James Axler
- Writer
James Axler is the in-house pen name used by Gold Eagle Publishing for books in both the Deathlands and Outlanders series, which are written by a succession of ghost authors. The most prolific of these ghost authors is Mark Ellis, a comic book writer, who created the Outlanders series and wrote 35 books in the series. Other authors who wrote as James Axler include Laurence James (who wrote 32 Deathlands novels), Alan Philipson, Mel Odom, Nick Pollotta, Andy Boot, Douglas Wojtowicz, Rik Hoskin, and others.