Kieron Gillen

Kieron Michael Gillen (; born 30 September 1975) is a British comic book writer and former video game and music journalist. In comics, Gillen is known for ''Once & Future'', ''Die'', ''Phonogram'', and ''The Wicked + The Divine'', the latter two co-created with artist Jamie McKelvie and published by Image, as well as numerous projects for Marvel, such as ''Journey into Mystery'', ''Uncanny X-Men'', ''Young Avengers'', ''Eternals'', and the company-wide crossover storyline ''A.X.E.: Judgment Day''. He has also written projects for ''Star Wars'' including ''Darth Vader'', ''Star Wars'', and co-created the character Doctor Aphra who starred in her own ongoing spin-off comic series ''Star Wars: Doctor Aphra'' of which Gillen wrote the first 19 issues.

In video game journalism, he created the New Games Journalism manifesto. He also co-founded the website ''Rock Paper Shotgun''.

He has been nominated for a Hugo Award six times, once for ''The Wicked + The Divine'', twice for ''Once & Future'', and three times for ''Die''. He also has been nominated four times for a GLAAD Media Award, winning once for ''Young Avengers''. Provided by Wikipedia