Biography
Blake Northcott is the international bestselling author of ‘Arena Mode’, and ‘The North Valley Grimoire’.
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With more than 50 novels, comics and short stories to her credit, she's written for Heavy Metal Magazine, Weird Tales Magazine, DC Comics (‘Catwoman’), Dynamite Comics (‘Barbarella’) and collaborated with Amy Lee, the lead singer of the band 'Evanescence'.
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In addition to writing novels and comic books, Blake was a teacher at the prestigious Kubert School, Editor-in-Chief at Massive Comics, and has written several screenplays and TV pilots based on her own original IPs.
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When she's not writing or teaching, Blake travels throughout Canada, the U.S. and Europe attending conventions and signing appearances. She has been a featured guest at San Diego Comic Con, New York Comic Con, and has signed at the world-famous Golden Apple Comics in L.A., and Album Comics in Paris.
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Northcott is of Slovakian and Canadian descent. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from McMaster University (Ontario, Canada). She currently lives in the Toronto area with her two children.
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Milestones
2025
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Deadline.com broke the news that Blake would be co-authoring the spy thriller novel 'Bulletproof Angel' with WWE Legend CJ Perry, formerly known as 'Lana'
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Blake was a featured guest and panelist at San Diego Comic Con
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Dynamite announced the release of 'Stardust & Subversion', the graphic novel based on Blake's five-issue Barbarella series
2024
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Massive Publishing released ‘The North Valley Grimoire’, a comic series based on Northcott’s bestselling novel
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Wrote a five issues series, 'Barbarella', for Dynamite Comics, based on the iconic 1969 Jane Fonda Film, and the upcoming Sydney Sweeney reboot
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Hosted a signing even at Album Comics in Paris, France
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2023
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Blake Northcott was named Editor-in-Chief of Massive Publishing
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‘Weird Tales Presents: 100 Years of Weird’ was released by Blackstone Publishing, with stories by R.L. Stine, Laurel K. Hamilton, and Blake Northcott​​
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Blake was a featured guest and panelist at San Diego Comic Con, New York Comic Con, Granite State Comic Con, and signed books at The Golden Apple in L.A.
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Blake and Amy Lee from Evanescence signed their comic 'Echoes from the Void' backstage at The Scotiabank Arena after a sold-out show
2022
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'Heavy Metal Presents: Arena Mode' was released in bookstores across North America, including Barnes & Noble; the book was distributed by Simon & Schuster
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Blake began teaching at the world-renowned Kubert School (the only accredited school devoted entirely to cartooning and comic books).
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Blake was a featured guest and panelist at San Diego Comic Con
2021
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Heavy Metal Studios, co-producing with Range Media, optioned 'The Arena Mode Saga', and announced they would be adapting the series of novels for TV
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The graphic novel 'Echoes from the Void' for the band Evanescence was released; Blake wrote a story (edited by Amy Lee) that appeared in the book
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'Echoes from the Void' sold out, and went into a 2nd printing
2020
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Northcott made her DC Comics debut with 'Catwoman' #23; it sold out at the distributor level before it hit stores, and ten days later a 2nd printing was announced
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2018 - 2019
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Northcott wrote the magical spy thriller, 'The North Valley Grimoire', which became the most-backed and most-funded Kickstarter novel in Canadian history (Publishing/Fiction Category)
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'The North Valley Grimoire', went on to become an Amazon Bestseller in 2019 (Magic Realism Category).
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2017
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Northcott was a semi-finalist in the James Patterson Masterclass writing contest
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2014 - 2016
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The follow-up books to Arena Mode - 'Assault or Attrition' and 'Final Empire', become international bestsellers on Amazon
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2013
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Northcott’s novel ‘Arena Mode’ becomes the #1 crowdfunded novel of the year, and is an international bestseller in the US, Canada, UK, and France on Amazon
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Arena Mode was on the nomination list for a BSFA (British Science Fiction Award) for Best Novel
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