Mike Carey

British writer Mike Carey, born in 1959, works across comics, novels and film, and also publishes under the pen name M. R. Carey. His comics include Lucifer, a spin-off of The Sandman, a three-year run on Hellblazer, a lengthy stint on Marvel's X-Men, and the creator-owned Crossing Midnight and The Unwritten for DC's Vertigo imprint. Among his books are the fantasy novel The Wild Card and the graphic novel Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. His 2014 novel The Girl with All the Gifts was adapted into a 2016 film.