Mariotte was born in
Park Forest, Illinois, but he moved at age six because his father, who worked for the
United States Department of Defense, was transferred to Paris, France. He graduated from
San Jose State University with a degree in Radio/TV/Film. He has worked as the manager of Hunter's Books in
La Jolla,
California; co-founder and co-owner of specialty bookstore
Mysterious Galaxy in
San Diego; Vice President of Marketing at
WildStorm Productions/
Image Comics; Senior Editor at
DC Comics; and was the first Editor-in-Chief at
IDW Publishing. His writing has been recognized with an
Inkpot Award from
Comic-Con International and three
Scribe Awards from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. He's been a finalist for the
Bram Stoker Award (twice), the
International Horror Guild Award, the
Spur Award, the Peacemaker Award, the
Harvey Award, and the Glyph Award. He is the author of the series
Witch Season and has also written many
Charmed and
Angel books based on the television shows. In 2006 he announced that he would retire from the
Angel franchise after eleven novels and eleven comics. He also created and writes the
Desperadoes series of
Weird West-style comic books and
Graveslinger. Other projects include the
one-shot "Presidential Material:
Barack Obama," a four-issue adaptation of the film
Terminator Salvation, as well as
Zombie Cop, a
graphic novel from the
Image Comics imprint
Shadowline and a novella "The Strip" set in the same fictional universe, and
Garrison at
Wildstorm. He is married to author Marsheila Rockwell. ==Bibliography==