Jump to content

Jon Evans: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
→Journalism: Added "Save Helpless Faraway Africans" and "Such DFW" articles
→Bibliography: Adding/removing external link(s) Adding/improving reference(s) Copyedit (major)
Line 26: Line 26:


===Novels===
===Novels===
*''Dark Places'' - 2004 (UK title: ''Trail of the Dead'')
*''Dark Places'' - 2004 (UK title: ''Trail of the Dead'')([http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/24565/dark-places download at Feedbooks])
*''Blood Price'' - 2005
*''Blood Price'' - 2005 ([http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/28807/blood-price download at Feedbooks])
*''Invisible Armies'' - 2006 ([http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/24564/invisible-armies download])
*''Invisible Armies'' - 2006 ([http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/24564/invisible-armies download at Feedbooks])
*''The Night of Knives'' - 2007 ([http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/14338/night-of-knives download])
*''The Night of Knives'' - 2007 ([http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/14338/night-of-knives download at Feedbooks])
*''Beasts of New York'' - 2011 ([http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/23420/beasts-of-new-york-2-0 download])
*''Beasts of New York'' - 2011 ([http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/23420/beasts-of-new-york-download at Feedbooks])
*''Swarm'' - 2012 ([http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/24466/swarm download])
*''Swarm'' - 2012 ([http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/24466/swarm download at Feedbooks])


===Graphic Novels===
===Graphic Novels===
*''The Executor'' - 2010 ([http://dccomics.com/vertigo/graphic_novels/?gn=14395 Vertigo Comics])
*''The Executor'' - 2010 ([http://dccomics.com/vertigo/graphic_novels/?gn=14395 Vertigo Comics])
*''The Coder'' - 2011 ([http://www.engineering.com/Blogs/tabid/3207/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/953/categoryId/18/The-Coder--Volume-1.aspx read online])
*''The Coder'' - 2011 ([http://www.engineering.com/Blogs/tabid/3207/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/953/categoryId/18/The-Coder--Volume-1.aspx read Volume 1 online at Engineering.com])


===Journalism===
===Journalism===
*[http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.09/posts.html?pg=2 Wiring the War Zone], [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]
*{{cite news|title=Wiring the War Zone|url=http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.09/posts.html?pg=2 |work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]}}
*[http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/23/2117240 Blood, Bullets, Bombs and Bandwidth], [[Slashdot]]
*{{cite news|url=http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/23/2117240 |title=Blood, Bullets, Bombs and Bandwidth|work= [[Slashdot]]}}
*[http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2006.05-field-notes-goma-drc-in-the-shadow-of-doom/ In the Shadow of Doom], [[The Walrus]]
*{{cite news|url=http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2006.05-field-notes-goma-drc-in-the-shadow-of-doom/ |title=In the Shadow of Doom|work=[[The Walrus]]}}
*[http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2008.05-field-notes-haiti-birth-jon-evans/ Free Delivery: birth in Haiti], [[The Walrus]]
*{{cite news|url=http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2008.05-field-notes-haiti-birth-jon-evans/ |title=Free Delivery: Birth in Haiti|work= [[The Walrus]]}}
*[http://walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/10/23/better-dying-through-chemistry/ Better Dying Through Chemistry], [[The Walrus]]
*{{cite news|url=http://walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/10/23/better-dying-through-chemistry/ |title=Better Dying Through Chemistry|work= [[The Walrus]]}}
*[http://maisonneuve.org/pressroom/article/2009/jan/1/can-video-game-make-you-cry/ Can A Video Game Make You Cry?], [[Maisonneuve]]
*{{cite news|url=http://maisonneuve.org/pressroom/article/2009/jan/1/can-video-game-make-you-cry/ |title=Can A Video Game Make You Cry?|work= [[Maisonneuve]]}}
*[http://walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2010/09/13/burning-with-desire/ Burning With Desire], [[The Walrus]]
*{{cite news|url=http://walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2010/09/13/burning-with-desire/|title= Burning With Desire|work= [[The Walrus]]}}
*[http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/07/this-is-where-the-magic-happens/ This Is Where The Magic Happens], [[TechCrunch]]
*{{cite news|url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/07/this-is-where-the-magic-happens/ |title=This Is Where The Magic Happens|work= [[TechCrunch]]}}
*[http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/10/save-helpless-faraway-africans/ Save Helpless Faraway Africans From The Comfort Of Your Armchair!], [[TechCrunch]]
*{{cite news|url=http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/10/save-helpless-faraway-africans/ |title=Save Helpless Faraway Africans From The Comfort Of Your Armchair!|work= [[TechCrunch]]}}
*[http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/11/such-dfw-very-orwell-so-doge-wow/ Such DFW. Very Orwell. So Doge. Wow.], [[TechCrunch]]
*{{cite news|url=http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/11/such-dfw-very-orwell-so-doge-wow/ |title=Such DFW. Very Orwell. So Doge. Wow.|work= [[TechCrunch]]}}


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 11:34, 29 August 2014

Template:Distinguish2

For other people with similar names, see John Evans (disambiguation) and Jonathan Evans (disambiguation).
Jon Evans
Born (1973-04-11) April 11, 1973 (age 51)
Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada
OccupationNovelist, Journalist
NationalityCanadian
GenreThriller, fantasy

Jon Evans (born 1973) is a Canadian novelist and journalist.

Born to an expatriate Rhodesian father and Canadian mother, he grew up in Waterloo, Ontario, and is a graduate of the University of Waterloo.

Evans won the 2005 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel from the Crime Writers of Canada for his book Dark Places, and has been reviewed in the Economist[1] and Washington Post.[2] His graphic novel The Executor was named one of the ten best of 2010 by Comic Book Resources,[3] and his novel Beasts of New York won a 2011 ForeWord Book Of The Year medal.[4]

Evans has also written for magazines such as Wired and The Walrus, and the newspaper The Globe and Mail, and he writes a weekly column for TechCrunch. Now based in Berkeley, California, he frequently travels the world to research the locations of his novels.

Much of his work is released under a Creative Commons license and can be downloaded for free.[5]

Bibliography

Novels

Graphic Novels

Journalism

  • "Wiring the War Zone". Wired.
  • "Blood, Bullets, Bombs and Bandwidth". Slashdot.
  • "In the Shadow of Doom". The Walrus.
  • "Free Delivery: Birth in Haiti". The Walrus.
  • "Better Dying Through Chemistry". The Walrus.
  • "Can A Video Game Make You Cry?". Maisonneuve.
  • "Burning With Desire". The Walrus.
  • "This Is Where The Magic Happens". TechCrunch.
  • "Save Helpless Faraway Africans From The Comfort Of Your Armchair!". TechCrunch.
  • "Such DFW. Very Orwell. So Doge. Wow". TechCrunch.

References

  1. ^ "Treats off the street", 10 Aug 2006, p. 71
  2. ^ 23 Oct 2005, review by Richard Lipez
  3. ^ My best ten of ‘ten!
  4. ^ BOTYA 2011 Finalists in Fantasy (Adult Fiction)
  5. ^ Steal This Book!

Template:Persondata

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jon_Evans&oldid=623298597"