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John Shirley was born in [[Wikipedia:Houston, Texas|Houston, Texas]] and grew up around [[Wikipedia:Portland, Oregon|Portland, Oregon]]. Shirley is known for his several [[Wikipedia:cyberpunk|cyberpunk]] science fiction novels, such as the ''A Song Called Youth'' trilogy and ''Black Glass''. Shirley also writes novels and stories in the horror and suspense genre. John Shirley has a tendency to write novels and stories with a theme of fantasy that involves political satire or spiritual allegory. | John Shirley was born in [[Wikipedia:Houston, Texas|Houston, Texas]] and grew up around [[Wikipedia:Portland, Oregon|Portland, Oregon]]. Shirley is known for his several [[Wikipedia:cyberpunk|cyberpunk]] science fiction novels, such as the ''A Song Called Youth'' trilogy and ''Black Glass''. Shirley also writes novels and stories in the horror and suspense genre. John Shirley has a tendency to write novels and stories with a theme of fantasy that involves political satire or spiritual allegory. | ||
Throughout his career, John Shirley has written short stories, novels, screenplays, and television scripts and has had over thirty of his books published. He also wrote the screenplays for ''[[Wikipedia:The Crow (1994 film)|The Crow]]'' and for several episodes of ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Poltergeist: The Legacy|Poltergeist: The Legacy]]''. Shirley is a songwriter and a singer and has performed with numerous punk bands. Recently, Shirley has begun to write "tie-in novels" and novelizations of movies and video games. He wrote several novels for the ''[[Wikipedia:BioShock|BioShock]]'' video game series, as well as for the ''[[Wikipedia:Borderlands (series)|Borderlands series]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Watch Dogs|Watch_Dogs]]''. On [[2014|June 23, 2014]], [[343 Industries]] announced that John Shirley would be writing ''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'', the first ''Halo'' novel published by [[Gallery Books]]. | Throughout his career, John Shirley has written short stories, novels, screenplays, and television scripts and has had over thirty of his books published. He also wrote the screenplays for ''[[Wikipedia:The Crow (1994 film)|The Crow]]'' and for several episodes of ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Poltergeist: The Legacy|Poltergeist: The Legacy]]''. Shirley is a songwriter and a singer and has performed with numerous punk bands. Recently, Shirley has begun to write "tie-in novels" and novelizations of movies and video games. He wrote several novels for the ''[[Wikipedia:BioShock|BioShock]]'' video game series, as well as for the ''[[Wikipedia:Borderlands (series)|Borderlands series]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Watch Dogs|Watch_Dogs]]''. On [[2014|June 23, 2014]], [[343 Industries]] announced that John Shirley would be writing ''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'', the first ''Halo'' novel published by [[Gallery Books]].{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} The novel was released on [[2014|November 4, 2014]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/bulletins/the-halo-bulletin-your-journey-begins '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: Your Journey Begins'']</ref> | ||
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