Jason Douglas Henderson (born September 4, 1971) is an American writer of computer games, novels and several

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series. He is the writer of the young adult novel series Alex Van Helsing from

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and the comic book series '' Sword of Dracula'' from

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, ''Strange Magic'' from

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, and ''Soulcatcher''. His book ''Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising'' was added to the 2011 Texas Library Association Lone Star Reading List, a list of the top 20 books published in the previous year for middle grade readers. He was the writer of Locus best-seller '' The Element of Fire'', the first novel in the

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, and was a co-creator on the

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manga series ''Psy-comm''. He hosts the cult film podcast ''Castle of Horror'' with manga collaborator Tony Salvaggio.

Personal life

Henderson currently resides in

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. He graduated from the

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in 1993 with a BA in History and from

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in 1996 with a Juris Doctor (JD) degree in Law.

Bibliography

Novels

*''The Iron Thane'',

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, 1993. *''The Spawn of Loki'',

, 1995. *''Highlander: the Element of Fire'', Warner Aspect Books, 1995. *''The Incredible Hulk: Abominations,''

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, 1997. *''X-Men/Spider-Man: Time’s Arrow, Book 1'' (with

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), Berkley Books, 1998. *''The Darkling Band'',

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, 2007. *''18 Miles from Town'', Castle Bridge Media, 2021. *Alex Van Helsing **''Vampire Rising'',

, 2010. **''Voice of the Undead'',

, 2011. **''The Triumph of Death'',

, 2012. *Young Captain Nemo **''Young Captain Nemo'',

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, 2019. **''Quest for the Nautilus,'' Feiwel & Friends, 2020. **''The Serpent's Nest,'' Feiwel & Friends, 2021.

Non-fiction books

* ''California Tiki: A History of Polynesian Idols, Pineapple Cocktails and Coconut Palm Trees'' (with Adam Foshko)'','' The History Press, 2018. * ''Hollywood Tiki: Film in the Era of the Pineapple Cocktail'' (with Adam Foshko), The History Press, 2022.

Graphic novels

*''Soulcatcher'', Alias Comics, 2005. *''Vampire The Masquerade Volume 3: Blood and Loyalty'' (with Bryan Edwards, Mike Reynolds, Chris Marrinan, Steve Ellis), White Wolf, 2003. *''Sword of Dracula'', IDW Comics, 2005. *''Hulk: Broken Worlds'' (with various), Marvel Comics, 2009. *''What If: Dark Reign'', Marvel Comics, 2011. *''John Carpenter's Night Terrors: Usher Down,'' Storm King Productions, 2023. *Shadowland: Daughters of the Shadow, Marvel Comics, **Volume 1 (illustrated by Ivan Rodriguez), Marvel Comics, 2010. **Volume 2 (illustrated by Ivan Rodriguez), Marvel Comics, 2010. **Volume 3 (illustrated by Ivan Rodriguez and Jean-Baptiste Andreae), Marvel Comics, 2010. **''Shadowland: Street Heroes'' (collects volumes 1-3 with various other comics), Marvel Comics, 2011. *Psy-Comm (with Tony Salvaggio) **''Volume 1'' (illustrated by Shane Granger), Tokyopop, 2005. **''Volume 2'' (illustrated by Ramanda Karmaga), Tokyopop, 2007. **''Volume 3 (illustrated by Ramanda Karmaga)'', Tokyopop/Right Stuf, 2012. **''Volume 1: Kaplan SAT/ACT Vocabulary-Building Manga'', Tokyopop, 2007. *Clockwerx (with Tony Salvaggio; illustrated by Jean-Baptiste Hostache) **''Tome 1: Genese'' (French Language Version), Humanoids, 2008 (French). . **''Tome 2: Deluge'' (French Language Version), Humanoids, 2009. **''Clockwerx'' ''Integral'', Vol. 1 & 2 (English Language Version), Humanoids, 2013.

References

External links

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Texas Library Association Lone Star Reading List

* ttp://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A247057 Austin Chronicle article, "Overnight Sensation: 'Sword of Dracula' creator Jason Henderson is taking over the (fantasy) worldbr>Radio interview, recorded in May 2010
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