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Charles Soule is an American comic book writer, novelist, musician, and attorney. He is best known for writing Daredevil, She-Hulk, Death of Wolverine, and various Star Wars books and comic series from Del Rey Books and Marvel Comics, and his creator-owned series Letter 44, Curse Words, and Undiscovered Country, which he co-wrote with Scott Snyder, and as the co-creator of the Marvel Comics and Star Wars characters Ren, Blindspot, Inferno, and Lash. His debut novel, The Oracle Year was released by Harper Perennial on April 3, 2018. His follow-up novel, Anyone was released on December 3, 2019, also by Harper Perennial. His third novel, Star Wars: Light of the Jedi, was released by Del Rey Books on January 6, 2021, debuting at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. In 2022, he was made a Creative Consultant for Lucasfilm. Early life Charles Soule attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his undergraduate degree in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, with a concentration in Chinese language and history. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 2000. Career Soule worked in New York City for the firm Ropes & Gray, LLP before starting his own practice in 2004. At his firm, he practiced immigration law, transactional law and corporate law. In 2009 SLG Publishing published Soule's graphic novel Strongman which focuses on a luchador-turned-hero, with art by Allen Gladfelter. A sequel to Strongman subtitled Oaxaca Tapout was completed in 2011 but remains unreleased. He released two series in 2010 and 2011 through Image Comics, 27: First Set and 27: Second Set, inspired by the well-known urban legends about musicians who die at age twenty-seven, with art by Renzo Podesta. His other creator-owned projects include Strange Attractors, about complexity theory applied to New York City by two genius mathematicians, released by Archaia in May 2013, and Letter 44, from Oni Press, a real-world sci-fi political thriller involving a crewed space mission to investigate an anomaly in the asteroid belt. Letter 44 was a thirty-five issue ongoing series with art from Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque, the first issue of which debuted in October 2013. Letter 44 was optioned for development by the SyFy network in early 2014. In 2013, Soule took over writing duties for Swamp Thing with issue #19, after Scott Snyder's departure. In addition, he was the writer for Red Lanterns commencing with issue #21 and continuing through issue #37. Starting in October 2013, Soule originated Superman/Wonder Woman, illustrated by Tony Daniel. Soule was the writer for Marvel Comics' ongoing titles She-Hulk and Inhuman, as well as the writer of The Death of Wolverine published in September 2014. Additional Marvel Comics titles written by Soule include Uncanny Inhumans, Daredevil, Lando, Obi-Wan & Anakin and the "Secret Wars" storyline tie-in book Civil War. In January 2016, Soule was announced as the writer of a Marvel ongoing series focusing on the Poe Dameron character from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with Phil Noto as artist. In January 2017, his ongoing series Curse Words with co-creator Ryan Browne began publication from Image Comics. It completed its 28-issue run in late 2019. In January 2018 it was reported that Soule would be writing a miniseries titled Hunt for Wolverine, which would span multiple genres in exploring the mystery behind the character's return from the dead in 2017's Marvel Legacy #1. Soule's debut novel, The Oracle Year, was released on April 3, 2018 from Harper Perennial. In June 2018, Marvel announced Soule would be writing the series Return of Wolverine, as a follow-up to Death of Wolverine and Hunt For Wolverine. Following Return of Wolverine, Soule relaunched the Marvel Comics: Presents series which featured "Wolverine's Vigil," a story that spanned decades and introduced Wolverine's daughter, Rien. At San Diego Comic Con 2019, Soule and Scott Snyder announced their new creator owned series Undiscovered Country with Image Comics. The series quickly became Image Comics' biggest launch in five years with 83,000 pre-orders. Also at SDCC, Soule also announced that he would be writing a four-issue miniseries Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren which would tell the story of Kylo Ren's fall to the dark side. Soule was selected alongside many other Star Wars writers to help create Star Wars: The High Republic, a new era of Star Wars novels and comics that take place 200 years before Episode 1. At New York Comic Con 2019, Soule announced that he would be taking over writing duties on Marvel's Star Wars flagship comic series which would take place between episodes 5 and 6. In 2020, Soule was hired by Marvel Studios to serve as a legal consultant for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, in order to advise the production on accurate depictions of courtroom activity. The show was released on Disney+ in August 2022. On April 27, 2022, it was reported that Soule had been made a Creative Consultant for Lucasfilm. In June 2022, it was announced that Amazon Studios had picked up the rights to make film and television shows based on Eight Billion Genies, with Soule and Ryan Browne set to executive produce. Awards and recognition In 2020, Soule and his co-creators of the Image Comics series Undiscovered Country were nominated for the Best New Series Eisner Award, recognizing it as one of the finest new series released in the American comics industry that year. Soule's series Letter 44, illustrated by Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque, was an official selection of the 2016 Festival International de la Bande Dessinée in Angoulême, France, recognizing it as one of the best graphic titles published in the French language in the preceding year. Superman/Wonder Woman: Power Couple, the first collected trade paperback of the monthly series, received the 2015 Stan Lee Excelsior Award. Soule's series 27: First Set (with Renzo Podesta) was included on the "Great Graphic Novels" list from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) in 2012. In 2016, Soule's run on She-Hulk (with Javier Pulido and Ronald Wimberly) were included on YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Personal life As of 2019, Soule was based in Brooklyn, New York. Bibliography Del Rey Star Wars: Light of the Jedi (First novel in the Star Wars: The High Republic series, January 5, 2021, ISBN 0593157710) Harper Perennial The Oracle Year (Soule's debut novel, 416 pages, April 3, 2018, ISBN 0062686631) Anyone (Novel, 432 pages, December 3, 2019, ISBN 0062890638) The Endless Vessel (Novel, 464 pages, June 6, 2023, ISBN 0063043041) SLG Publishing Strongman (graphic novel, with Allen Gladfelter, 120 pages, March 2009, ISBN 1-59362-152-3) Strongman Volume Two: Oaxaca Tapout (graphic novel, with Allen Gladfelter, 144 pages, July 2014, ISBN 1-59362-206-6) Image Comics Twenty-Seven (4-issue limited series, with Renzo Podesta, December 2010 – March 2011, collected in First Set, tr.... Discover the Charles Soule Tony Daniel popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Charles Soule Tony Daniel books.