co-developed by members of the Barbelith online community.
Jenny Everywhere wa ...
.
*
My Bloody Valentine' - Illustrated by John Miers (2002)
*
The Death of Jenny Everywhere' - Illustrated by Catherine Wright (2003)
References
External links
davidbarnett.wordpress.comhis official homepage
Immanion Presspublishers of Angelglass and Hinterland
Review of Hinterlandby the
Fortean Times
''Fortean Times'' is a British monthly magazine devoted to the anomalous phenomena popularised by Charles Fort. Previously published by John Brown Publishing (from 1991 to 2001), I Feel Good Publishing (2001 to 2005), Dennis Publishing (2005 to 2 ...
Interview with David Barnettby The Alien Online
Interview with David Barnettby the
Fortean Times
''Fortean Times'' is a British monthly magazine devoted to the anomalous phenomena popularised by Charles Fort. Previously published by John Brown Publishing (from 1991 to 2001), I Feel Good Publishing (2001 to 2005), Dennis Publishing (2005 to 2 ...
Article on getting published by David Barnettfor The British Science Fiction Association's Matrix magazine
with
*
Story Behind Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl - Online Essay by David Barnett
1970 births
English fantasy writers
English male journalists
21st-century English novelists
Living people
People from Wigan
English male short story writers
English short story writers
English male novelists
21st-century British short story writers
21st-century English male writers
{{UK-novelist-stub