Anthony John Lee (born 1970), known professionally as Tony Lee or by the pen name Jack Gatland, is a British comics writer, screenwriter, audio playwright, and novelist.
Early life Born in 1970, Tony Lee attended Hayes Manor School, now Rosedale College.
Career A #1 New York Times bestselling writer, Lee has written for various UK and US comic publishers including 2000 AD, IDW Publishing, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Del Rey and Walker Books. He has also worked on X-Men Unlimited, Doctor Who, Superboy, Star Trek, Starship Troopers, Sherlock Holmes and Spider-Man.
In 2023 it was announced that Lee was writing a 12-part series with Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson named The Mandrake Project, connected to his 2024 solo album of the same name for Z2 Publishing. The first four came out in 2024/25 and were collected into a "Year One" book - "Year Two" is being released at San Diego Comic Con in July 2026.
In 2008 Lee became the writer of the ongoing Doctor Who comic for IDW Publishing for both Tenth Doctor and Eleventh Doctor, and was one of the writers of the 2012 Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who crossover series.
Lee has also written audio dramas for Big Finish's Doctor Who, Confessions of Dorian Gray and Bernice Summerfield ranges, as well as a Robin of Sherwood audio drama for Spiteful Puppet / ITV. His novel Dodge & Twist was adapted by Lee into a full cast audio drama starring Matt Lucas for Audible/Amazon in 2019, and his adaptation of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, and starring Adrian Lester was released in August 2020.
In April 2021, Lee announced that he had been writing crime novels under the pen name Jack Gatland and under his own Amazon-exclusive imprint, Hooded Man Media, since November 2020. Since that time, he has written over sixty novels focusing mainly on procedural, rural and cosy crime, as well as action thrillers. Under his own name, he has also been writing urban fantasies for Hooded Man Media.
As of July 2026, he has become a multi-million selling author because of this, with almost half a billion page reads on Kindle Unlimited.
Bibliography As Jack Gatland DI Declan Walsh # Title Published 0.5 Liquidate the Profits 2020 1 Letter from the Dead 15 November 2020 2 Murder of Angels 10 January 2021 3 Hunter Hunted 21 February 4 Whisper for the Reaper 4 April 5 To Hunt a Magpie 6 June 6 A Ritual for the Dying 15 August 7 Killing the Music 17 October 8 A Dinner to Die For 12 December 9 Behind the Wire 13 February 2022 10 Heavy Is the Crown 24 April 11 Stalking the Ripper 17 July 12 A Quiver of Sorrows 25 September 13 Murder by Mistletoe 11 December 14 Beneath the Bodies 26 March 2023 15 Kill Your Darlings 23 July 16 Kissing a Killer 24 September 17 Pretend to be Dead 24 December 18 Harvest for the Reaper 24 March 2024 19 Crooked Was His Cane 30 June 20 A Pocket Full of Posies 25 September 21 Cheating My Destiny 15 December 22 Stand and Deliver 13 April 2025 23 We Play with Death 17 August 24 His Dead Man's Hand 14 December 25 Digging Your Grave 26 April 2026 26 Tears of a Clown August 27 A Model for Murder December
Damian Lucas # Title Published 1 The Lionheart Curse 9 January 2022
Ellie Reckless # Title Published 1 Paint the Dead 29 May 2022 2 Steal the Gold 13 November 3 Hunt the Prey 19 June 2023 4 Find the Lady 26 November 5 Burn the Debt 11 August 2024 6 Take the King 7 September 2025 7 Save the Fool 30 June 2026 8 Bury the Past 08 February 2027
Tom Marlowe # Title Published 1 Sleeping Soldiers 29 August 2022 2 Target Locked 30 January 2023 3 Covert Action 22 May 4 Counter Attack 23 October 5 Stealth Strike 26 February 2024 6 Broad Sword 27 May 7 Rogue Signal 28 October 8 Sniper Alley 24 February 2025 9 Shadow Threat 23 June 10 Sentry Point 20 October 11 Burning Ledgers 23 March 2026 12 Judas Goats 31 December
Standalone # Title Published 1 The Boardroom 13 February 2023
Liam Harper # Title Published 1 Final Claim 24 March 2025 2 Blood Ridge 14 July 3 Track Shift 24 November 4 Cross Roads 8 June 2026
Sebastian Silver (Carlyle & Silver Cozy Mysteries) # Title Published 1 Silver and the Sunday Cypher 29 September 2025 2 Silver and the Christmas Caper 22 December 3 Silver and the Moonlit Murder 21 March 2026 4 Silver and the Wedding Veils 13 July
DCI Chloe Hunter (Hunter & Chase) # Title Published 1 Salt Marsh Bones 31 May 2026
Comics
DC Comics / Zuda Where Evils Dare (with Stefano Martino, October 2009) Superboy #18 (Dialogue, 2013)
Del Rey / Random House Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: (adapted from the book by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen, 160 page graphic novel, art by Cliff Richards, May 2010)
Dynamite Entertainment The Hollows (with Amanda Hocking), (adaptation), March 2013 Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck #1 - 4 (miniseries), November 2013 Steampunk Battlestar Galactica: 1880 #1 - 4 (miniseries), August 2014
Hachette Children's Books
The Phone Goes Dead (adapted from the book by Anthony Horowitz, 44 page graphic novella, art by Dan Boultwood (August/September 2010) Scared (adapted from the book by Anthony Horowitz, 44 page graphic novella, art by Dan Boultwood. August/September 2010) The Hitch-Hiker (adapted from the book by Anthony Horowitz, 44 page graphic novella, art by Dan Boultwood, August/September 2010) Killer Camera (adapted from the book by Anthony Horowitz, 44 page graphic novella, art by Dan Boultwood, August/September 2010) Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars - The Adventure Of The Missing Detective (44 page graphic novella, art by Dan Boultwood, May 2011) Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars - The Adventure Of The Phantom Of Drury Lane (44 page graphic novella, art by Dan Boultwood, May 2011) Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars - The Adventure Of The Charge Of The Old Brigade (44 page graphic novella, art by Dan Boultwood, June 2011) Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars - The Adventure Of The Family Reunion (44 page graphic novella, art by Dan Boultwood, June 2011) Bandits: Grandpa's Goalscarers (32 page graphic novella, art by Ben Scruton, February 2018) Bandits: Space Corps (32 page graphic novella, art by Ryan Pentney, February 2018) Bandits: The Timely Adventures of Captain Clock (32 page graphic novella, art by Pol Cunyat, May 2018) Bandits: Mister Clip-Clop, Intergalactic Space Unicorn (32 page graphic novella, art by Neil Slorance, May 2018) Bandits: Teacher Creatures (32 page graphic novella, art by Marc Ellerby, June 2018) Bandits: The Great Pet Shop Rescue (32 page graphic novella, art by Giovanni Costa, June 2018) Bandits: Agent of P.A.W.S (32 page graphic novella, art by Wil Overton, November 2018) Bandits: My Little Brother's A Zombie (32 page graphic novella, art by Pedro J. Colombo, November 2018)
Heavy Metal Publishing Heavy Metal #287: "S.A.T.O" (with Ozzy Osbourne, July 2017) Megadeth: Death By Design (with Gyula Nemeth, June 2019) Heavy Metal special: Soft Wood: "Who, M.D" (with Dan Boultwood, June 2019)
IDW Publishing Doctor Who: The Forgotten (with art by Pia Guerra/Stefano Martino/Kelly Yates, 6-issue limited series, August 2008 - January 2009) Doctor Who: "The Time Machination" - a 22-page one shot - art by Paul Grist, May 2009 Doctor Who V1 #1-16 (art by various, ongoing series, July 2009) Doctor Who V2 #1-12 (art by various, ongoing series, January 2011) Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who: "Assimilation²" #1-4 (art by J.K Woodward, May 2012) Doctor Who V3 #13-16 (art by Mike Collins, ongoing series, September 2013
Image Comics MacGyver - Fugitive Gauntlet #1 - 5 (miniseries), co-written with Lee David Zlotoff, art by Will Sliney (2013)
Kickstart Entertainment Danger Academy: 88 page graphic novel (with Dan Boultwood & Ciaran Lucas)
Legendary Publishing Monarch: The Lost Adventures: graphic novel (art by Tony Shasteen)
Markosia Publishing Starship Troopers: "Blaze of Glory" (with Sam Hart, previously published through Mongoose Publishing) "Dead Man's Hand" (with Neil Edwards) "Damaged Justice" (with Shanth Enjeti/Sam Hart) "Marooned"(with Chris Dibari, Starship Troopers issues #1-4, April 2007 - July 2007) The Gloom (with Dan Boultwood, 5-issue mini-series) Midnight Kiss (with Ryan Stegman/Kieran Oats, 5-issue mini-series) Shadowmancer (with G.P. Taylor/Pedro Delgado/Ian Sharman, 10-part adaptation) Brothers - The Fall of Lucifer (with Wendy Alec/Sam Hart - cancelled) The Doppleganger Chronicles (with G.P. Taylor and Dan Boultwood, graphic novel/prose hybrid) Hope Falls (with Dan Boultwood, 5-issue mini-series, November 2007 - March 2008, collected as Hope Falls: The Ultimate Edition) From The Pages Of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula': Harker (with Neil Van Antwerpen/Peter-David Douglas, graphic novel) Also Known As: (132 page graphic novel, art by Christopher Jones) Dark Lines of London (with Stephen Saleh/Mariela Malova, graphic novel)
Marvel Comics X-Men Unlimited #1: "Memories" (with Ben & Ray Lai) Amazing Fantasy #18: "Mark Hazzard - MERC" (with Leonard Kirk/Kris Justice) Spider-Man Family #9: "Identity" (with Ramon Bachs/Kieran Oats) Amazing Spider-Man Family #5: "Treasure, Hunted" (with Mark Robinson) Marvel Heroes #31: "Blind Date / Rooftop Gauntlet"
Moonstone Lady Action (with Jake Minor) Captain Action Winter Special (various, 2011)
MTV Comics The Gloom: Ongoing, weekly from February 2011 (with Dan Boultwood) Agent Mom: Ongoing, weekly from March 2011 (with Alaina Huffman, John Huffman IV, Dan Boultwood and Ciaran Lucas)
Panini Comics Doctor Who: "FAQ" (with Mike Collins, in Doctor Who Magazine #369-371, 2006)
Pegasus Publishing Echoes of Sherlock Holmes: 'Mrs Hudson Investigates' (art by Bevis Musson, 2016)
Rebellion Stalag #666 (with art by Jon Davis-Hunt, in 2000 AD #1600-1614, August–November, 2008) Citi Def: "Field Trip" (with art by Jack Lawrence, in Judge Dredd Megazine #279-283, January–April 2009) Necrophim (with art by Lee Carter): "Hell's Prodigal" (in 2000 AD #1655-1665, September–December 2009) "Civil Warlord" (in 2000 AD Prog 2011 #1715-1723, December 2010 - March 2011) Tales From the Black Museum: "The Incredible Teatime Torture Show" (with Vince Locke, in Judge Dredd Megazine #284, May 2009) "Who do the Voodoo that you do?" (with Jon Davis-Hunt, in Judge Dredd Megazine #285, June 2009)
The DFC / Random House The Prince Of Baghdad (14 part story, art by Dan Boultwood, starting August 2008) St Spooky's School For Girls (8 part story, art by Rob Guillory, comic cancelled before release)
Titan Comics Wallace and Gromit: "Trouser pressed" (in #25) "Where Beagles Dare" / "A Close Snip" (in #26) Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Archives Vol. 1 (various, 2016) Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Archives Vol. 2 (various, 2016) Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Archives Vol. 3 (various, 2016) Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Archives Vol. 1 (various, 2016) Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Archives Vol. 2 (various, 2016) Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Archives Vol. 3 (various, 2016)
Walker Books Outlaw: The Legend Of Robin Hood: (with Sam Hart, 140 page graphic novel, Summer 2009) Raven's Gate: (adapted from the book by Anthony Horowitz, 160 page graphic novel, art by Dom Reardon, 2010) Excalibur: The Legend Of King Arthur: (with Sam Hart, 140 page graphic novel, Spring 2011) Evil Star: (adapted from the book by Anthony Horowitz, 160 page graphic novel, art by Lee O'Connor, 2013) Messenger: The Legend Of Joan of Arc: (with Sam Hart, graphic novel, February 2014) Nightrise: (adapted from the book by Anthony Horowitz, 160 page graphic novel, art by Nigel Dobbyn, 2014) Pirate Queen: The Legend Of Grace O'Malley: (with Sam Hart, graphic novel, 2019)
Z2 Publishing The Mandrake Project (with Bruce Dickinson), ongoing from 2024 Iron Maiden: Piece Of Mind: (graphic novel, 2024) Pantera: Vulgar Display of Power: (graphic novel, 2025) Beartooth: The Journey Below: (graphic novel, art by Szymon Kudranski, 2021)
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