Charlie Huston is a novelist and TV writer. His twelve novels span several genres from crime to horror to science fiction. His books have been published in English by Ballentine, Del Rey, Mulholland and Orion, and translated into nine other languages. He adapted his novel The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death for HBO, and his novel Already Dead for HBO Max. He has also written pilots for FX, FOX, Sony and Tomorrow Studios, served as a consulting producer for FOX's ''Gotham'', and worked in several development rooms. He is known for storytelling that focuses on character and relationships in richly detailed worlds that blend genres.

Career

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'' and Huston's fourth novel, '' A Dangerous Man'', follow the lovable anti-hero, baseball-mad Henry Thompson, as he works his way through mistaken identity, his past, and a new life for himself. He wrote the five volume contemporary vampire noir Joe Pitt Casebooks primarily while living in Manhattan, finishing the final book in the series after moving to California. His four stand alone novels are ''The Shotgun Rule'', ''The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death'', ''Sleepless'', and ''Skinner''. In 2006, Huston joined the list of print authors who have written American comic books. In April 2006, Marvel Comics launched Huston's reboot of the Marvel character

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. Huston wrote the first 12 issues of the series, concluding his run in December 2007. He also wrote the second '' Ultimates'' Annual issue in August 2006. Another long-form comics work was a Wolverine series, '' Wolverine: The Best There Is'', with artist

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TV series '' Gotham.'' As of September 2022, Huston is developing and writing an original TV pilot titled ''Arcadia'' for Tomorrow Studios.

Bibliography

Henry Thompson

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, 2004, ; sc, 288 pages, 2005, ) *''

'' (sc, 305 pages, Ballantine Books, 2005, ) *'' A Dangerous Man'' (sc, 286 pages, Ballantine Books, 2006, )

Joe Pitt Casebooks

*'' Already Dead'' (sc, 288 pages, Del Rey Books, 2005, ) *''

No Dominion ''No Dominion'' is a 2006 pulp-noir / horror novel by American writer Charlie Huston. This book is the sequel to '' Already Dead'' and follows the life of the vampire detective, Joe Pitt. The title of the book is an allusion to the Dylan Thomas ...

'' (sc, 272 pages, Del Rey Books, 2006, ) *''

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'' (sc, 223 pages, Del Rey Books, 2007, ) *''

Every Last Drop ''Every Last Drop'' is a 2008 pulp-noir/horror novel by American writer Charlie Huston Charlie Huston is a novelist and TV writer. His twelve novels span several genres from crime to horror to science fiction. His books have been published ...

'' (sc, 252 pages, Del Rey Books, 2008, ) *''

My Dead Body ''My Dead Body'' is a 2009 pulp-noir / horror novel by American writer Charlie Huston Charlie Huston is a novelist and TV writer. His twelve novels span several genres from crime to horror to science fiction. His books have been published in ...

'' (sc, 315 pages, Del Rey Books, 2009, )

Other work

Novels

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'' (hc, 336 pages, Ballantine Books, 2009, ; sc, 352 pages, 2009, ) *'' Sleepless'' (hc, 368 pages, Ballantine Books, 2010, ; sc, 368 pages, 2010, ) *'' Skinner'' (hc, 400 pages, Mulholland Books, 2013, ; sc, 400 pages, 2014, )

Comics

To date, the entirety of Huston's work in comics has been published by Marvel and its various imprints: *''

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and Mark Texeira; issues #14–19 are scripted by Mike Benson from Huston's plots, 2006–2008) collected as: **''The Bottom'' (collects #1–6, hc, 152 pages, 2007, ; tpb, 2007, ) **''Midnight Sun'' (collects #7–13, hc, 224 pages, 2008, ; tpb, 2008, ) **''God and Country'' (collects #14–19, hc, 184 pages, 2008, ; tpb, 2008, ) **''Moon Knight by Huston, Benson and Hurwitz Omnibus'' (includes #1–19, hc, 1,184 pages, 2022, ) *'' The Ultimates 2 Annual'' #2 (with Mike Deodato, Jr. and Ryan Sook, Ultimate Marvel, 2006) collected in ''Ultimate Annuals Volume 2'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2006, ) *'' Legion of Monsters: Man-Thing'': "A Flower in Alien Soil" (with

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, 2007) collected in ''Legion of Monsters'' (hc, 280 pages, 2007, ) *'' X-Force Special: Ain't No Dog'' (with Jefte Palo, one-shot, 2008) collected in ''X-Force by Craig Kyle and Chris Yost Volume 1'' (tpb, 384 pages, 2014, ) *'' Deadpool'' vol. 2 #900: "One Down" (with Kyle Baker, co-feature, 2009) collected in ''Deadpool: Dead Head Redemption'' (tpb, 240 pages, 2011, ) *'' Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu: Black and White'': "The of Memory" (with Enrique Badía Romero,

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one-shot, 2009) * Punisher ( Marvel MAX): **'' The Punisher: Frank Castle'' #75: "Smallest Bit of This" (with Ken Lashley, co-feature, 2009) collected in ''Punisher MAX: The Complete Collection Volume 5'' (tpb, 504 pages, 2017, ) **'' Punisher MAX: Hot Rods of Death'': "Getting Mad" (with Shawn Martinbrough, one-shot, 2010) collected in ''Punisher MAX: The Complete Collection Volume 6'' (tpb, 376 pages, 2017, ) *'' Deathlok'' vol. 3 #1–7 (with Lan Medina, Marvel Knights, 2010) collected as ''Deathlok: The Demolisher'' (hc, 176 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2011, ) *'' Bullseye: Perfect Game'' #1–2 (with Shawn Martinbrough, Marvel Knights, 2011) collected in ''Punisher and Bullseye: Deadliest Hits'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2017, ) *'' Wolverine: The Best There Is'' #1–12 (with

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