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Kieron Gillen

Kieron Michael Gillen (; born 30 September 1975) is a British comic book writer and former video game and music journalist. In comics, Gillen is known for his creator-owned series such as ''Once & Future'' (2019–2022), ''Die'' (2018–2021), ''Phonogram'' (2006–2016), and ''The Wicked + The Divine'' (2014–2019), the latter two co-created with artist Jamie McKelvie and published by Image. He is also known for numerous Marvel Comics projects, such as ''Journey into Mystery'', ''Uncanny X-Men'', and ''Young Avengers'' in the early 2010s and ''Star Wars'' comics in the mid-to-late 2010s including ''Darth Vader'', ''Star Wars'', and co-creation of the character Doctor Aphra who starred in her own ongoing spin-off comic series ''Star Wars: Doctor Aphra'' of which Gillen wrote the first 19 issues. He returned to the X-Men in the 2020s with multiple series during the Krakoan Age for the ''Destiny of X'', ''Sins of Sinister'' and ''Fall of X'' storylines.

Gillen has won the British Fantasy Award twice for ''Die''. He has been nominated for a Hugo Award seven times, once for ''The Wicked + The Divine'', three times for ''Once & Future'', and three times for ''Die''. He also has been nominated five times for a GLAAD Media Award, winning once for ''Young Avengers''. Provided by Wikipedia