{"alternate_names": ["KIERON GILLEN", "Jason Aaron", "Kieron Gillen", "KIERON GILLEN,STEVEN SANDERS", "Kieron Gillen, Jason Aaron, Marco Checchetto, Salvador Larroca, \u2026", "KIERON GILLEN,MANUEL GARCIA,TED MCKEEVER,JOHN BARBER", "Gillen Kieron", "BREITWEISER, MITCH/ ELSON, RICHARD/ GILLEN, KIERON", "Gillen, Kieron, (gui\u00f3n)", "Esp\u00edn, Salva, (dib.)", "GILLEN, KIERON/ PACHECO, CARLOS/ PETERSON, BRANDON/ LAND, GREG", "Yost, Chris, Texeira, Mark, Gillen, Kieron, Swierczynski, Duane"], "name": "Kieron Gillen", "photos": [14316363], "key": "/authors/OL3096157A", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "remote_ids": {"viaf": "90762655"}, "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Kieron Michael Gillen (/\u02c8\u0261\u026al\u0259n/; 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 which Gillen wrote the first 20 issues of.\r\n\r\nIn video game journalism, he created the New Games Journalism manifesto. He also co-founded the website Rock Paper Shotgun.\r\n\r\nHe 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. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieron_Gillen)"}, "birth_date": "30 September 1975", "source_records": ["amazon:8413340918", "amazon:6052044942", "amazon:8498855071", "amazon:6058033489", "amazon:8498854911", "amazon:8490242542", "amazon:8498857864", "amazon:8490947805", "amazon:8498857988", "bwb:9781302952655", "bwb:9781534335608"], "latest_revision": 6, "revision": 6, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-30T08:14:56.482104"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-07-29T18:14:46.861947"}}