David Barnett (writer)

This article is about the English author and journalist. For the Scottish musician and biographer of Suede, see The Boyfriends (UK band) and Luxembourg (band).

David Barnett
Born	(1970-01-11) 11 January 1970

David Barnett (born 11 January 1970) is an English journalist and author. He began his journalism career in local newspapers, first the Wigan Observer and Chorley Guardian before moving on to the Lancashire Evening Post. He caught the tail-end of the era of typewriters before newsrooms replaced them with computers.

He has several published books, including Hinterland (Immanion Press, 2005, re-issued 2008), Angelglass (Immanion Press, 2007) and The Janus House and Other Two-Faced Tales (Immanion Press, 2009). Born in Wigan, Lancashire, England, he has worked at the Telegraph & Argus.

Bibliography

Novels

• Hinterland (Immanion Press, 1 April 2005; paperback ISBN 1-904853-19-6)
• Angelglass (Immanion Press, 15 November 2007; paperback ISBN 978-1-904853-49-7)
• The Janus House and Other Two-Faced Tales (Immanion Press, 24 December 2009; paperback ISBN 978-1-904853-70-1)
• popCULT! (Pendragon Press, 31 March 2011, paperback ISBN 978-1-906864-24-8)
• Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl (Tor Books, September 10, 2013, ISBN 978-0-7653-3424-4)
• Gideon Smith and the Brass Dragon (Tor Books, September 16, 2014, ISBN 978-0-7653-3425-1)
• Gideon Smith and the Mask of the Ripper (Tor Books, April 14, 2015, ISBN 978-0-7653-3426-8)
• The Handover (Trapeze, April 29, 2021, ISBN 978-1-3987-0261-5)
• Alien: Colony War (Titan Books, April 26, 2022, ISBN 978-1-789098-89-1)
• Withered Hill (Canelo, September 26th, 2024, ISBN 978-1-804367-57-5)

Short stories

• The End of the World Show (Postscripts magazine, published Winter 2006) - giant lizards attacking Tokyo and asteroids and zombies.
• Go (You Are Here, Redbeck Press, September 2006) - about the ghost of Jack Kerouac
• It's Nice But I Wouldn't Want To Die Here (Visionary Tongue magazine, April 2006)
• What Would Nite-Owl Do? (All Saints No Sinners Magazine, 2006)
• State of Grace (Postscripts, PS Publishing, issue ten, Summer 2007)
• Woman's Work (in Encounters of Sherlock Holmes, Titan Books, 2013)

Comics

Under the pen name "Sax", David Barnett wrote stories for two short story comics. Both featured the open-source character, Jenny Everywhere.

• My Bloody Valentine Archived 22 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine - Illustrated by John Miers (2002)
• The Death of Jenny Everywhere - Illustrated by Catherine Wright (2003)

External links

• davidbarnett.wordpress.com his official homepage
• Immanion Press publishers of Angelglass and Hinterland
• Review of Hinterland by the Fortean Times
• Interview with David Barnett by The Alien Online
• Interview with David Barnett by the Fortean Times
• Article on getting published by David Barnett for The British Science Fiction Association's Matrix magazine
• A review at Infinity plus with a sample
• David Barnett at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Story Behind Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl - Online Essay by David Barnett