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Adam Christopher

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in Auckland, New Zealand

February 02, 1978

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller

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Adam Christopher’s debut novel EMPIRE STATE was SciFiNow’s Book of the Year and a Financial Times Book of the Year. The author of MADE TO KILL, STANDARD HOLLYWOOD DEPRAVITY, and KILLING IS MY BUSINESS, Adam’s other novels include SEVEN WONDERS, THE AGE ATOMIC, and THE BURNING DARK.

Adam has also written the official tie-in novels for the hit CBS television show ELEMENTARY, and the award-winning DISHONORED video game franchise, and with Chuck Wendig, wrote THE SHIELD for Dark Circle/Archie Comics. Adam is also a contributor to the STAR WARS: FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW 40th anniversary anthology.

Born in New Zealand, Adam has lived in Great Britain since 2006.

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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Adam Christopher That would have to be the mystery of the man in black I saw sitting at my family's dining room table, one night more than 25 years ago.

Who…moreThat would have to be the mystery of the man in black I saw sitting at my family's dining room table, one night more than 25 years ago.

Who - or what - was it?

This story is entirely true. I'm not a skeptic, nor am I a believer. I like to think of myself as fortean - I present the data, you do what you like with it.

I grew up in New Zealand in an old house that was prone to weirdness, but most of which could be attributed to the usual problems of an old house - in this case, the foundations were sinking on one side, and the attic was often home to local wildlife. Unexplained noises and bumps and rattles were actually all rather explainable.

Except for the man in black.

It was a Saturday night sometime around 1992 or 93. My parents had gone to bed. I was around 15, an only child, and I was staying up late to get to grips with a video camera my mother, who was a schoolteacher, had borrowed from her department. While poring over the instruction manual and testing various settings, I panned the tripod-mounted camera around the living room, until I reached the open double-doorway that led into the dining room. It was around midnight, and both rooms were well lit.

Now, I only caught a glimpse - no more than a second, if that. Also, while the camera was operational, there was no tape in it. I wasn't recording anything.

But what I saw was someone sitting at the table - far corner, facing me. It was a black silhouette, head and shoulders and upper body, the arms held under the table. No detail or facial features were visible - this thing was just solid black - but it had white eyes.

Needless to say, I got a hell of a fright - I was looking down into the monochrome viewfinder, and I remember jerking my head up, heart pounding. There was nobody there. I checked the viewfinder, and just saw the black and white view of the table and chairs and empty room.

I decided at that point to perhaps continue playing with the camera in the hours of daylight, so packed up and went to bed.

So that's what happened - or at least, that's what I remember. Of course, this was 25 years ago, and memory cheats (and is not that reliable in the first place). There are any number of possibilities for what I saw - 1992 video camera tech was relatively primitive, so who knows what kind of glitch may have created a visual artefact. It was late, and I was tired. The rooms were lit, but who knows what kind of shadows they could have thrown that I'd never even noticed before.

But sometimes the house was weird, and that was just one particular element of strangeness I remember from my childhood and teenage years. And like I say, I'm neither a believer nor a skeptic, and I have no idea what I saw, if I even saw anything at all.

But I do think that would be a great mystery to solve. Because what better kind of mystery is there than a great ghost story?

If only there had been a tape running in the camera!(less)

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If you worked for either Marvel or DC Comics is there a specific title or character that you would like to write? If you did not want to work at either company would you like to try your hand at your own creation at Image or another independent comic company?

Adam Christopher Hi Kurt,

You may know that I am a huge Hawkgirl fan, so she'd be at the top of my list. But I love so many DC characters, I'd love a shot…moreHi Kurt,

You may know that I am a huge Hawkgirl fan, so she'd be at the top of my list. But I love so many DC characters, I'd love a shot at nearly anyone! As for indie or creator-owned comics... watch this space :)(less)

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Average rating: 3.6 · 16,274 ratings · 3,025 reviews · 42 distinct works • Similar authors

	Empire State (Empire State, #1) 3.12 avg rating — 2,362 ratings — published 2011 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Made to Kill (Ray Electromatic Mysteries, #1) 3.36 avg rating — 1,505 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seven Wonders 3.28 avg rating — 1,007 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darkness on the Edge of Town 3.54 avg rating — 903 ratings — published 2019 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dishonored: The Corroded Man (Dishonored, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 620 ratings — published 2016 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Burning Dark (Spider Wars, #1) 3.29 avg rating — 663 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hang Wire 3.27 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Age Atomic (Empire State, #2) 3.62 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 2013 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elementary: The Ghost Line (Elementary, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 330 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killing Is My Business (Ray Electromatic Mysteries, #2) 3.74 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Cover reveal: I ONLY KILLED HIM ONCE

Eagle-eyed readers may have spotted a thumbnail of this up on Twitter a couple of weeks back, but now I can show this thing off in all its glory. The final Ray Electromatic Mystery novel, I Only Killed Him Once, is out from Tor Books on July 10, 2018, and thanks – yet again – to the genius of Will Staehle, it will look like this:

US pre-order links at the link! UK links to come!

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Empire State (2 books)
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“Over two days, the remaining superheroic population of the Earth had heeded the call--by ship, teleport, magical portal, elemental transduction...the H-Man, Pangolin the Protector, Glass Tambourine, Omega-Mur, Hammer and Sickle, Jackdaw, the Infinite Wisdom, Doctor Mandragora, Czar and Tzar and Star, Kalamari Karl, Lightening Dancer, Doctor Chlorophyll, Jack Viking, Monomaniac, the Gin Fairy, the Holy Ghanta, the Bandolier, the Nuclear Atom, the Mysterious Flame, Moonstalker, Cataclysm and Inferno, the Skyguard II, Your Imaginary Pal, Dark Storm, the Hate Witch, Psychofire, Rabid, Riot, Fox and Hound, Hydrolad, Captain Fuji, Captain Cape Town, Captain Australia, Captain...Jeannie lost count, one uniform and one costume blurring into another.”
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“She knew now that being a superhero was more than just a fancy costume, a firm bust and being able to shoot whizz-bang laser beams out of your eyes.”
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