Stephen Marley (writer)

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Stephen Marley is a British author and video game designer, best known for his Chia Black Dragon series. He was born in Derby and was educated in Derby and Nottingham. He graduated in Social Anthropology in 1971 in London, gained an M.Sc in the Sociology of Science in 1973 and worked on his Ph.D on ancient Chinese science while lecturing in Manchester. He gave up an academic career and took up writing full-time in 1985. From 1995 onwards he has also followed a parallel career in video games. He has had seven novels published and recently completed a religious/political thriller, provisionally titled The Heresy.

1 Novels
2 Short stories
3 Video games
4 External links

[edit] Novels

Spirit Mirror: Chia Black Dragon series; dark fantasy: publisher HarperCollins (1988)

Life of the Virgin Mary; historical/fantasy: publisher Lennard Publishing (1988)

Mortal Mask: Chia Black Dragon series; dark fantasy: publisher Time Warner (1991)

Shadow Sisters: Chia Black Dragon series; dark fantasy: publisher Time Warner (1993)

Judge Dredd: Dreddlocked; science fiction: publisher Virgin Books (1993)

Judge Dredd: Dread Dominion; science fiction: publisher Virgin Books (1994)

Doctor Who: Managra; science fiction: publisher Virgin Books (1995).

[edit] Short stories

Diary of a (Mad?)man prequel story for Dreamweb video game (see also video games)

Bibliophage in Virgin Decalog 5 (1997)

Waters-of-Starlight in Virgin Decalog 5 (1997)

Baron (Count) Dracula and Count (Baron) Frankenstein in Perfect Timing 1 (1999)

Knitworld in Perfect Timing 2 (2000)

[edit] Video games

Dreamweb on PC and Amiga: prequel story published with the game. Developers, Creative Reality; publishers Empire Interactive (1994)

Warhammer: Dark Omen on PC: dialogue scriptwriter and voice acting direction. Developers, Mindscape; publishers Electronic Arts (1995)

Martian Gothic aka Martian Gothic: Unification on PC and Playstation: designer, dialogue scriptwriter, voice acting and casting director. Developers, Creative Reality; publishers Take 2 (2000)

Currently working on an action adventure video game featuring Chia Black Dragon and provisionally titled Shadow.