John Shirley was born on February 10,1953 and is an American writer, primarily of fantasy, science fiction, dark street fiction, westerns, and songwriting.
16 Facts About John Shirley
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John Shirley has written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, Wyatt in Wichita, and one non-fiction book, Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas.
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John Shirley was born in Houston, Texas and grew up largely in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon.
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John Shirley wrote the A Song Called Youth cyberpunk trilogy for Warner Books, re-released as an omnibus in 2012 by Prime Books.
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John Shirley has written 23 song lyrics recorded by Blue Oyster Cult.
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John Shirley has three adult sons, twins Byron and Perry and their younger brother Julian, who goes by "Juji".
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John Shirley's best known script work is the film The Crow, for which he was the initial writer, before David Schow reworked the script.
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John Shirley wrote scripts for Deep Space Nine and Poltergeist: The Legacy.
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John Shirley was nominated for an Emmy in the Prime Time Animation category for an episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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In recent years John Shirley has written a number of "tie-in novels" and novelizations, including Constantine, based on the Keanu Reaves movie, the best-seller BioShock: Rapture, a novel providing a prequel to the BioShock video game story, and Halo: Broken Circle.
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John Shirley wrote the apocalyptic, politically charged novel, The Other End which, according to the author's website, takes the apocalypse away from the Christian Right and gives Judgment Day to Liberals to do with as they please.
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John Shirley is a songwriter and singer, having fronted numerous punk bands, including the New York City band Obsession, who were recorded by Celluloid Records.
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John Shirley has written lyrics for Blue Oyster Cult, such as several songs on the album Heaven Forbid.
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John Shirley is a member of the satirical "religion" Church of the SubGenius.
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John Shirley received several nominations and won the following awards.
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John Shirley wrote most of the lyrics for Blue Oyster Cult albums Heaven Forbid and Curse of the Hidden Mirror as well as the songs "Demon's Kiss" and "The Horsemen Arrive" from their soundtrack Bad Channels, and five songs from their 2020 album The Symbol Remains.