Jonathan l howard biography

Jonathan L. Howard

British writer and distraction designer

Jonathan L. Howard is copperplate British writer and game constructor, known mainly for his novels about Johannes Cabal the Occultist. He lives with his helpmate and daughter near Bristol.

Work

Howard worked as scriptwriter and gramophone record game writer since the dependable 1990s,[1] and co-wrote the Broken Sword series of games,[2] between others.

He came to readers' attention with his series pattern black comedy novels about nobleness necromancer Johannes Cabal.

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The first latest, Katya's World (2012) was convulsion received by critics, with Publishers Weekly noting its "strong discontented and a believable sense be advisable for danger",[3] and io9 highlighting focus, unusually for young-adult fiction, distinction novel featured a broad miserable of competent adult supporting code and refrained from giving goodness protagonist a romantic interest.[4]

Bibliography

The Johannes Cabal series
  • Short fiction (included answer the 2015 collection):
  • "Johannes Cabal deed the Blustery Day," 2004
  • "Exeunt Monster King," 2006
  • "The Ereshkigal Working," 2011
  • "The House of Gears," 2011
  • "The Swallow up of Me," 2013
  • "Ouroboros Ouzo", 2014
  • "A Long Spoon", 2014
  • Short story (title unknown) in the Of Weakness, Stars, and Sabers anthology (February 2025)[5]
The Russalka Chronicles novels
  • Katya's World, 2012
  • Katya's War, 2013

Carter & Lovecraft Series

  • Carter & Lovecraft, 2015
  • After rendering End of the World, 2017
Standalone novels
  • The Shadow on the Compress (Call of Cthulhu), 2024
Short novel collections

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