Jonathan Blum (writer, born 1972)
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Jonathan Blum | |
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Born | May 1972 (age 51) |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Maryland, College Park |
Spouse | Kate Orman |
Jonathan Blum (born May 1972) is an American writer most known for his work for various Doctor Who spin-offs, usually with his wife Kate Orman although he has also been published on his own.
Personal life
Blum grew up in Maryland and attended the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a member of Alpha Phi Omega co-ed service fraternity.
Work
Blum started out as a fan of the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and in particular the spin-off range of novels the New Adventures, and was mostly known for his discussions of the program and its spin-offs on RADW, and also for writing and starring in several fan films such as Time Rift, in which he impersonated Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor.
Blum has joked that he slept his way into the Doctor Who range—his first credited professional work was the BBC Books' Eighth Doctor Adventure Vampire Science (BBC Books, 1997) written with his soon-to-be wife Kate Orman, who had already made her name with several popular New Adventures. (He had contributed scenes to a couple of those books, Return of the Living Dad and The Room with No Doors, and been credited internally but not on the cover.) He has since written two further Eighth Doctor Adventures with Orman, Seeing I (BBC Books, 1998) and Unnatural History (BBC Books, 1999). Orman's 2001 solo novel The Year of Intelligent Tigers was credited on the spine to Orman, but internally as "story by Jonathan Blum and Kate Orman"; Blum provided the full outline and several interlude segments, as well as scenes for Orman's Blue Box (BBC Books, 2003).
Blum's work as a solo writer began with the short story Model Train Set from the first
Blum has also written for
He has been nominated twice for the Aurealis Award (winning once) and once for the Ditmar Award.
His other novel work includes Mediasphere (2015), a Blake's 7 novel co-written with Orman, and The Prisoners Dilemma (2005), a novel based on Patrick McGoohan's series The Prisoner, co-written with his friend Rupert Booth and featuring an introduction by J. Michael Straczynski.
Blum has also written and directed a number of short films, including Audition For Murder, a tribute to the Australian adventure-spoof series
External links
- Half-a-Dozen Lemmings Productions website (Jon's U.S.-based fan-made video production team)
- Jonathan Blum at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database