Dan Jolley
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 ChrisCross.
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 Rise of Scourge, Into the Woods, Escape from the Forest, Return to the Clans, Shattered Peace, A Clan in Need, The Heart of a Warrior, The Rescue, Beyond the Code, After the Flood, 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 Angel: Vengeance, Simon & Schuster, New York, August 2002 Alex Unlimited Book 1: The Vosarak Code, Tokyopop/HarperCollins, New York, May 2007Alex Unlimited Book 2: Split-Second Sight, Tokyopop/HarperCollins, New York, September 2007Iron Man Teen Novelization, HarperCollins, New York, March 2008Alex Unlimited Book 3: True Chemistry, Tokyopop/HarperCollins, New York, April 2008Transformers 2 Junior Novel, HarperCollins, New York, May 2009Gray Widow's Walk, Seventh Star Press, Lexington, May 2016Five Elements Book 1: The Emerald Tablet, HarperCollins, New York, October 2016Five Elements Book 2: The Shadow City, HarperCollins, New York, July 2017Five Elements Book 3: The Crimson Serpent, HarperCollins, New York, April 2018The Storm, Falstaff Books, Charlotte, NC, September 2020Gray Widow's Web: The Gray Widow Trilogy Book 2, Falstaff Books, Charlotte, NC, October 2020Gray Widow's War: The Gray Widow Trilogy Book 3, Falstaff Books, Charlotte, NC, October 2020Video games
Fallen Earth, Icarus Studios, September 2009Avatar: The Game, Ubisoft Montreal, December 2009Transformers: Cybertron Adventures, Activision/Next Level Games, June 2010Transformers: War for Cybertron, Activision/High Moon Studios, June 2010Transformers: [Dark of the Moon (video game)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon], Activision/High Moon Studios/Behaviour Interactive, July 2011Prototype 2, Activision/Radical Entertainment, April 2012Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Activision/High Moon Studios, August 2012Transformers: Prime – The Game, Activision/Nowpro, October 2012The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, 2K Games, August 2013Dying Light, Warner Bros./Techland, January 2015Chronos, Gunfire Games, March 2016Mafia III, 2K Games/Hangar 13, October 2016Comics
Universal Monsters: The Mummy, one-shot special, Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, 1992Aliens: Colonial Marines, two issues in ten-issue mini-series, Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, 1993Doctor Strange: The Flight of Bones, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel Knights, 1999JSA: The Liberty Files, DC Comics, 2000Lazarus 5, DC Comics, 2000JLA: Gods and Monsters, DC Comics, 2001Obergeist, Top Cow Productions, 2001–2002Purgatori, Chaos! Comics, 2002–2012Sabretooth: Mary Shelley Overdrive, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 2002Superman Adventures, three issues, DC Comics, New York, 2002JSA: The Unholy Three, DC Comics, 2003G.I. Joe Frontline: Icebound, four-issue mini-series, Devil's Due/Image Comics, Chicago, 2003Micronauts, Devil's Due/Image Comics, Chicago, 2003-2004Voltron, Devil's Due/Image Comics, Chicago, 2003-2004Metal Hurlant: Worship Service, short story, Humanoids Comics, Los Angeles, 2004Vampirella: The Choir in the Mist, one issue, Harris Comics, New York, 2004Micronauts, 3-issue mini-series, Devil's Due, 2004Firestorm, DC Comics, 2004–2005Bloodhound #1-10, DC Comics, 2004–2005G.I. Joe Vs. The Transformers I, two issues in five-issue mini-series, Devil's Due/Image Comics, Chicago, 2004G.I. Joe Vs. The Transformers II, four-issue mini-series, Devil's Due/Image Comics, Chicago, 2005Hell, Michigan, four-issue mini-series, FC9 Publishing, Morristown, 2005Angel: Choice Cuts, one issue in five-issue mini-series, IDW Studios, San Diego, 2006Warriors: Graystripe's Adventure: The Lost Warrior, HarperCollins, Tokyopop,, 2007Warriors: Graystripe' Adventure: Warrior's Refuge, HarperCollins, Tokyopop,, 2007Warriors: The Rise of Scourge, HarperCollins, Tokyopop, June 2008Warriors: Graystripe's Adventure: Warrior's Return, HarperCollins, Tokyopop,, 2008Warcraft Legends: How to Win Friends, short story, Tokyopop, Los Angeles, August 2008Warriors: Into the Woods, HarperCollins, Tokyopop, September 2008Warcraft Legends: Miles to Go, short story, Tokyopop, Los Angeles, November 2008Warriors: Escape from the Forest, HarperCollins, Tokyopop, December 2008Warcraft Legends: Crusader's Blood, short story, Tokyopop, Los Angeles, March 2009Warriors: Return to the Clans, HarperCollins, Tokyopop, June 2009Warcraft Legends: Bloodsail Buccaneer, short story, Tokyopop, Los Angeles, June 2009World of Warcraft: Death Knight, Tokyopop, Los Angeles, November 2009Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path: Shattered Peace, HarperCollins, Tokyopop, November 2009Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path: A Clan in Need, HarperCollins, Tokyopop, March 2010Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path: The Heart of a Warrior, HarperCollins, Tokyopop, August 2010Warriors: SkyClan and the Stranger: The Rescue, HarperCollins, July 2011My Boyfriend Bites , Lerner Books, Minneapolis, July 2011Warriors: SkyClan and the Stranger: Beyond the Code, HarperCollins, November 2011Warriors: SkyClan and the Stranger: After the Flood, HarperCollins, April 2012Wrapped Up in You , Lerner Books, Minneapolis, May 2012Bloodhound: Crowbar Medicine, five-issue mini-series, Dark Horse Comics, Portland, October 2013Eerie: Invulnerable, short story, Dark Horse Comics, Portland, February 2014Terminator: Enemy of My Enemy, six-issue mini-series, Dark Horse Comics, Portland, February 2014The Savage Sword of Robert E. Howard: The Maid of Winter's Night, short story, Dark Horse Comics, Portland, July 2014LARP!, three 80-page graphic novels, Dark Horse Comics, Portland, May 2015Warriors: A Shadow in RiverClan, HarperCollins, June 2020Warriors: Winds of Change, HarperCollins, June 2021Warriors: Exile from ShadowClan, HarperCollins, June 2022Warriors: A Thief in ThunderClan, HarperCollins, June 2023Educational comics
Graphic Universe: Odysseus: Escaping Poseidon's Curse, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, June 2007Twisted Journeys: Escape From Pyramid X, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, July 2007Graphic Universe: The Smoking Mountain: The Story of Popocatepetl & Iztaccihuatl , Lerner Books, Minneapolis, January 2008Twisted Journeys: The Time Travel Trap, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, February 2008Twisted Journeys: Alien Incident on Planet J, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, September 2008Twisted Journeys: Vampire Hunt, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, September 2008Graphic Universe: Pigling: A Cinderella Story, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, November 2008Twisted Journeys: Agent Mongoose & the Hypno-Beam Scheme, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, February 2009Graphic Universe: Guan Yu: Blood Brothers to the End, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, March 2009Graphic Universe: Hero Twins: Against the Lords of Death, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, March 2009Twisted Journeys: Shipwrecked on Mad Island, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, August 2009Podcasts
Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: The Chaotix Casefiles, Sega of America and Realm, 2026Awards
Best Horror Story of 2001, Wizard Magazine Awards, for Obergeist- Nominated for Best Mini-series of 2003, Eisner Awards, for ''JSA: The Unholy Three''