Brendan Deneen

Brendan Deneen is the author of the award-winning coming-of-age novel THE NINTH CIRCLE, as well as the critically-acclaimed horror novels THE CHRYSALIS (Tor) and MORBIUS: BLOOD TIES (Marvel/Titan). He's also the author of the four volume NIGHT NIGHT GROOT picture book series for Marvel (which includes FIRST DAY OF GROOT, SNOW DAY FOR GROOT, and SUMMER ADVENTURE FOR GROOT), and GREEN ARROW: STRANDED, an original middle grade graphic novel for DC Comics. His upcoming novels are GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: ANNIHILATION (Marvel/Titan) and TRACER (Blackstone Books). His other graphic novel work includes multiple volumes of FLASH GORDON, an original ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS book, a CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST reboot, PHOENIX (with Jim Krueger), SOLARMAN (a reboot of a Marvel/Stan Lee series), and the original graphic novel SCATTERBRAIN. Upcoming graphic novels include THE BONES OF THE GODS and MORTIMER THE LAZY BIRD. His short stories and essays have been published by St. Martin's Press, Reader's Digest Books, 13Thirty Press, and Necro Publications.