Charlie Huston is an American novelist, screenwriter and comic book 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
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, and his novel ''Already Dead'' for
HBO Max. He has also written pilots for
FX,
FOX,
Sony
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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
''
Caught Stealing'', along with ''
Six Bad Things'' and Huston's fourth novel, ''
A Dangerous Man'', follow the lovable
anti-hero
An antihero (sometimes spelled as anti-hero or two words anti hero) or anti-heroine is a character in a narrative (in literature, film, TV, etc.) who may lack some conventional heroic qualities and attributes, such as idealism and morality. Al ...
, baseball-mad Henry Thompson, as he struggles to escape a deadly case of mistaken identity, his past, and build a new life for himself.
In March 2024 it was announced that Huston was adapting his novel ''Caught Stealing'' for a movie to be directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Austin Butler.
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 January 2013, it was announced that Huston was working on the pilot for
FX's adaption of the ''
Powers'' comic series.
Between 2017 and 2019, Huston was a writer and producer on the
Fox TV series ''
Gotham.''
As of September 2022, Huston was developing and writing an original TV pilot titled ''Arcadia'' for Tomorrow Studios.
In 2006, Huston joined the list of print authors who have written American
comic book
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s. In April 2006,
Marvel Comics
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launched Huston's
reboot of the Marvel character
Moon Knight. 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
The wolverine ( , ; ''Gulo gulo''), also called the carcajou or quickhatch (from East Cree, ''kwiihkwahaacheew''), is the largest land-dwelling species, member of the family Mustelidae. It is a muscular carnivore and a solitary animal. The w ...
series, ''
Wolverine: The Best There Is'', with artist
Juan José Ryp.
Bibliography
Henry Thompson
* ''
Caught Stealing'' (hc, 256 pages,
Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major American book publisher that is a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Ballantine was founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. Ballantine was acquired by Random House in ...
, 2004, ; sc, 288 pages, 2005, )
* ''
Six Bad Things'' (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
Del Rey Books is an imprint (trade name), imprint of the Random House Group, a division of Penguin Random House. The imprint was established in 1977 under the editorship of Judy-Lynn del Rey and her husband, author Lester del Rey. Today, th ...
, 2005, )
* ''
No Dominion'' (sc, 272 pages, Del Rey Books, 2006, )
* ''
Half the Blood of Brooklyn'' (sc, 223 pages, Del Rey Books, 2007, )
* ''
Every Last Drop'' (sc, 252 pages, Del Rey Books, 2008, )
* ''
My Dead Body'' (sc, 315 pages, Del Rey Books, 2009, )
Other work
Novels
* ''
The Shotgun Rule'' (hc, 256 pages, Ballantine Books, 2007, ; sc, 272 pages, 2009, )
* ''
The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death'' (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, )
* "
Catchpenny (novel)/Catchpenny" (sc, 416 pages,
Vintage, 2024, )
Comics
To date, the entirety of Huston's work in comics has been published by
Marvel
Marvel may refer to:
Business
* Marvel Entertainment, an American entertainment company
** Marvel Comics, the primary imprint of Marvel Entertainment
** Marvel Universe, a fictional shared universe
** Marvel Music, an imprint of Marvel Comics ...
and its various imprints:
* ''
Moon Knight'' vol. 2 (with
David Finch,
Mico Suayan,
Tomm Coker (#13),
Javier Saltares 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
Ultimate Marvel, later known as Ultimate Comics, was an imprint of comic books published by Marvel Comics, featuring reimagined and modernized versions of the company's superhero characters from the Ultimate Marvel Universe, later known as the ...
, 2006) collected in ''Ultimate Annuals Volume 2'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2006, )
* ''
Legion of Monsters:
Man-Thing'': "A Flower in Alien Soil" (with
Klaus Janson,
one-shot, 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,
anthology
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and g ...
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
Juan José Ryp, 2011–2012) collected as ''Wolverine: The Best There Is—The Complete Series'' (tpb, 288 pages, 2013, )
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21st-century American novelists
American comics writers
American crime fiction writers
American fantasy writers
American horror writers
American male novelists
American thriller writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century American male writers