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Award winning Script Writer, Novelist, and Games Designer
John French is an award winning script writer, novelist, and games designer. He has written over twenty books over a decade-long career, notably the Ahriman series set in the dystopian far future of Warhammer 40,000, and six novels in the New York Times Bestselling The Horus Heresy series, most recently The Solar War and Mortis. His other work includes cosmic horror in the Lord of Nightmares Trilogy from Fantasy Flight Publishing, and detective fiction in The Last Visitor in Further Associates of Sherlock Holmes from Titan Books (writing as Stephen Henry). He has been a series writer for three animated TV shows and written the scripts for over thirty produced episodes. In the realm of video games, he has worked as a story designer and writer on multiple titles, including Darktide. In 2018 he won a Scribe Award for Best Audio with his script for the drama Agent of the Throne: Blood and Lies.
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What are Letters From An Unknown Land?
31/01/2023As you look around this site you might have noticed a series of stories all labelled s 'Letters From An Unknown Land' and thought what are they and what is going on? Well here are some answers.
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Story: Walkers of the Lost Road
28/07/2025Dare to walk the Old Road? Explore a perilous forest where only constant motion keeps you safe.
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Break In – Part II: Be One of the People
13/06/2025Creative industries are made up of people, and getting to know these people makes a huge difference to your chances of breaking into that industry.
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The Dead Kingdom Released in Paperback
03/06/2025The Dead Kingdom, the second book in the Cado Ezechiar series, is out now in paperback.
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Break In – Part I: Endure and Evolve
07/05/2025Breaking into any creative profession is a matter of persistence, talent, and luck. Luck looks after itself but you can develop your talent, and learn the endurance to persist.
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Ahriman: Undying Released in Paperback
28/04/2025Ahriman: Undying, the fifth book in the Ahriman series, is out now in paperback.
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Story: The Sound of Bells
26/02/2025Our correspondent is on the trail of a member of the royal family who were responsible for the cataclysm that changed the world.
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