Authors

Publications Portal

This is a page listing the authors that have written material set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Designers and Publishers

Marc Gascoigne

Publisher of Black Library (left the company in 2008)

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Edoardo Albert

• Last Flight (Short Story) - published in September 2019
• Born of the Storm (Short Story) - published August 2019
• Lords of the Storm (Novella)
• Green and Grey (Short Story) - published in Inferno! Volume 4, October 2019
• Silent Hunters (Novel) - published March 2021
• Deep (Short Story) — published in Sabbat War (Anthology) (2021)
• Kasrkin (Novel) — published October 2022

Jim Alexander

• Plague Ship (Short Story) - published in Inferno! magazine #40, re-published online in May 2013

Nicolas Alexander

• The Trophy (Short Story) - published online in April 2014
• The Emperor's Grace (Short Story) - published online in May 2014

Darren-Jon Ashmore

• A Balance of Faith (Short Story) - published in Tales from the Dark Millennium (Anthology)

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Tony Ballantyne

• Tower of Blood (Short Story) - published in Hammer and Bolter 6, re-published in The Best of Hammer and Bolter: Volume One

Barrington J. Bayley

• Eye of Terror (Novel) - published in 1999, re-published in The Book of the Lion (Anthology);
• Children of the Emperor (Short Story) - published in Into The Maelstrom (Anthology), re-published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology);
• Battle of the Archaeosaurs (Short Story) - published in Dark Imperium (Anthology), re-published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology);
• Hive Fleet Horror (Short Story) - published in Dark Imperium (Anthology);
• The Lives of Ferag Lion-Wolf (Short Story) - published in Dark Imperium (Anthology), re-published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology);

Mark Brendan

• Tenebrae (Short Story) - published in Into The Maelstrom (Anthology), re-published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)

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Braden Campbell

• Mistress Baeda's Gift (Short Story) - published in Fear the Alien (Anthology)
• A Commander Shadow (Short Story) - published in Hammer and Bolter 8, re-published in The Best of Hammer and Bolter: Volume One
• Hunters (Short Story) - published in Hammer and Bolter 13
• Rackinruin (Short Story) - published in Xenos Hunters (Anthology) (2012)
• Shadowsun (Novella) - published in 2013
• Tantalus (Short Story) - published online in May 2014
• Shield of Baal: Tempestus (Novella)
• Bloodlord (Short Story) - published in Legends of the Dark Millennium: Astra Militarum (Anthology) (2015)
• Deathwatch: Cepheus (Short Story)

David Charters

• The Emperor's Will (Short Story) - published in Crucible of War (Anthology)

Mark Clapham

• Sanctified (Short Story) - published in Fear the Alien (Anthology)
• In Hrondir's Tomb (Short Story) - published in Hammer and Bolter 20
• Iron Guard (Novel) - published online in July 2012
• The Siege of Fellguard (Short Story) - published online in December 2013
• The Hour of Hell (Short Story) - published online in December 2013
• Blood of Sanguinius (Short Story) - published online in December 2014
• Hollow Beginnings (Short Story) - published online in August 2015
• Deathwatch: The Known Unknown (Short Story)

Andy Clark

• Whiteout (Short Story) - published online in August 2015
• Kingsblade (Novel) - published in February 2017
• Shroud of Night (Novel) - published in July 2017
• Knightsblade (Novel) - published in February 2018
• Defiant (Short Story) - published June 2018
• Becoming (Short Story)
• Celestine: The Living Saint (Novel) - published in August 2019
• Fist of the Imperium (Novel) - published in February 2020
• The Will of the Legion (Short Story) - published in February 2020
• Revelation (Short Story) - published online in August 2020
• The Gate of Bones (Novel) - published in February 2021
• Steel Tread (Novel) - published in December 2021

Marc Collins

• Ghosts of Iron (Short Story) - published online in November 2019
• Champions, All (Short Story) - published online in December 2019 as part of the Black Library Advent Calendar (2019).
• Respite's End (Short Story) - published in Inferno! Volume 5, April 2020
• Cold Cases (Short Story) - published in No Good Men (Anthology) (2020)
• Grim Repast (Novel) - 2021
• The Death of the Prophet (Short Story) - published in Sabbat War (Anthology) (2021)
• Helbrecht: Knight of the Throne (Novel) - published in 2022
• Void King (Novel) - 2022
• Primacy (Short Story) - 2023
• The Martyr's Tomb (Novel) - 2023

Storm Constantine

• Lacrymata (Short Story) - published in Deathwing (Anthology)

Darren Cox

• And They Shall Know No Fear... (Short Story) - published in Heroes of the Space Marines (Anthology)

Brian Craig

• Pawns of Chaos (Novel)

Jonathan Curran

• The Raven's Claw (Short Story) - published in Into The Maelstrom (Anthology), re-published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)
• Barathrum (Short Story) - published in Words of Blood (Anthology), re-published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)

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Chris Dows

• In the Shadow of the Emperor (Short Story) - published in Hammer and Bolter 14
• The Mouth of Chaos (Short Story) - published in Hammer and Bolter 22
• Monolith (Short Story) - published online in August 2015
• Deathwatch: First to Hunt (Short Story)
• Furnaces of Haeleon (Short Story) - published online in March 2016
• Titans' Bane (Audio Drama)
• Augur of Despair (Audio Drama)

Simon Dyton

• The Emperor Wept (Short Story) - published in Planetkill (Anthology)

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Robert Earl

• Angels (Short Story) - published in Dark Imperium (Anthology), re-published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)

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Peter Fehervari

• Nightfall (Short Story) - published in Heroes of the Space Marines (Anthology) (2009)
• A Sanctuary of Wyrms (Short Story) - published in Xenos Hunters (Anthology) (2012)
• Out Caste (Short Story) - published online in December 2012 as part of the Black Library Advent Calendar (2012).
• Fire Caste (Novel)
• The Crown of Thorns (Short Story) - published online in September 2013
• Adeptus Mechanicus: Vanguard (Short Story) - published online in April 2015
• Deathwatch: The Walker in Fire (Short Story)
• The Greater Evil (Short Story)
• Genestealer Cults (Novel)
• Requiem Infernal (Novel)
• Nightbleed (Short Story)
• The Reverie (Novel)
• Fire and Ice (Short Story)
• Aria Arcana (Short Story)

Denny Flowers

• The Last Voyage of Elissa Harrow (Short Story) published in January 2020
• A Question of Taste (Short Story) published in December 2019
• Low Lives (Novella)
• The Three-Edged Blade (Short Story) published in Vaults of Obsidian (Anthology) (2019)
• The Hand of Harrow (Short Story) published in Inferno! Volume 4, October 2019
• Salvation's Crucible (Short Story) published in The Black Library Events Anthology (2019/20)
• The Trial of Lucille von Shard (Short Story)
• Outgunned (Novel) - 2022
• Clear as Glass (Short Story) - 2022
• Starstruck (Short Story) - 2023

Richard Ford

• The Labyrinth (Short Story) - published in Heroes of the Space Marines (Anthology) (2009)

Chris Forrester

• Bloodhowl (Short Story) (December 2021)
• Disgraced (Short Story) - published in The Successors (Anthology) (2022)

James Forster

• Vox Daemonicus (Short Story) - published in Anathemas (Anthology) (2020)

Toby Frost

• Lesser Evils (Short Story) - (as Tom Foster) published in Hammer and Bolter 13 (2011), re-published online in May 2014
• The Apex (Short Story) (2013)
• Straken (Novel) (January 2014)
• Straken: A Hero's Death (Short Story) (August 2014)

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Debbie Gallagher

• The Redeemer (Graphic Novel)

James Gilmer

• Unity (Short Story) - published in Fear the Alien (Anthology)

John Goodrich

• Mud and Mist (Short Story) - published in Anathemas (Anthology) (2020)

C.S. Goto

• Dawn of War (Novel Series)
  • Dawn of War (Novel)
  • Ascension (Novel)
  • Tempest (Novel)
• Deathwatch (Novel Series)
  • Warrior Brood (Novel)
  • Warrior Coven (Novel)
• Eldar Prophecy (Novel)
• The Trials of Isador (Short Story) - published in Blood Ravens: The Dawn of War Omnibus (Omnibus)
• Tears of Blood (Short Story) - published in Tales from the Dark Millennium (Anthology)
• Vindicare (Short Story) - published in Tales from the Dark Millennium (Anthology)
• Menshad Korum (Short Story) - published in Bringers of Death (Anthology)
• The Trial of the Mantis Warriors (Short Story) - published in Legends of the Space Marines (Anthology)
• Salvation (Novel)
• The Tower (Short Story) - published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)
• The Blood of Angels (Short Story) - published in Inferno! 42, re-published in The Book of Blood (Anthology) (2010)

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Alex Hammond

• Emperor's Grace (Short Story) - published in Into The Maelstrom (Anthology), re-published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)
• Ancient Lances (Short Story) - published in Into The Maelstrom (Anthology), re-published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)
• A World Above (Short Story) - published in Status: Deadzone (Anthology)
• The Daemon Bottle (Short Story) - published in Status: Deadzone (Anthology)
• Rat in the Walls (Short Story) - published in Status: Deadzone (Anthology)

Gareth Hanrahan

• The View from Olympus (Short Story) - published in No Good Men (Anthology) (2020)

Rachel Harrison

• Honourbound (Novel)
• Mark of Faith (Novel)
• A Company of Shadows (Short Story)
• Dirty Dealings (Short Story)
• Execution (Short Story)
• Fire and Thunder (Short Story)
• Trials (Short Story)
• The Darkling Hours (Short Story) published in the 2018/19 Events Anthology
• The Way Out (Audio Drama)

Ray Harrison

• Binding (Short Story) - published online in December 2012
• The Third War (Short Story) - published online in September 2013
• The Blooding (Short Story) - published online in December 2014
• Dishonoured (Short Story) - published online in August 2015

Darius Hinks

• Calculus Logi (Short Story) - published in What Price Victory (Anthology)
• Sanctus (Novella) - published in Architect of Fate (Anthology)
• Mephiston: Blood of Sanguinius (Novel)
• Mephiston: Revenant Crusade (Novel)
• Blackstone Fortress (Novel)
• The Sinew of War (Short Story)
• Illyrium (Audio Drama)
• Talisman of Vaul (Short Story) - published in Vaults of Obsidian (Anthology)
• The Beast Inside (Short Story) - published in Vaults of Obsidian (Anthology)
• Burned (Short Story) - published in Underhive (Anthology)
• Redemption (Short Story) - published in Underhive (Anthology)
• Exit Wound (Short Story) - published in No Good Men (Anthology) (2020)
• Warsphere (Short Story) (2020)
• Leviathan (Novel) (2023)
• Liber Xenologis

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Robey Jenkins

• Phobos Worked in Adamant (Short Story) - published in Planetkill (Anthology)

Simon Jowett

• Hell in a Bottle (Short Story) - published in Into The Maelstrom (Anthology), republished in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)
• Descent (Short Story) - published in Status: Deadzone (Anthology)
• Apothecary's Honour (Short Story) - published in Dark Imperium (Anthology), re-published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)
• Loyalty's Reward (Short Story) - published in Words of Blood (Anthology), republished in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)
• Xenocide (Short Story) - published in Bringers of Death (Anthology)

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Paul Kearney

• The Last Detail (Short Story) - published in Legends of the Space Marines (Anthology)
• The Blind King (Short Story) - published online in February 2015
• Dark Hunters: Umbra Sumus (Novel) - published in February 2015
• Calgar's Siege (Novel) - published in June 2016

Matt Keefe

• Fate's Masters, Destiny's Servants (Short Story) - published in Tales from the Dark Millennium (Anthology)
• Outlander (Novel)

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Mark Latham

• Kovos Falls (Short Story) - published in Hammer and Bolter 26
• Judgement (Short Story) - published online in September 2013

Mike Lee

• Gate of Souls (Short Story) - published in Tales from the Dark Millennium (Anthology)
• Even Unto Death (Short Story) - published in Bringers of Death (Anthology)
• Fallen Angels (Novel)
• Wolf at the Door (Short Story) - published in Tales of Heresy (Anthology)
• The Emperor's Chosen (Short Story) - published online in December 2012
• Traitor's Gorge (Novella) - 2013
• The Few (Short Story) - published online in June 2014
• None More Loyal (Short Story) - published online in December 2014
• Legacy of Dorn (Novel) - published in April 2018

Graeme Lyon

• The Carnac Campaign: Sky Hunter (Short Story) - published online in June 2013
• Kor'sarro Khan: Huntmaster (Short Story) - published online in December 2013
• Armour of Faith (Novella) - published online in June 2014
• The Librarian's Acolyte (Short Story)

Steve Lyons

• Death World (Novel) (2006)
• Better the Devil (Short Story) - published in Imperial Guard Omnibus: Volume One (2008)
• Waiting Death (Short Story) - published in Hammer and Bolter 4 (January 2011), published (for the first time in print) in Hammer of the Emperor (Omnibus) (December 2011), re-published in The Best of Hammer and Bolter: Volume One
• Dead Men Walking (Novel) (2010)
• Waiting Death (Audio Book) (April 2010);
• The Madness Within (Audio Book) (August 2011)
• The Shadow in the Glass (Short Story) (2012) - published in Hammer and Bolter 16
• Down Amongst the Dead Men (Short Story) - published online in March 2013
• Engines of War (Novella) - published online in May 2014
• Angron's Monolith (Novella) - published online in August 2014
• Deathwatch: Bad Blood (Short Story) - published online in August 2015
• Dark City (Short Story) - published online in October 2015
• Knight of Talassar (Novella) - published in November 2015
• Deathwatch: The Silence (Short Story)
• Krieg (Novel) - 2022

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George Mann

• Helion Rain (Audio Drama)
• Labyrinth of Sorrows (Audio Drama)
• Prey (Short Story)
• The Unkindness of Ravens (Novella)
• First Blood: Galadin's Feint (Short Story) Dark Millennium (game system) e-short
• Old Scars (Short Story) - published in Black Library Weekender (Anthology)
• With Baited Breath (Audio Drama)
• By Artifice, Alone (Short Story) - published online in September 2013
• The Tranzia Rebellion (Audio Drama), Part III (2014)
• Will of Iron (Comic)
• The Karsharat Abomination (Short Story)
• Awakenings (Novel) (2022)

Neil McIntosh

• Seed of Doubt (Short Story) - published in Deathwing (Anthology)

Juliet E. McKenna

• Fear Itself (Short Story) - published in Fear the Alien (Anthology)

Peter McLean

• Baphomet by Night (Short Story)
• Lightning Run (Short Story)
• No Hero (Short Story)
• Sand Lords (Short Story)
• Blood Sacrifice (Short Story)

Pat Mills

• The Redeemer (Graphic Novel)

Andras Millward

• Unthinking Justice (Short Story) - published in Into The Maelstrom (Anthology), re-published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)

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Dylan Owen

• Honour Among Fiends (Short Story) - published in Heroes of the Space Marines (Anthology)

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Joe Parrino

• The Patient Hunter (Short Story) - published online in April 2013
• Witness (Short Story) - published online in May 2013
• The Carnac Campaign: Nightspear (Short Story) - published online in June 2013
• No Worse Sin (Short Story) - published online in September 2013
• In Service to Shadows (Short Story) - published online in March 2014
• The Shape of the Hunt (Audio Drama) - published online in March 2014
• Shield of Baal: Devourer (Novella)
• Cold Roads (Short Story) - published online in December 2014
• Assassinorum: The Emperor's Judgement (Audio Drama) - published in April 2015
• Assassinorum: Execution Force (Novel) - published in April 2015

Thomas Parrott

• Loyal to the End (Short Story)
• Masters of Shadow (Novel)
• Spiritus in Machina (Short Story) - published in Inferno Volume 2 (Anthology)
• Salvage Rites (Short Story) - published in Inferno Volume 4 (Anthology)
• The Test of Faith (Short Story)
• Isha's Lament (Novella) published in November 2019

Chris Pramas

• Into the Maelstrom (Short Story) - published in Into The Maelstrom (Anthology), re-published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)
• The Black Pearl (Short Story) - published in Into The Maelstrom (Anthology), re-published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)

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Matt Ralphs

• Warp Spawn (Short Story) - published in Crucible of War (Anthology)

Jude Reid

• Unnatural Causes (Short Story) - published in Sanction and Sin (Anthology) (2021)

Gordon Rennie

• Bloodquest (Graphic Novel Series)
• Daemonifuge (Graphic Novel Series)
• Kal Jerico (Graphic Novel Series)
• Gothic War (Novel Series)
• Rites of Passage (Short Story) - published in Status: Deadzone (Anthology)
• Incident at Stranivar (Short Story) - published in Warp Storm (rulebook)
• Wolf Pack (Short Story) - published in White Dwarf #242 (UK), re-published in Warp Storm (rulebook)
• Blood Royal (Novel)

Chris Roberson

• Dawn of War II (Novel)
• Gauntlet Run (Short Story) - published in Heroes of the Space Marines (Anthology)
• Sons of Dorn (Novel)

Edward Rusk

• Liberation Day (Short Story) - published in Crucible of War (Anthology)

Neil Rutledge

• Small Cogs (Short Story) - published in Dark Imperium (Anthology), re-published in Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology)
• Sisters (Short Story) - published in Status: Deadzone (Anthology)

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Cavan Scott

• Doom Flight (Short Story) - published online in April 2013
• Trophies (Short Story) - published online in September 2013
• Flayed (Short Story) - published in The Black Library Anthology (2013/14)
• Logan Grimnar: Defender of Honour (Short Story) - published online in December 2013
• Plague Harvest (Novella) - published in April 2014
• Sanctus Reach: Death Mask (Short Story) - published online in July 2014
• Warhammer Adventures - Attack of the Necron (2018), Claws of the Genestealer, Secrets of the Tau.

Matt Smith

• The Twisted Runes (Short Story)
• The Price of Duty (Short Story)
• In Service Eternal (Short Story)

Lucien Soulban

• Desert Raiders (Novel)
• Fleshworks (Novel)
• Altar of Cyrene (Short Story) - published in Inferno! 45

Simon Spurrier

• On Mournful Wings (Short Story) - published in Crucible of War (Anthology)
• Elucidium (Short Story) - published in What Price Victory (Anthology)
• Xenology (Background Book)
• Fire Warrior (Novel)
• Lord of the Night (Novel)

Ian St. Martin

• Legends of the Dark Millennium: Deathwatch (Novel)
• Of Honour and Iron (Novel)
• Deathwatch: Swordwind (Short Story)
• Deathwatch: City of Ruin (Short Story)
• Hunting Ground (Short Story)
• In Wolves' Clothing (Short Story) — Part of the Call of Chaos series.
• The Embrace of Pain (Audio Drama)
• Taker of Heads (Audio Drama)
• Angron: Slave of Nuceria (Novel)
• Steel Daemon (Novella)
• Ghost of Nuceria (Short Story)
• Better Angels (Short Story) — Published in Scions of the Emperor (Anthology)

J C Stearns

• Turn of the Adder (Short Story) - published in published in Inferno Volume 2 (Anthology)
• Blackout (Short Story) - published in published in Inferno Volume 4 (Anthology)
• Voice of Experience (Short Story) - published online in February 2020
• Void Crossed (Short Story) - published online in October 2019
• Wraithbound (Short Story) - published in On Wings of Blood (Anthology)
• The Marauder Lives (Short Story) - published in Maledictions (Anthology)
• The Oubliette (Novel)

Charles Stross

• Monastery of Death (Short Story) - published in Deathwing (Anthology)

Tully R. Summers

• The Day of Thirst (Short Story) - published in Status: Deadzone (Anthology)
• The Lake (Short Story) - published in Status: Deadzone (Anthology)

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

• Raised in Darkness (Short Story) - published in Inferno! (2021) Vol.6
• Day of Ascension (Novel)
• The Long and Hungry Road (Short Story)

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Tim Waggoner

• Skin Man (Short Story) - published in Anathemas (Anthology) (2020)

Justin Woolley

• Redemption Through Sacrifice (Short Story)
• Night Shriekers (Short Story)
• Catachan Devil (Novel)
• Hell Fist (Short Story)

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Rob Young

• Transplants (Short Story)
• Memories of Broken Glass (Short Story)
• Longshot (Novel)

Game Designers

These authors are also game designers:

• Andy Chambers
• Andy Hoare
• Guy Haley
• Graham McNeill
• Anthony Reynolds
• Gav Thorpe