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'''Oliver Bowden''' is | '''Oliver Bowden''' is the pen-name used by two authors writing novels based on the ''[[Assassin's Creed (series)|Assassin's Creed]]'' video games. | ||
The | The first published books in the series were by Anton Gill, a [[Renaissance]] historian and author of other historical fiction. During a 2011 interview with [[Ubiworkshop]], Gill revealed that he was an avid gamer and gained much of his inspiration for character development through the writing process from playing the ''Assassin's Creed'' series.<ref name="Ubiworkshop">{{Cite web| url=http://www.ubiworkshop.com/2011/06/28/interview-with-oliver-bowden/|title=Interview with Oliver Bowden|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621110152/http://www.ubiworkshop.com/2011/06/28/interview-with-oliver-bowden/|archivedate=21 June 2012|author=Lewis, Chris|date=28 June 2011|publisher=''[[Ubisoft]]''|accessdate=8 December 2011}}</ref> | ||
Subsequent books were written by the novelist and prolific ghost-writer Andrew Holmes.<ref> | Subsequent books were written by the novelist and prolific ghost-writer Andrew Holmes.<ref name="GreeneHeatonLtd">{{Cite web| url=https://greeneheaton.co.uk/clients/andrew-holmes/|title=Andrew Holmes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921062815/https://greeneheaton.co.uk/clients/andrew-holmes/|archivedate=21 September 2021|author=Greene & Heaton Ltd|date=2022| publisher=''Greene & Heaton Ltd''|accessdate=25 February 2022}}</ref> Following the 2017 release of ''[[Assassin's Creed Origins: Desert Oath]]'', the pseudonym was retired, with all authors since using their own names. | ||
==''Assassin's Creed'' novels by Anton Gill== | ==''Assassin's Creed'' novels by Anton Gill== | ||
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)|Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' (2014) | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)|Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' (2014) | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Underworld]]'' (2015) | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Underworld]]'' (2015) | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed Origins: Desert Oath]]'' (2017)<ref> | *''[[Assassin's Creed Origins: Desert Oath]]'' (2017)<ref name="HolmesTwitter">{{Twitter|HolmesWriter|status/1047851199045808129|Andrew Holmes|quote=Thanks so much, Anouk. Looks really great!}}</ref> | ||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
Revision as of 17:43, 25 February 2022
Oliver Bowden is the pen-name used by two authors writing novels based on the Assassin's Creed video games.
The first published books in the series were by Anton Gill, a Renaissance historian and author of other historical fiction. During a 2011 interview with Ubiworkshop, Gill revealed that he was an avid gamer and gained much of his inspiration for character development through the writing process from playing the Assassin's Creed series.[1]
Subsequent books were written by the novelist and prolific ghost-writer Andrew Holmes.[2] Following the 2017 release of Assassin's Creed Origins: Desert Oath, the pseudonym was retired, with all authors since using their own names.
Assassin's Creed novels by Anton Gill
- Assassin's Creed: Renaissance (2009)
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010)
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011)
Assassin's Creed novels by Andrew Holmes
- Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade (2011)
- Assassin's Creed: Forsaken (2012)
- Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (2013)
- Assassin's Creed: Unity (2014)
- Assassin's Creed: Underworld (2015)
- Assassin's Creed Origins: Desert Oath (2017)[3]
Reference
- ↑ Lewis, Chris (28 June 2011). Interview with Oliver Bowden. Ubisoft. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved on 8 December 2011.
- ↑ Greene & Heaton Ltd (2022). Andrew Holmes. Greene & Heaton Ltd. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved on 25 February 2022.
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Andrew Holmes (@HolmesWriter) on Twitter "Thanks so much, Anouk. Looks really great!"
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