Jonathan Green is a freelance writer. He has written for various science fiction and fantasy franchises, including ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

'', ''

Fighting Fantasy ''Fighting Fantasy'' is a series of single-player role-playing gamebooks created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. The first volume in the series was published in paperback by Puffin in 1982. The series distinguished itself by mixing Choos ...

'', ''

Sonic the Hedgehog is a Japanese video game series and media franchise created by Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battles the evil Doctor Eggman, a mad scientist. The main ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' games are platformers mo ...

'', and

Games Workshop Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England. Its best-known products are ''Warhammer Age of Sigmar'' and ''Warhammer 40,000''. Founded in 1975 by John Peake (gam ...

's ''

Warhammer Warhammer may refer to: * War hammer, a medieval weapon Warhammer media franchise *''Warhammer'', a series of games and related media: ** ''Warhammer'' (game), a table-top fantasy miniature wargame, and origin of the franchise ** ''Warhammer Fan ...

'' and ''

Warhammer 40,000 ''Warhammer 40,000'' is a miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop. It is the most popular miniature wargame in the world, and is particularly popular in the United Kingdom. The first edition of the rulebook was published in September 1987, ...

'' game universes.

Biography

Before becoming a full-time writer, Green was a teacher and deputy headmaster of a school in London. Green wrote seven ''

gamebook A gamebook is a work of printed fiction that allows the reader to participate in the story by making choices. The narrative branches along various paths, typically through the use of numbered paragraphs or pages. Each narrative typically does not ...

s, and a history of the franchise. Green has written four novels for the

Black Library The Black Library is a division of Games Workshop (formerly a part of BL Publishing) which is devoted to publishing List of Black Library novels, novels and audiobooks (and has previously produced art books, background books, and graphic novels) ...

label: ''Necromancer'', ''Magestorm'', ''The Dead and the Damned'', and ''Iron Hands''. He co-authored several ''

gamebooks A gamebook is a work of printed fiction that allows the reader to participate in the story by making choices. The narrative branches along various paths, typically through the use of numbered paragraphs or pages. Each narrative typically does not ...

for

Puffin Books Puffin Books is a longstanding children's imprint of the British publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s, it has been among the largest publishers of children's books in the UK and much of the English-speaking world. The imprint now belongs t ...

with

Marc Gascoigne Marc Gascoigne (born 5 July 1962 at Temple Ewell with River, near Dover, Kent) is a British author and editor. He is the editor, author or co-author of more than fifty books and gaming related titles, notably various ''Fighting Fantasy'' books, ...

. Green wrote the first book in the Pax Britannia science fiction

steampunk Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates retrofuturistic technology and aesthetics inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery. Steampunk works are often set in an alternative history of the Victorian era or ...

series ''Unnatural History'' published by

Abaddon Books Abaddon Books is a British publishing imprint, founded in 2006. It is part of the Rebellion group of companies, along with publishing companies Solaris Books, ''2000 AD'', 2000 AD Graphic Novels, and Cubicle 7. Abaddon publishes " shared wor ...

, which features a Victorian

James Bond The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...

-style dandy adventurer called Ulysses Quicksilver.

Bibliography

Non-fiction

* ''Go Gos Are Go Go'' (1997, ) * ''Match Wits with the Kids'' (June 2008, ) * ''What is Myrrh Anyway?'' (October 2008, ) * ''YOU Are The Hero: A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks'' (September 2014, and ) * ''YOU Are The Hero Part 2: A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks'' (September 2017)

Fiction

*''Fighting Fantasy'' adventure gamebooks: ** ''Spellbreaker'' (1993, ; 2007, ) ** ''Knights of Doom'' (1994, ) ** ''

Curse of the Mummy ''Curse of the Mummy'' is a single-player roleplaying gamebook, written by Jonathan Green, illustrated by Martin McKenna and originally published in 1995 by Puffin Books. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2007. It forms part of Steve Ja ...

'' (1995, ; 2007, ; 2011) ** ''Bloodbones'' (2006, ; 2010) ** '' Howl of the Werewolf'' (2007, ; 2010) ** ''Stormslayer'' (2009) ** ''Night of the Necromancer'' (2010) *''ACE'' adventure gamebooks: **'' Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland'' (2015, Snowbooks, ) **'' The Wicked Wizard of Oz'' (2015, Snowbooks, ) **''Neverland: Here Be Monsters!'' (based on ''

Peter and Wendy ''Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up'' or ''Peter and Wendy'', often known simply as ''Peter Pan'', is a work by J. M. Barrie, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel. Both versions tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous li ...

'', ''

The Lost World The lost world is a subgenre of the fantasy or science fiction genres that involves the discovery of an unknown Earth civilization. It began as a subgenre of the late- Victorian adventure romance and remains popular into the 21st century. The g ...

'', ''

The Time Machine ''The Time Machine'' is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively for ...

'' and ''

King Kong King Kong is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. He has been dubbed The Eighth Wonder of the World, a phrase commonly used within the franchise. His first appearance was in the novelizat ...

'') (2019, Snowbooks, ) **'' Beowulf Beastslayer'' (2019, Snowbooks, ) **'' 'TWAS: The Krampus Night Before Christmas'' (2019, Snowbooks, ) **''Dracula: Curse of the Vampire'' (based on Bram Stoker's ''

Dracula ''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...

'', with elements of ''

Nosferatu ''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' (German: ''Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens'') is a 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife ...

'', ''

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific ex ...

'', and ''

The Lair of the White Worm ''The Lair of the White Worm'' is a horror novel by the Irish writer Bram Stoker. It was first published by Rider and Son of London in 1911 – the year before Stoker's death – with colour illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. The story is bas ...

'') (2021, Snowbooks, ) *''

'' gamebooks (with

, Puffin Books): ** ''Theme Park Panic'' (1995, ) ** ''Stormin' Sonic'' (1996, ) *List of

books: ** ''The Dead and the Damned'' (December 2002, ) ** ''Crusade for Armageddon'' (July 2003, ) ** ''Magestorm'' (February 2004, ) ** ''Iron Hands'' (August 2004, ) ** ''Necromancer'' (February 2005, ) ** ''Conquest of Armageddon'' (December 2005, ) * '' Pax Britannia'' (

): ** ''Unnatural History'' (February 2007, ) ** ''Leviathan Rising'' (March 2008, ) ** ''Human Nature'' (January 2009, ) ** ''Evolution Expects'' (May 2009, ) ** ''Blood Royal'' (August 2010, UK-, US-) ** ''Dark Side'' (September 2011, UK-, US-) ** ''Anno Frankenstein'' (May 2011, UK-, US-) *''

Robin of Sherwood ''Robin of Sherwood'' is a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by Richard Carpenter, it was produced by HTV in association with Goldcrest, and ran from 28 April 1984 to 28 June 1986 on the ITV network. In the ...

'' Novelizations: ** '' Robin of Sherwood: The Knights Of The Apocalypse''. (2016 )

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Jonathan British gamebook writers 20th-century British novelists 21st-century British novelists Living people Fighting Fantasy British male novelists 20th-century British male writers 21st-century British male writers 1971 births