Declan Finn
| Declan Finn | |
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| Born | 1982 Queens, NY |
| Occupation | Author, Blogger, Podcast Host |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Horror, Fantasy, Science fiction, Supernatural fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Action adventure |
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Declan Finn (born March 21, 1982) is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, thriller, vampire romance, and nonfiction.
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Background
Declan Finn (born March 21, 1982) is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, thriller, vampire romance, and nonfiction. He is mostly an independent author, self publishing many of his books, though several have later been picked up by other publishers. Finn has published seven works of fiction, a collection of short stories, a collection of nonfiction essays, and a history of Irish Rebel Songs.
Finn is also the host of The Catholic Geek Radio Show on the We Built That Network, hosted on BlogTalkRadio. His work Honor at Stake received a nomination for Best Horror novel in the first annual Dragon Award at Dragon Con.
Early Life
Declan Finn grew up in Queens NY, and continues to live there to this day. Finn would go to St. John's University and major in history, because “it's a source of stories,” claiming for inspiration Professor William D. Griffin. His work at St. John's would inform much of his later work, including The Pius Trilogy, where he utilized his research under both Griffin as well as Konrad Tuchscherer.
Finn went on toward a PhD in history. He completed all course work, but left due to being fed up with academic politics.
Writing Career
After working with two agents and getting nowhere, Finn ultimately decided to self publish. His first published novel was It Was Only on Stun! He followed it up in 2013 with Codename: Winterborn, coauthored with Allan Yoskowitz.
Later, The Pius Trilogy leveraged work he'd done in graduate school about Pope Pius XII. The Trilogy contains themes of secularism versus religion, the place of religious thought in the modern age, and the politics of globalism versus faith.
In 2015 Eternal Press published his urban fantasy novel Honor at Stake, which would later be nominated for a Dragon Award. After Calibum Books purchased Eternal Press, Finn parted ways with his publisher and re-released it himself.
In 2016 Silver Empire signed Finn for a five book deal to republish his Pius Trilogy and related works.
Since then, Finn self-published three sequels to Honor at Stake. The second sequel, Love at First Bite, was nominated for a Dragon Award in 2017. The sequel to Codename: Winterborn, Codename: UnSub, was also a Dragon Award finalist in 2017, under the now-discontinued category of "Best Apocalypse." After book four of the Love at First Bite series (originally called the Honor at Stake series) was released, Silver Empire also signed Finn to republish the earlier books in the series.
In 2017, Finn started the Saint Tommy, NYPD series, which was published under Silver Empire.
In 2021, Finn worked with Robert Kroese to found Upstream Reviews, a review site dedicated to non-woke fiction, only reviewing good books, and the occasional entertainment news. It went from WordPress to Substack. ( https://upstreamreviews.substack.com )
When Silver Empire Press closed its business in 2022, Finn was picked up by three publishers. Three Ravens Press took the Love at First Bite series, the burgeoning Conservatarian Press took The Pius Trilogy, and Tuscany Bay Books took the Saint Tommy NYPD series, who reprinted all eight of the previously released novels, but also released the final four in the series. Tuscany Bay is also publishing Finn’s space opera series, White Ops.
After burying his father in 2023, Finn moved to Texas where he is working on expanding his body of work, writing scripts, and collecting a small arsenal.
Controversy
In 2015 Finn became enmeshed in the Sad Puppies campaign with the publication of his blog post, "Cry Havoc and Let Slip the Puppies of War," later republished in the magazine Liberty Island. A later series of blog posts entitled "Sad Puppies Bite Back" lampooned the events of Sad Puppies 3. In 2016 he edited the collection into the self published satire, Sad Puppies Bite Back, including additional material.
Podcast Career
In 2015, Finn started The Catholic Geek Radio Show podcast, in association with the newly founded The Catholic Geeks blog. His guests have run the range from musicians and authors to artists and lawyers. Guests of note have included Moira Greyland Peat, Vox Day, John C. Wright, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Brad Torgersen, Ann Margaret Lewis, Karina Fabian, and Brian Niemeier. Topics are, as noted in the radio show format, “Whatever the guests want to talk about,” and have ranged from international politics and military sciences, to books, music and food.
Bibliography
The Pius Trilogy
- A Pius Man, The Pius Trilogy Book One (2013)
- A Pius Legacy, The Pius Trilogy Book Two (2014)
- A Pius Stand, The Pius Trilogy Book Three (2014)
Related Works
- Pius Tales (2015)
- A Pius History: The Facts Behind the Pius Trilogy (2016)
Love at First Bite
- Honor at Stake, Love at First Bite Book One (2015), rereleased by Three Ravens Press in 2023
- Murphy's Law of Vampires, Love at First Bite Book Two (2016), rereleased by Silver Empire as Demons Are Forever (2018), rereleased by Three Ravens Press in 2023
- Live and Let Bite, Love at First Bite Book Three (2017), rereleased by Silver Empire in 2018, rereleased by Three Ravens Press in 2023
- Good to the Last Drop, Love at First Bite Book Four (2017), rereleased by Silver Empire in 2018, rereleased by Three Ravens Press in 2023
St. Tommy, NYPD
- Hell Spawn (Republished by Tuscany Bay Books in 2022)
- Death Cult (Republished by Tuscany Bay Books in 2022)
- Infernal Affairs (Republished by Tuscany Bay Books in 2022)
- Lupus Dei (short story)
- They Burn Witches, Don’t they? (short story)
- City of Shadows (Republished by Tuscany Bay Books in 2022)
- Crusader (Republished by Tuscany Bay Books in 2022)
- Deus Vult (Republished by Tuscany Bay Books in 2022)
- Principle Necromancy (short story)
- Coven (Republished by Tuscany Bay Books in 2022)
- Hussar (Republished by Tuscany Bay Books in 2022)
- Destiny (2022)
- Lightbringer (2022)
- Dark Web (2022)
- Blue Saint (2022)
White Ops
- White Ops (2022)
- Politics Kills (2022)
- Main Street DOA (2022)
- Gathering Storm (2023)
- Eye of the Storm (2023)
Novels
- It Was Only On Stun! (2012)
- Codename: Winterborn (2013)
- Sad Puppies Bite Back (2016)
- Set to Kill (2016)
- Codename: UnSub (2016)
- Clerical Error (2020)
- Too Secret Service (Williams and Miller, book 1) (2019)
- Dances with Werewolves (Williams and Miller, book 2) (2020)
Anthologies
By Superversive Press
- Astounding Tales #1 (2017)
- MAGA 2020 & Beyond (2017)
- Tales of the Once and Future King (2017)
- Planetary Anthology: Mercury (2018), rereleased by Tuscany Bay Books
- Planetary Anthology: Venus (2018), rereleased by Tuscany Bay Books
- Planetary Anthology: Mars (2018), rereleased by Tuscany Bay Books
By Tuscany Bay Books
- Planetary Anthology: Pluto (2019)
- Planetary Anthology: Luna (Author & Editor) (2019)
By Silver Empire
- Paragons: An Anthology of Superheroes (2017)
- Lyonesse Volume 1, Spring 2017 (2017)
- Places Beyond the Wild: A Z-Day Anthology (2021)
By Wisecraft Publishing
- Fantastic Schools, Volume 6 (2023)
By Bayonet Books
- Fire For Effect (2023)
- Storming Area 51 (2019)
By Cold Iron Press
- Supernatural Streets (2020)
By Three Ravens Press
- Starflight: Tales from the Starport Lounge
By Crucifixion Press
- Shoot the Devil (2022)
By Mistcreek Publishing
- Swords and Maidens (2023)
Nonfiction
- For All Their Wars are Merry (2016)
External links
Universal Book Links Page: [https://books2read.com/ap/8pLyzO/Declan-Finn ]
