1. Joshua Ortega was born on 1974 and is an American author and journalist best known for his novel Frequencies, as well as his comic book and graphic novel work on entertainment properties such as Star Wars, Spider-Man, Batman, Star Trek, The Escapist, and The Necromancer.
Joshua Ortega began his writing career at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, working as a reporter and a reviewer for the school's newspaper, The Daily of the University of Washington, covering the booming Seattle music and arts scene of the 1990s.
Joshua Ortega soon developed a reputation as an expert in the fields of emerging technology and surveillance issues, and would later contribute feature-length articles for newspapers such as The Seattle Times.
In 1998, Joshua Ortega founded his own publishing and entertainment company, Omega Point Productions, and in August 1999, the company published the first edition of his debut novel Frequencies.
Joshua Ortega is currently working on the sequel to Frequencies, ~VIBRATIONS~, in addition to another novel, an original screenplay, and numerous comic book and graphic novel projects.
Joshua Ortega often gives talks to aspiring writers of speculative fiction in the Seattle area.
The tour itself became news, since a book tour of this magnitude was unheard of for a first-time author, and Joshua Ortega made multiple appearances on major media outlets such as NPR, Fox TV, and Coast to Coast AM.
In 2004, Joshua Ortega began negotiations with numerous comic book and graphic novel publishers, and in March 2005, his first comic book story was released: Spider-Man Unlimited No 8, published by Marvel Comics.
Since then, Joshua Ortega has written for several major American comic book publishers, including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, TOKYOPOP, Image Comics, Top Cow Productions, and Speakeasy Comics, working on characters and properties such as Star Wars, Batman, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Michael Chabon's The Escapist, Beowulf, and his own co-creation, The Necromancer, penciled and co-created by Francis Manapul.
Joshua Ortega is being credited as a writer for Epic Games' Gears of War 2 as well scripting the Gears of War comic books.