Joseph Nassise (born 1968) is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling American urban fantasy writer and the author of more than sixty novels. His debut novel, Riverwatch, was nominated for both the Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award.[1][2] He is the author of the internationally bestselling Templar Chronicles series, the Jeremiah Hunt Chronicle, the Great Undead War series, as well as several books for Gold Eagle's Rogue Angel line. His work has been translated into German, Russian, Polish Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. Nassise served as the president of the Horror Writers Association from 2002 to 2005 and a Trustee of the same from 2008 to 2010.

Joseph Nassise
Nassise at Phoenix Comicon in 2017
Nassise at Phoenix Comicon in 2017
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Easton, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationWriter
GenreUrban fantasy
Children4
Website
josephnassise.com

Nassise was born and raised in Easton, Massachusetts. He lives with his wife and four children in Arizona.

Bibliography

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Novels

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Series

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  • The Templar Chronicles
    • Novels
      • Heretic (Pocket Books, 2005), later retitled as The Heretic
      • A Scream of Angels (Harbinger Books, 2010), first published in German translation as Der Engel (Droemer Knaur, 2007)
      • A Tear in the Sky (Harbinger Books, 2010), first published in German translation as Die Schatten (Droemer Knaur, 2008)
      • Infernal Games (Harbinger Books, 2014)
      • Judgment Day (Harbinger Books, 2014)
      • Fall of Night (Harbinger Books, 2017)
      • Darkness Reigns (Harbinger Books, 2018)
      • Nephilim Rising (Harbinger Books, 2019)
    • Templar Chronicles Mission novellas
      • Shades of Blood and Darkness (Harbinger Books, 2014), set before The Heretic, previously published in slightly different form as That Cleansing Fire
      • The Hungry Dark (Harbinger Books, 2014), set between The Heretic and A Scream of Angels, also contained in SNAFU: Heroes: An Anthology of Military Horror
      • Tooth and Claw (Harbinger Books, 2018)
      • Flesh and Bone (Harbinger Books, 2018)
  • The Jeremiah Hunt Chronicle
    • Eyes to See (Tor Books, 2011),[3][4] first published in German translation as Der Schattenseher (PAN, 2009)
    • King of the Dead (Tor Books, 2012)
    • Watcher of the Dark (Tor Books, 2013)[5]
  • The Great Undead War
    • By the Blood of Heroes (HarperVoyager, 2012)
    • On Her Majesty's Behalf (HarperVoyager, 2014)
    • The Sharp End (Harbinger Books, 2014), short story set before By the Blood of Heroes
  • The Aspect Cycle (with Steven Savile using the pen name Matthew Caine)
    • Ghosts of the Conquered (2015)
    • The Swords of Scorn (scheduled for Oct 2015)
  • Rogue Angel
    • The Spirit Banner (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2010)
    • The Dragon's Mark (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2010)
    • Tear of the Gods (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2011)
    • Cradle of Solitude (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2012)
    • Library of Gold (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2012)
    • Staff of Judea (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2013)
    • The Vanishing Tribe (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2013)
    • Treasure of Lima (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2014)
    • Bathed in Blood (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2015)
    • Beneath Still Waters (Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, 2015)
  • HELLstakers
    • The Cerberus Protocol (Harbinger Books, 2002) (with Jon F. Merz)

Novellas and collections

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  • More Than Life Itself (Telos Publishing, 2006), novella also contained in Shades of Reality
  • Spectres and Darkness (Medium Rare Books, 2002), collection containing eleven pieces of short fiction: five stories by Nassise and six by Drew Williams
  • Shades of Reality: Tales of Horror and Dark Fantasy (Harbinger Books, 2011), collection of twelve pieces of short fiction including More Than Life Itself

Comics

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  • Heretic (Markosia Comics, United Kingdom, 2006) - 6 issue mini-series,
  • Candice Crowe (with Halston Weick) (Arcana Studios, 2011) - Original Graphic Novel

Edited anthologies

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  • Brimstone Dreams (Harbinger Books, 2011)
  • Midian Unmade: Tales of Clive Barker's Nightbreed (Tor Books, 2015) (with Del Howison)
  • Urban Allies (HarperVoyager, 2016)
  • Urban Enemies (Gallery, 2017)[6]

Role-playing game supplements

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  • The Sentinel's Bible (Creative Illusions, 2003) - players sourcebook for The Seventh Seal role-playing game

Interviews

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References

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  1. ^ "Nassise, Joe – The Bram Stoker Awards". Bram Stoker Awards. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  2. ^ "IHG Award Recipients". horroraward.org. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  3. ^ "EYES TO SEE - Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Eyes to See". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  5. ^ "WATCHER OF THE DARK - Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  6. ^ Collins, Adrian. "REVIEW: Urban Enemies edited by Joseph Nassise - Grimdark Magazine". Grimdark Magazine. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
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