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Dan Jolley is an American novelist and comic book writer. His comics work includes DC Comics' Firestorm and Graphic Universe's Twisted Journeys, a series of interactive fiction or gamebooks in graphic novel form, and his novel work includes the young-adult science fiction espionage series Alex Unlimited along with his international best selling novel, The Gray Widow's Walk, which is his first book in the Gray Widow trilogy that he publishes through Seventh Star Press. He created Jason Rusch, the second Firestorm, with artist Chris Cross.

Career

Jolley began his writing career in the early 1990s. His limited series Obergeist was voted Best Horror Comic of 2001 by the magazine Wizard, and his DC Comics project JSA: The Unholy Three received an Eisner Award nomination for Best Limited Series of 2003.

His other comics include Bloodhound, a series about an investigator following a super-powered serial killer in the DC Universe.

May 2007 saw the debut of his first novel series, an original young-adult science fiction espionage story called Alex Unlimited, published by a joint venture of Tokyopop and HarperCollins.

Jolley wrote many manga novels for the Warriors series by Erin Hunter, including The Lost Warrior, Warrior's Refuge, Warrior's Return (the previous three all belonging to the Graystripe's Adventure trilogy) The Rise of Scourge, Into the Woods, Escape from the Forest, Return to the Clans (the previous three all belonging to the Sasha and Tigerstar trilogy), Shattered Peace, A Clan in Need, The Heart of a Warrior (the previous three belonging to the Ravenpaw's Path trilogy), The Rescue, Beyond the Code, After the Flood (the previous three belonging to the SkyClan and the Stranger trilogy), A Shadow in RiverClan, Winds of Change, Exile from ShadowClan, and A Thief in ThunderClan.

He also wrote the teen novelization of the 2008 film Iron Man.

Jolley was on the design team of Icarus Studios' post-apocalyptic MMORPG Fallen Earth. He writes for video games from Activision and Ubisoft.

Works

Novels

Star Trek SCE: Some Assembly Required, Pocket Books, New York, January 2002 (co-written with Scott Ciencin)

Angel: Vengeance, Simon & Schuster, New York, August 2002 (co-written with Scott Ciencin)

Alex Unlimited Book 1: The Vosarak Code, Tokyopop/HarperCollins, New York, May 2007

Alex Unlimited Book 2: Split-Second Sight, Tokyopop/HarperCollins, New York, September 2007

Iron Man Teen Novelization (motion picture novelization), HarperCollins, New York, March 2008

Alex Unlimited Book 3: True Chemistry, Tokyopop/HarperCollins, New York, April 2008

Transformers 2 Junior Novel (motion picture novelization), HarperCollins, New York, May 2009

Gray Widow's Walk, Seventh Star Press, Lexington, May 2016

Five Elements Book 1: The Emerald Tablet, HarperCollins, New York, October 2016

Five Elements Book 2: The Shadow City, HarperCollins, New York, July 2017

Five Elements Book 3: The Crimson Serpent, HarperCollins, New York, April 2018

House of Teeth, Audible Originals, Seattle, December 2019

Waterland- Aufbruch in die Tiefe, Fischer-Verlag, Germany, January 2020

Waterland- Stunde der Giganten: Band 2, Fischer-Verlag, Germany, March 2021

Waterland- Ozean in Flammen: Band 3, Fischer-Verlag, Germany, August 2021

Waterland- Krieg der Fluten, Fischer-Verlag, Germany, March 2022

The Storm, Falstaff Books, Charlotte, NC, September 2020

Gray Widow's Web: The Gray Widow Trilogy Book 2, Falstaff Books, Charlotte, NC, October 2020

Gray Widow's War: The Gray Widow Trilogy Book 3, Falstaff Books, Charlotte, NC, October 2020

The Demon-Sleuth Scrolls Book One: The Runemaster Homicide, Falstaff Books, Charlotte, NC, September 2021

The Demon-Sleuth Scrolls Book Two: The Black-Horned Grave, Falstaff Books, Charlotte, NC, August 2023

The Demon-Sleuth Scrolls Book Three: The Runebearer Curse, Falstaff Books, Charlotte, NC, September 2024

Video games

Fallen Earth (PC), Icarus Studios, September 2009

Avatar: The Game (Nintendo DS), Ubisoft Montreal, December 2009

Transformers: Cybertron Adventures (Wii), Activision/Next Level Games, June 2010

Transformers: War for Cybertron (Xbox 360, PS3, PC), Activision/High Moon Studios, June 2010

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii), Activision/High Moon Studios/Behaviour Interactive, July 2011

Prototype 2 (Xbox 360, PS3), Activision/Radical Entertainment, April 2012

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (Xbox 360, PS3, PC), Activision/High Moon Studios, August 2012

Transformers: Prime – The Game (Wii, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS), Activision/Nowpro, October 2012

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (Xbox 360, PS3, PC), 2K Games, August 2013

Dying Light (Xbox One, PS4, PC), Warner Bros./Techland, January 2015

Chronos (Oculus Rift), Gunfire Games, March 2016

Mafia III (Xbox One, PS4, PC), 2K Games/Hangar 13, October 2016

Comics

Universal Monsters: The Mummy, one-shot special, Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, 1992

Aliens: Colonial Marines, two issues in ten-issue mini-series, Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, 1993

Doctor Strange: The Flight of Bones, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel Knights, 1999

JSA: The Liberty Files, DC Comics, 2000

Lazarus 5, DC Comics, 2000

JLA: Gods and Monsters (with Josh Krach), DC Comics, 2001

Obergeist, Top Cow Productions, 2001–2002

Purgatori, Chaos! Comics, 2002–2012

Sabretooth: Mary Shelley Overdrive, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 2002

Superman Adventures, three issues, DC Comics, New York, 2002

JSA: The Unholy Three, DC Comics, 2003

G.I. Joe Frontline: Icebound, four-issue mini-series, Devil's Due/Image Comics, Chicago, 2003

Micronauts, Devil's Due/Image Comics, Chicago, 2003-2004

Voltron, Devil's Due/Image Comics, Chicago, 2003-2004

Metal Hurlant: Worship Service, short story, Humanoids Comics, Los Angeles, 2004

Vampirella: The Choir in the Mist, one issue, Harris Comics, New York, 2004

Micronauts, 3-issue mini-series, Devil's Due, 2004

Firestorm, DC Comics, 2004–2005

Bloodhound #1-10 (with Leonard Kirk), DC Comics, 2004–2005

G.I. Joe Vs. The Transformers I, two issues in five-issue mini-series, Devil's Due/Image Comics, Chicago, 2004