Daniel O'Mahony
Encyclopedia
Daniel O'Mahony is a half-British
half-Irish
author
, born in Croydon
. He is the oldest of five children, his siblings including Eoin O'Mahony of the band Hamfatter
, and Madeleine O'Mahony, who has designed and made hats for Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
— the then editor of Target Books
novelizations
— asking to write the novelization
of some of the few outstanding television stories yet to be adapted.
Following the announcement of Virgin's intention to start publishing the New Adventures
, O'Mahony submitted a number of proposals for novels, the third of which (Falls the Shadow) was accepted and published in November 1994. This was the only book that O'Mahony wrote for the New Adventures. However in July 1994 Virgin began publishing the Missing Adventures
, and O'Mahony pitched a novel for this series and was accepted. The novel, The Man in the Velvet Mask
was published in February 1996.
O'Mahony did not write any novels for BBC Books' Past Doctor Adventures
and Eighth Doctor Adventures
ranges. In fact since 1996 he has written only two traditional Doctor Who adventure stories, most prominently the Big Finish
audio story Return to the Web Planet
(2007). However, he also wrote the short story "Nothing at the End of the Lane" (in Short Trips and Side Steps in March 2000) and the 2003 novella The Cabinet of Light
for Telos
as part of their range of Doctor Who novellas
. These are fabulation
s based around Doctor Who elements rather than Doctor Who stories proper, and feature the Doctor minimally if at all.
The Cabinet of Light
introduced the characters of Honoré Lechasseur
and Emily Blandish
, who were later to star in Telos' Time Hunter
range of novellas. O'Mahony had very little creative involvement with this series. An audiobook of The Cabinet of Light was later released as part of the Time Hunter series and with minor textual changes to distinguish it from Doctor Who.
In 2002, O'Mahony was one of the writers who contributed to Mad Norwegian Press
's fictional encyclopaedia The Book of the War, the first in their Faction Paradox
series headed by Lawrence Miles
. He followed this up in 2004 with the sixth installment in the popular Kaldor City
series, Storm Mine which to date is the final installment of that series. He has also written the audio dramas Timeless Passages
, The Tub Full of Cats
and Absence
for Big Finish Productions's Bernice Summerfield
series.
His first original novel Force Majeure was published by Telos in August 2007. This was followed by Newtons Sleep
, published in the loosely-connected Faction Paradox series from new publishers Random Static, published in January 2008. He has also written one comic strip, Sisters of the Head, illustrated by Terry Wiley and published in The Girly Comic. In 2010 he contributed stories to several of Piper Books' Mature Reading Instruction series of teenage and adult literacy titles.
He has stated his literary influences include authors such as Angela Carter
, John Crowley
, Neil Gaiman
, Grant Morrison
, Thomas Pynchon
and Gene Wolfe
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
half-Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, born in Croydon
Croydon
Croydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross...
. He is the oldest of five children, his siblings including Eoin O'Mahony of the band Hamfatter
Hamfatter
Hamfatter are a pop rock band from Cambridge, UK, formed in 2002. The band are known primarily for their appearance on BBC's Dragon's Den. The core of the band is a three-piece, comprising Eoin O'Mahony , James Ingham and Mark Ellis .Eoin O'Mahony is the younger brother of the author Daniel...
, and Madeleine O'Mahony, who has designed and made hats for Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
Biography
O'Mahony's first professionally published work were original Doctor Who novels in the 1990s. A fan of the series, when he was still at school he had pitched ideas to the BBC for episodes and also wrote to Nigel RobinsonNigel Robinson
Nigel Robinson is an English author, known for such works as the First Contact series.Nigel was born in Preston, Lancashire and attended St Thomas More school....
— the then editor of Target Books
Target Books
Target Books was a British publishing imprint, established in 1973 by Universal-Tandem Publishing Co Ltd, a paperback publishing company. The imprint was established as a children's imprint to complement the adult Tandem imprint, and became well known for their highly successful range of...
novelizations
Doctor Who spin-offs
Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....
— asking to write the novelization
Novelization
A novelization is a novel that is written based on some other media story form rather than as an original work.Novelizations of films usually add background material not found in the original work to flesh out the story, because novels are generally longer than screenplays...
of some of the few outstanding television stories yet to be adapted.
Following the announcement of Virgin's intention to start publishing the New Adventures
Virgin New Adventures
The Virgin New Adventures were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who...
, O'Mahony submitted a number of proposals for novels, the third of which (Falls the Shadow) was accepted and published in November 1994. This was the only book that O'Mahony wrote for the New Adventures. However in July 1994 Virgin began publishing the Missing Adventures
Virgin Missing Adventures
The Virgin Missing Adventures were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, featuring stories set between televised episodes of the programme. The novels were published from 1994 to 1997, and...
, and O'Mahony pitched a novel for this series and was accepted. The novel, The Man in the Velvet Mask
The Man in the Velvet Mask
The Man in the Velvet Mask is an original novel written by Daniel O'Mahony and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The novel features the First Doctor and Dodo....
was published in February 1996.
O'Mahony did not write any novels for BBC Books' Past Doctor Adventures
Past Doctor Adventures
The Past Doctor Adventures were a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint. For most of their existence, they were published side-by-side with the Eighth Doctor Adventures...
and Eighth Doctor Adventures
Eighth Doctor Adventures
The Eighth Doctor Adventures are a series of spin off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint. 73 books were published overall...
ranges. In fact since 1996 he has written only two traditional Doctor Who adventure stories, most prominently the Big Finish
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
audio story Return to the Web Planet
Return to the Web Planet
Return to the Web Planet is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
(2007). However, he also wrote the short story "Nothing at the End of the Lane" (in Short Trips and Side Steps in March 2000) and the 2003 novella The Cabinet of Light
The Cabinet of Light
The Cabinet of Light was the ninth novella published by Telos Publishing Ltd. as part of their Doctor Who novellas series. It was written by Daniel O'Mahony, and was released as a standard edition hardback, and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by John Higgins...
for Telos
Telos Publishing Ltd.
Telos Publishing Ltd. is a publishing company, originally established by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker, with their first publication being a horror anthology based on the television series Urban Gothic in 2001...
as part of their range of Doctor Who novellas
Telos Doctor Who novellas
The Telos Doctor Who novellas were a series of tie-in novellas based on the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, officially licensed by the BBC and published by Telos Publishing Ltd...
. These are fabulation
Fabulation
In literary criticism, the term fabulation was popularized by Robert Scholes, in his work The Fabulators, to describe the large and growing class of mostly 20th century novels that are in a style similar to magical realism, and do not fit into the traditional categories of realism or romance...
s based around Doctor Who elements rather than Doctor Who stories proper, and feature the Doctor minimally if at all.
The Cabinet of Light
The Cabinet of Light
The Cabinet of Light was the ninth novella published by Telos Publishing Ltd. as part of their Doctor Who novellas series. It was written by Daniel O'Mahony, and was released as a standard edition hardback, and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by John Higgins...
introduced the characters of Honoré Lechasseur
Honoré Lechasseur
Honoré Lechasseur is one of two main characters in the Doctor Who spin-off Time Hunter series published by Telos Publishing Ltd. He is a time sensitive, which means that he possess the ability to see into people's pasts and futures when he is in their vicinity...
and Emily Blandish
Emily Blandish
Emily Blandish is one of two main characters in the Doctor Who spin-off Time Hunter series published by Telos Publishing Ltd. She is a time channeller, which means that she is able to physically travel along people's timelines when she is working with a time sensitive, such as her friend Honoré...
, who were later to star in Telos' Time Hunter
Time Hunter
The Time Hunter series of books is published by Telos Publishing Ltd. and features the characters Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish from Daniel O'Mahony's Doctor Who novella The Cabinet of Light...
range of novellas. O'Mahony had very little creative involvement with this series. An audiobook of The Cabinet of Light was later released as part of the Time Hunter series and with minor textual changes to distinguish it from Doctor Who.
In 2002, O'Mahony was one of the writers who contributed to Mad Norwegian Press
Mad Norwegian Press
Mad Norwegian Press is an American publisher of science-fiction guides and novels. The company has worked with authors such as Peter David, Harlan Ellison, Robert Shearman, Lance Parkin, Elizabeth Bear, Mary Robinette Kowal, Seanan McGuire, Jody Lynn Nye, Catherynne M...
's fictional encyclopaedia The Book of the War, the first in their Faction Paradox
Faction Paradox
Faction Paradox is a fictional time travelling cult/rebel group/organized crime syndicate, originally created by the author Lawrence Miles. The Faction's belief-system as portrayed has some similarities to voodoo, and is sometimes described as such...
series headed by Lawrence Miles
Lawrence Miles
Lawrence Miles is a science fiction author known for his work on original Doctor Who novels and the subsequent spin-off Faction Paradox...
. He followed this up in 2004 with the sixth installment in the popular Kaldor City
Kaldor City
Kaldor City is a human city of the future on an unspecified alien world, created by Chris Boucher for the Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death broadcast in 1977, and reused in his Past Doctor Adventure Corpse Marker in 1999...
series, Storm Mine which to date is the final installment of that series. He has also written the audio dramas Timeless Passages
Timeless Passages (Bernice Summerfield)
Timeless Passages is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
, The Tub Full of Cats
The Tub Full of Cats
The Tub Full of Cats is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
and Absence
Absence (Bernice Summerfield)
Absence is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
for Big Finish Productions's Bernice Summerfield
Bernice Summerfield
Bernice Surprise Summerfield is a fictional character created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishing's range of original full-length Doctor Who novels, the New Adventures...
series.
His first original novel Force Majeure was published by Telos in August 2007. This was followed by Newtons Sleep
Newtons Sleep
Newtons Sleep is an original novel by Daniel O'Mahony set in the Faction Paradox universe. .It is the first Faction Paradox novel to be published by Random Static, and was launched on the 12th of January 2008. Although taking place in a shared universe, it is a stand-alone work that does not...
, published in the loosely-connected Faction Paradox series from new publishers Random Static, published in January 2008. He has also written one comic strip, Sisters of the Head, illustrated by Terry Wiley and published in The Girly Comic. In 2010 he contributed stories to several of Piper Books' Mature Reading Instruction series of teenage and adult literacy titles.
He has stated his literary influences include authors such as Angela Carter
Angela Carter
Angela Carter was an English novelist and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works...
, John Crowley
John Crowley
John Crowley is an American author of fantasy, science fiction and mainstream fiction. He studied at Indiana University and has a second career as a documentary film writer...
, Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
, Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer, playwright and occultist. He is known for his nonlinear narratives and counter-cultural leanings, as well as his successful runs on titles like Animal Man, Doom Patrol, JLA, The Invisibles, New X-Men, Fantastic Four, All-Star Superman, and...
, Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. is an American novelist. For his most praised novel, Gravity's Rainbow, Pynchon received the National Book Award, and is regularly cited as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature...
and Gene Wolfe
Gene Wolfe
Gene Wolfe is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying into the religion. He is a prolific short story writer and a novelist, and has won many awards in the...
.