Paul Kane(III)
- Writer
- Producer
Paul Kane is an award-winning writer and editor based in Derbyshire,
UK. His short story collections include Alone (In the Dark), Touching
the Flame, FunnyBones, Peripheral Visions, Shadow Writer, The
Adventures of Dalton Quayle, The Butterfly Man and Other Stories, The
Spaces Between and Ghosts. His novellas include Signs of Life, The
Lazarus Condition, Red and Pain Cages. He is the author of such novels
as Of Darkness and Light, The Gemini Factor, Sleeper(s) and the
bestselling Arrowhead trilogy (Arrowhead, Broken Arrow and Arrowland),
a post-apocalyptic reworking of the Robin Hood mythology - collected
recently as the sell-out Hooded Man omnibus. His latest novels are
Lunar (which is set to be turned into a feature film) and the short
Y.A. novel The Rainbow Man (as P.B. Kane). He has also written for
comics, most notably for the Dead Roots zombie anthology alongside
writers such as James Moran (Torchwood, Cockneys vs. Zombies) and Jason
Arnopp (Dr Who, Friday The 13th). Paul is co-editor of the anthology
Hellbound Hearts (Simon & Schuster) - stories based around the Clive
Barker mythology that spawned Hellraiser - The Mammoth Book of Body
Horror (Constable & Robinson/Running Press), featuring the likes of
Stephen King and James Herbert, A Carnivàle of Horror (PS) featuring
Ray Bradbury and Joe Hill, and Beyond Rue Morgue from Titan. His
non-fiction books are The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy and Voices
in the Dark, and his genre journalism has appeared in the likes of SFX,
Dreamwatch and DeathRay. He has been a Guest at Alt.Fiction five times,
was a Guest at the first SFX Weekender, at Thought Bubble in 2011,
Derbyshire Literary Festival, Edge-Lit and Off the Shelf in 2012, plus
Monster Mash and Event Horizon in 2013, as well as being a panellist at
FantasyCon and the World Fantasy Convention. His work has been optioned
for film and television, and his zombie story 'Dead Time' was turned
into an episode of the Lionsgate/NBC TV series Fear Itself, adapted by
Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) and directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW
II-IV). He also scripted The Opportunity, which premiered at the Cannes
Film Festival, Wind Chimes (directed by Brad '7th Dimension' Watson and
sold to TV) and The Weeping Woman - filmed by award-winning director
Mark Steensland and starring Tony-nominated actor Stephen Geoffreys
(Fright Night).