Wayne Reinagel (born May 7, 1961) is an American author and graphic artist, primarily known for his historical fiction novels.

Biography

Reinagel was raised and still lives in

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, in the United States.

Career

Reinagel is the author/illustrator of the ''Pulp Heroes'' and ''Modern Marvels'' series of

pulp Pulp may refer to: * Pulp (fruit), the inner flesh of fruit Engineering * Dissolving pulp, highly purified cellulose used in fibre and film manufacture * Pulp (paper), the fibrous material used to make paper * Molded pulp, a packaging material * ...

adventure novels and short stories. As the artist of the books, he has provided seventy-five full-color interior illustrations featuring faux covers of non-existent magazines, mimicking the style of art from the pulp era. A member of th
Pulp Factory
writers and artists group, Reinagel's classic pulp revival novels and short stories are being published b
Knightraven Studios
In early 2011, Reinagel was nominated for the "Writer of the Year" Award by the membership of PulpArk, an Arkansas-based pulp convention. His novel ''Pulp Heroes – Khan Dynasty'' was also nominated for "Best Novel," "Best Cover Art," and "Best Interior Illustrations." ''Pulp Heroes – Khan Dynasty'' was also nominated for "Best Novel" by the members of the Pulp Factory, awarded at the Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention in Chicago each spring.

''Pulp Heroes'' series

Beginning in 2007, Reinagel began writing a multi-volume series of ''Steampulp'' fiction novels, short stories, and anthologies. The books are set in the 1930s and 1940s but include a series of flashbacks that date as far back as 1800. The first ''Pulp Heroes'' trilogy of novels are subtitled ''More Than Mortal'', ''Khan Dynasty'', and ''Sanctuary Falls''. Each volume of the series stands alone as a single adventure or the books can be read together as an ongoing, continuous narrative in which the characters grow and change. These novels are the first published works in the Steampulp genre, a combination of classic Victorian era

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 ...

and the 1930s −1940's heroic Pulp Fiction. Steampulp was a description first coined by Reinagel during a 2008 interview while describing the premise of the ''Pulp Heroes'' novels that involve several generations of heroes spanning a period of time from the early 1800s through 1949.

''Modern Marvels'' series

Following the more traditional Steampunk outline, ''Modern Marvels – Viktoriana'' is a combination of Gothic horror and action-adventure set in the year 1888, and features a wide assortment of real-life characters appropriate to the time period, including Jules Verne, Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells, Bram Stoker, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, Edgar Allan Poe, Nikola Tesla and Harry Houdini. Two further Modern Marvels novels are slated for publication in 2011.

Bibliography

;Novels * ''Pulp Heroes – More Than Mortal'' (Knightraven Studios, 2008), * ''Pulp Heroes – Khan Dynasty'' (Knightraven Studios, 2010), * ''Pulp Heroes – Sanctuary Falls'' (Knightraven Studios, 2017), * ''Modern Marvels – Viktoriana'' (Knightraven Studios, 2011), * ''Modern Marvels – Gothika'' (forthcoming, 2018) ;Short stories * ''Pro Se Presents #3'' (Pro Se Publications, 2011), * ''The Hunter Island Adventure'' (Knightraven Studios, 2013), * ''The Inner World Adventure'' (Knightraven Studios, 2013), * ''The Cast Away'' (Knightraven Studios, 2014), * ''The Pulp Heroes Anthology Series – Book 1'' (Knightraven Studios, 2010), ;Poem * ''The Scarlet Dragon's Tale'' (Knightraven Books, 2007) ;Others * ''The Art of WAR – Volume 1'' (Knightraven Studios, 2011), * ''The Art of WAR – Volume 2'' (forthcoming, 2011) * ''250 Funniest Office Jokes, Memos & Cartoon Pinups Volume 1'' (K&R Books 1993), * ''250 Funniest Office Jokes, Memos & Cartoon Pinups Volume 2'' (K&R Books 1995),

External links

Official website
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Audio Podcast interview by Art Sippo at the Book Cave

Audio Podcast interview on Khan Dynasty by Ric Croxton and Art Sippo at the Book Cave

Audio Podcast interview on Modern Marvels by Ric Croxton and Art Sippo at the Book Cave

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reinagel, Wayne People from Collinsville, Illinois Novelists from Illinois American historical novelists 1961 births Living people American male novelists 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American male writers