A multiple-time NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLER LIST and EAGLE AWARD winning Writer, Tony Lee has worked professionally for over thirty-five years, including a decade in trade journalism and media marketing/creation for radio. Since returning to comics in 2003 he has written for MARVEL COMICS, DC COMICS, DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT, TITAN PUBLISHING, MARKOSIA, 2000AD and IDW PUBLISHING amongst others, writing a variety of creator owned titles and licenses that include X-MEN, SPIDER MAN, STAR TREK, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, DOCTOR WHO, SUPERBOY, STARSHIP TROOPERS, WALLACE & GROMIT and SHREK.

Recently he has worked with rock icons including MEGADETH, OZZY OSBOURNE, JOE SATRIANI, IRON MAIDEN and BRUCE DICKINSON, who he’s co-writing the epic MANDRAKE PROJECT series with.

Outside of comics he has written several novels aimed at reluctant readers published by BADGER LEARNING, including STALKER, MISTER SCRATCH, DOCTOR JEKYLL AND LITTLE MISS HYDE, OTIS, NOTICED and JIGSAW LADY, as well as several audio plays for BIG FINISH, including the DOCTOR WHO Fifth Doctor adventure RAT TRAP – and he has adapted both his ‘Oliver Twist’ sequel DODGE & TWIST and Jules Verne’s TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA into full cast audio dramas with AUDIBLE / AMAZON, and written a ROBIN OF SHERWOOD full cast audio drama for SPITEFUL PUPPET / ITV.

Under the pen name JACK GATLAND,he’s currently writing a series of UK based procedural crime novels featuring DETECTIVE INSPECTOR DECLAN WALSH, a second series featuring “cop for criminals” ELLIE RECKLESS, a spy series featuring burnt MI5 agent TOM MARLOWE and several others. Currently, he’s had over half a million books read in the last three years.

He’s written for BBC One’s DOCTORS, and has several films and TV shows in development / production in both the US and the UK.

He created and owns the publisher HOODED MAN MEDIA, and the comics publisher CALIBURN COMICS.

He also funds the £2,500 Caliburn Prize, a yearly grant for unpublished UK comic creators.