Between 20, Gillen collaborated with artist Jamie McKelvie on a comic strip for PlayStation Official Magazine – UK, entitled 'Save Point', following up with the pop music-themed urban fantasy series Phonogram, which was described by Gillen as his 'first real comic'. Gillen's earliest work in comics was published in various British small-press anthologies and Warhammer Monthly. In a September 2010 post at Rock Paper Shotgun, Gillen announced he was leaving full-time video game journalism to devote his time to comic book writing. In addition to his work as a reviewer, Gillen has acted as a guest speaker at numerous video game industry conferences. Gillen is a fan of the work of the video game developer Warren Spector, having written positive pieces on several Spector's games, most notably Deus Ex and Thief: Deadly Shadows, both produced by Ion Storm.

In 2000, Gillen became the first-ever video game journalist to receive an award from the Periodical Publishers Association, for New Specialist Consumer Journalist. He also has been nominated four times for a GLAAD Media Award, winning once for Young Avengers.Īs a reviewer, Gillen has written for publications such as Amiga Power (under the pseudonym 'C-Monster'), PC Gamer UK, The Escapist, Wired, The Guardian, Edge, Game Developer, Develop, MCV/Develop, GamesMaster, Eurogamer and PC Format, as well as the PC gaming-oriented website Rock Paper Shotgun, which he co-founded in 2007. He has been nominated for a Hugo Award six times, once for The Wicked + The Divine, twice for Once & Future, and three times for Die. He also co-founded the website Rock Paper Shotgun. In video game journalism, he created the New Games Journalism manifesto. He has also written projects for Star Wars including Darth Vader, Star Wars, and co-created the character Doctor Aphra who starred in her own ongoing spin-off comic series Star Wars: Doctor Aphra which Gillen wrote the first 20 issues of. In comics, Gillen is known for Once & Future, Die, Phonogram, and The Wicked + The Divine, the latter two co-created with artist Jamie McKelvie and published by Image, as well as numerous projects for Marvel, such as Journey into Mystery, Uncanny X-Men, Young Avengers, Eternals, and the company-wide crossover storyline A.X.E.: Judgment Day. Kieron Michael Gillen ( / ˈ ɡ ɪ l ə n/ born 30 September 1975) is a British comic book writer and former video game and music journalist.

Young Avengers, Vol. 3 by Kieron Gillen