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.
Dan Jolley began his writing career in the early nineties. His limited series Obergeist was voted Best Horror Comic of 2001 by Wizard magazine, and his DC Comics project JSA: The Unholy Three received an Eisner Award nomination for Best Limited Series of 2003. His other comics work includes Bloodhound, a series about an unpowered investigator into 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.
He is also scripting several manga projects, including The Lost Warrior, which is an extension of the Warriors novel series by Erin Hunter, and wrote the teen novelization of the 2008 motion picture Iron Man.
Jolley was on the design team of Icarus Studios' post-apocalyptic MMORPG, Fallen Earth. He now writes for video games from Activision and Ubisoft.
Five Elements Book 1: The Emerald Tablet, HarperCollins, New York, October 2016Gray Widow’s Walk, Seventh Star Press, Louisville, May 2016Transformers 2 Junior Novel (motion picture novelization), HarperCollins, New York, May 2009Alex Unlimited Book 3: True Chemistry, TokyoPop/HarperCollins, New York, April 2008Iron Man Teen Novelization (motion picture novelization), HarperCollins, New York, March 2008Alex Unlimited Book 2: Split-Second Sight, TokyoPop/HarperCollins, New York, September 2007Alex Unlimited Book 1: The Vosarak Code, TokyoPop/HarperCollins, New York, May 2007Angel: Vengeance, Simon & Shuster, New York, August 2002 (Co-written with Scott Ciencin)Star Trek SCE: Some Assembly Required, Pocket Books, New York, January 2002 (Co-written with Scott Ciencin)Chronos (Oculus Rift), Gunfire Games, March 2016Mafia 3 (Xbox 1, PS4, PC), 2K Games/Hangar 13, 2016Dying Light (Xbox 1, PS4, PC), Techland, January 2015The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (Xbox 360, PS3, PC), 2K Games, August 2013Transformers Prime: The Game (Wii, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS), Activision/Nowpro, October 2012Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (Xbox 360, PS3, PC), Activision/High Moon Studios, August 2012Prototype 2 (Xbox 360, PS3), Activision/Radical Entertainment, April 2012Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii), Activision/High Moon Studios & Behavior Interactive, July 2011Transformers: War for Cybertron (Xbox 360, PS3, PC), Activision/High Moon Studios, June 2010Transformers: Cybertron Adventures (Wii), Activision/Next Level Games, June 2010James Cameron's Avatar (Nintendo DS), Ubisoft Montreal, December 2009Fallen Earth (PC), Icarus Studios, September 2009LARP!, three 80-page graphic novels, Dark Horse Comics, Portland, May 2015The Savage Sword of Robert E. Howard: The Maid of Winter’s Night, short story, Dark Horse Comics, Portland, July 2014Terminator: Enemy of My Enemy, six-issue mini-series, Dark Horse Comics, Portland, February 2014Eerie: Invulnerable, short story, Dark Horse Comics, Portland, February 2014Bloodhound: Crowbar Medicine, five-issue mini-series, Dark Horse Comics, Portland, October 2013Wrapped Up in You (My Boyfriend is a Monster #10), Lerner Books, Minneapolis, May 2012My Boyfriend Bites (My Boyfriend is a Monster #3), Lerner Books, Minneapolis, July 2011Warcraft: Death Knight, TokyoPop, Los Angeles, November 2009Warcraft Legends: Bloodsail Buccaneer, short story, TokyoPop, Los Angeles, June 2009Warcraft Legends: Crusader's Blood, short story, TokyoPop, Los Angeles, March 2009Warcraft Legends: Miles to Go, short story, TokyoPop, Los Angeles, November 2008Warcraft Legends: How to Win Friends, short story, TokyoPop, Los Angeles, August 2008Warriors: Warrior's Return, HarperCollins, ISBN 0061252336, 2008Warriors: Warrior's Refuge, HarperCollins, ISBN 006125231X, 2007Warriors: The Lost Warrior, HarperCollins, ISBN 0061240206, 2007Angel: Choice Cuts, one issue in five-issue mini-series, IDW Studios, San Diego, 2006Hell, Michigan, four-issue mini-series, FC9 Publishing, Morristown, 2005G.I. Joe Vs. The Transformers II, four-issue mini-series, Devil’s Due / Image Comics, Chicago, 2005G.I. Joe Vs. The Transformers I, two issues in five-issue mini-series, Devil’s Due / Image Comics, Chicago, 2004Bloodhound #1-10 (with Leonard Kirk, DC Comics, 2004–2005)Firestorm, ongoing series (DC Comics, 2004–2005)Micronauts (3-issue mini-series, Devil's Due, 2004)Vampirella: The Choir in the Mist, one issue, Harris Comics, New York, 2004Metal Hurlant: Worship Service, short story, Humanoids Comics, Los Angeles, 2004Voltron, ongoing series, Devil’s Due / Image Comics, Chicago, 2003-2004G.I. Joe Frontline: Icebound, four-issue mini-series, Devil’s Due / Image Comics, Chicago, 2003Micronauts, ongoing series, Devil’s Due / Image Comics, Chicago, 2003-2004JSA: The Unholy Three (DC Comics, 2003)Superman Adventures, three issues, DC Comics, New York, 2002Sabretooth: Mary Shelley Overdrive (4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 2002)Purgatori, ongoing series (Chaos! Comics, 2002)Obergeist (Top Cow Productions, 2001–2002)JLA: Gods and Monsters (with Josh Krach), DC Comics, 2001Lazarus 5 (DC Comics, 2000)JSA: The Liberty Files (DC Comics, 2000)Doctor Strange: The Flight of Bones (4-issue mini-series, Marvel Knights, 1999)Aliens: Colonial Marines, two issues in ten-issue mini-series, Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, 1993Universal Monsters: The Mummy, one-shot special, Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, 1992Twisted Journeys: Shipwrecked on Mad Island, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, August, 2009Graphic Universe: Hero Twins: Against the Lords of Death (A Mayan Tale), Lerner Books, Minneapolis, March 2009Graphic Universe: Guan Yu: Blood Brothers to the End (A Chinese Tale), Lerner Books, Minneapolis, March 2009Twisted Journeys: Agent Mongoose & the Hypno-Beam Scheme, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, February 2009Graphic Universe: Pigling: A Cinderella Story (A Korean Tale), Lerner Books, Minneapolis, November 2008Twisted Journeys: Vampire Hunt, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, September 2008Twisted Journeys: Alien Incident on Planet J, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, September 2008Twisted Journeys: The Time Travel Trap, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, February 2008Graphic Universe: The Smoking Mountain: The Story of Popocatepetl & Iztaccihuatl (An Aztec Tale), Lerner Books, Minneapolis, January 2008Twisted Journeys: Escape From Pyramid X, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, July 2007Graphic Universe: Odysseus: Escaping Poseidon's Curse, Lerner Books, Minneapolis, June 2007Best Horror Story of 2001, Wizard Magazine Awards, for ObergeistNominated for Best Mini-series of 2003, Eisner Awards, for JSA: The Unholy Three
