John Shirley

John Shirley is an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter whose work spans science fiction and horror. His 1980 novel City Come A-Walkin' predates much of the cyberpunk genre, and his fiction also includes the A Song Called Youth trilogy and the story collection Black Butterflies, which won the 1998 Bram Stoker Award for Fiction Collection. Shirley co-wrote the screenplay for the 1994 film The Crow with David J. Schow. His series work includes BioShock: Rapture, Borderlands: The Fallen and HALO: Broken Circle.