Blake Northcott is a novelist, screenwriter, and teacher at the Kubert School.
She’s currently Editor-in-Chief of Massive Publishing.
Massive is the home of comics and graphic novels including ‘Zorro’, Assassin’s Creed', ‘Wesley Snipes’ ‘Exiled’, and ‘The North Valley Grimoire’ – a comic series based on her best-selling novel of the same name.
MILESTONES
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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Massive Publishing released ‘The North Valley Grimoire’, a comic series based on Northcott’s bestselling novel
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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
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).
2017
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Northcott was a semi-finalist in the James Patterson Masterclass writing contest
2014 - 2016
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The follow-up books to Arena Mode - 'Assault or Attrition' and 'Final Empire', become international bestsellers on Amazon
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
EDUCATION
Northcott holds a B.A. in English Literature from McMaster University (Ontario, Canada)