Steven Savile

Steven Savile (born October 12, 1969 in Newcastle, England) is a British fantasy, horror and thriller writer, and editor living just outside Stockholm, Sweden. He emigrated in 1997. His published work includes novels and numerous short stories in magazines and anthologies. Savile supports the London-based football club Tottenham Hotspur.

Career

Steven Savile started out writing and reviewing play-by-mail games in the U.K. in the late 1980s, then launched his own company, Pheonix Games (intentionally misspelled), before working for Games Workshop. He has written several novels, including Inheritance, Dominion, and Retribution, all set in the Warhammer world, as well as fiction connected to Slaine, Dr. Who, and Torchwood.

Savile has primarily made his name working in established franchises such as Star Wars, Stargate, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Fireborn, Risen, Warhammer, and Pathfinder. He's also written a number of Top Trumps facts books for kids including Dinosaurs, Creatures of the Deep, and Predators among others. He has also written a number of original novels, including the Ogmios team series which began with Silver. Savile's most successful novel to date, Silver, reached #2 on the Amazon bestseller charts and was listed by The Bookseller as one of the Top 30 bestselling digital titles of 2011.