James Swallow is a British author. A BAFTA nominee and a New York Times, Sunday Times and Amazon #1 best-seller, he is the author of several original books and tie-in novels, as well as short fiction, numerous audio dramas and video games.
Faith & Fire (2006), partwork edition (2017), audiobook (2018)
Red Fury (2008)
The Blood Angels Omnibus (Collected edition of Deus Encarmine, Deus Sanguinius and the short story Blood Debt) (2008)
Black Tide (2009)
The Book of Blood (Collected edition including Heart of Rage and the short stories Crimson Night and Blood Debt) (2010)
Bloodline (Chapbook) (2010), reprinted in Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus, 25 For 25, Hammer & Bolter #23 (2012), The Best of Hammer And Bolter Volume Two (2013) and Blood Angels: The Complete Rafen Omnibus (2018)
Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus (Collected edition of Red Fury, Black Tide, Heart of Rage, Bloodline and the short story Redeemed) (2012)
Sisters of Battle: The Omnibus (Collected edition of Faith & Fire, Hammer & Anvil, the short story Heart & Soul and an adaptation of Red & Black) (2017)
Blood Angels: The Complete Rafen Omnibus (Collected edition of Deus Encarmine, Deus Sanguinius, Red Fury, Black Tide and additional short stories) (2019)
Sisters of Battle Collection (Limited collected edition of Faith & Fire, Hammer & Anvil, an adaptation of Red & Black and the short stories Heart & Soul and Iron & Bone) (2021)
Fear To Tread (2012), audiobook (2012), Collector's Edition (2015), partwork edition (2018)
Vow of Faith (2016), reprinted in Garro: Weapon of Fate (2017)
Garro: Weapon of Fate (Collected edition, including Vow of Faith and adaptations of Oath of Moment, Sword of Truth, Burden of Duty, Ashes of Fealty, Legion of One and Shield of Lies) (2017), audiobook (2017)
Blood Debt – The Blood Angels Omnibus (2008), reprinted in The Book of Blood (2010) and Blood Angels: The Complete Rafen Omnibus (2018)
Heart of Rage - The Book of Blood (adaptation of audio drama) (2010), reprinted in Victories of the Space Marines (2011), Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus (2012), Space Marines: The Omnibus (2013) and Sons of Sanguinius (2021)
The Returned - Legends of the Space Marines (2010), reprinted in Space Marines: The Omnibus (2013) and There Is Only War (2013)
Redeemed - Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus, reprinted in Hammer & Bolter #16 (2012), The Best of Hammer And Bolter Volume Two (2013) and Blood Angels: The Complete Rafen Omnibus (2018)
Honours - Games Day UK 2012 Official Programme, reprinted in Black Library Advent Calendar 2012 (2012) and Sons of Sanguinius (2021)
The Fury - Space Marines: Angels of Death (2013), reprinted in Blood Angels: The Complete Rafen Omnibus (2018) and Sons of Sanguinius (2021)
Vigil - Space Marines: Angels of Death (2013)
Dante: Lord of the Host - Lords of the Space Marines (2013), reprinted in Sons of Sanguinius (2021)
The Sanguinor: Exemplar of the Host - Lords of the Space Marines (2013), reprinted in Sons of Sanguinius (2021)
Reflection in Blood - Black Library Advent Calendar 2014 (2014), reprinted in Blood Angels: The Complete Rafen Omnibus (2018)
Red & Black - Sisters of Battle: The Omnibus (adaptation of audio drama) (2017), reprinted in Crusade + Other Stories (2017)
Heart & Soul - Sisters of Battle: The Omnibus (2017)
Heart of Rage (2009), appears in prose form in The Book of Blood (2010), Victories of the Space Marines (2011), Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus (2012) and Space Marines: The Omnibus (2013), in script form in The Space Marine Script Book (2012)
Red & Black (2011), appears in prose form in Sisters of Battle: The Omnibus (2017)
Burden of Duty (2013), in script form in The Horus Heresy: The Scripts Volume 2 (2014), appears in prose form in Garro: Weapon of Fate (2017)
Shield of Lies (2014), appears in prose form in Garro: Weapon of Fate (2017)
Nemesis (audiobook) (2015)
The Voice (audiobook) (2015), appears in prose form in Tales of Heresy (2009)
Knight Errant (Collected edition of Oath of Moment, Sword of Truth, Burden of Duty, Ashes of Fealty, Legion of One and Shield of Lies) (2015)
Ashes of Fealty (2015), appears in prose form in Garro: Weapon of Fate (2017)
Garro: Weapon of Fate (audiobook) (2017)
Lost Sons - audiobook (2017), appears in prose form in Black Library Weekender 2012 Anthology Volume One (2012), The Silent War (2016) and Lupercal's War (2022)
All That Remains - audiobook (2017), appears in prose form in The Imperial Truth (2013) and War Without End (2016)
Gunsight - audiobook (2017), appears in prose form in Death And Defiance (2014) and War Without End (2016)
Ghosts Speak Not - audiobook (2017), appears in prose form in Tales of the Knights Errant and The Silent War (2016)
Patience - audiobook (2017), appears in prose form in Tales of the Knights Errant and The Silent War (2016)
Exocytosis audiobook (2018), appears in prose form in Black Library Advent Calendar 2016 (2016) and Heralds of the Siege (2018)
Although uncredited, Swallow is the only British writer to have worked on a Star Trek television series, having created the original stories for "One" and "Memorial", two episodes of the series Star Trek: Voyager.[8]
His novel Day of the Vipers won the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers Scribe Award for Best Original Speculative Fiction in 2009;[9]Day Zero won the Best General & Adapted Novel category in 2022;[10] and Dragonfire won the Best General Novel category in 2023.[11] He was also nominated for Faith & Fire in 2007,[12]Deadline in 2015[13] and Fear Itself in 2019.
Nominated in 2017 for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for his novel Nomad,[14] and in 2021 for his novel Rogue.[15]
Nominated for the 2018 Dragon Award for Best Media Tie-In Novel for Fear Itself.[16]
His novels The Poisoned Chalice,[20]Fear To Tread[21] and Nemesis[22] were New York Times Bestsellers in 2013, 2012 and 2010. His novel Nomad was a Sunday Times and Irish Times bestseller in 2016;[23] the follow-up novel Exile was a Sunday Times bestseller in 2017.
At the Pegasus 2 convention held in the UK in 2007, James Swallow auctioned off the chance to have a "walk on role" in the Stargate SG-1 novel Relativity. The money was given to charity. He has previously done this with the books Underworld and Whiteout, and the Doctor Who audio drama Destiny of the Doctor: Shockwave.
