Jonathan Maberry: Keeping us in suspense!

Jonathan Maberry: Keeping us in suspense! By Angelique Fawns   Jonathan Maberry’s thrilling creations cross genres and entertain us on many platforms. His V-War series on Netflix had me binge-watching episodes late into the night until the final bite was delivered. That was my gateway drug. Now I am a ravenous fan with an insatiable appetite. Good thing Maberry is prolific. He is a New York Times best-seller with countless novels, anthology editor, comic book writer, executive producer, playwright, magazine writer, teacher, and mentor. Not to mention a tireless champion of helping other writers and creatives navigate the genre world.    I attended a workshop with Maberry at the beginning of the year called “Pitch & Sell Novels, Comics, Short Stories, and More!”  It was frankly amazing. I wanted to know more about this giant in the industry. AF: What inspired you to first pick up your pen? Can you talk about how you got your start? JM: I’ve always wanted to be a storyteller of some kind. Even before I could read and write I was telling stories with toys. All through school I read voraciously and grabbed any opportunity to write something –essays, short stories, stuff for school bulletins and yearbooks. However, my focus early on was nonfiction. I graduated from high school shortly after Watergate and the rise of superstar investigative journalists, and went to college on a journalism scholarship.  But midway through I took a class on magazine feature writing and that changed my focus. For the next thirty-some years I wrote for magazines as a side gig, and did about 1200 features and 3000 columns, focus pieces, and reviews. Along the way –once I began teaching at Temple—I began writing textbooks for my classes and those taught by friends. My first published book was the...
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