Dan Abnett

Dan Abnett (born 12th October 1965) is a comics writer who has been active in the industry since the 1980s, when he worked for Marvel UK on titles including Doctor Who Magazine, Transformers, Action Force, The Real Ghostbusters, ThunderCats and Knights of Pendragon, later writing Death's Head II, Battletide and various other strips for both Marvel UK and Marvel US in the 90s and beyond, often in partnership with longtime collaborator Andy Lanning (though the partnership, who were affectionately nicknamed "D'n A", have since parted company due to creative differences). He has also worked extensively for other US publishers including DC Comics (again, often with Lanning) and since 1991 has been a frequent contributor to 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, writing series including Judge Dredd, Anderson, Psi-Division, Vector 13, Strontium Dogs, Sinister Dexter (which he created), Flesh, Venus Bluegenes, Black Light, Durham Red, Rogue Trooper, Sancho Panzer, Tharg's Future Shocks, Pulp Sci-Fi, Badlands, Roadkill, The Scarlet Apocrypha, The V.C's, Atavar, Kingdom, Black Atlantic and Insurrection, as well as the graphic novel The Lords of Misrule. He has also written a number of novels (including some based on Doctor Who and Torchwood) and several audio plays for both the BBC and Big Finish Productions.

Basically, he is very, very prolific.