Johnny B. Truant
# Johnny B. Truant

Johnny B. Truant is an American multi-genre writer specialising in science fiction and fantasy stories, best known for the Fat Vampire series.

## Life and career

Johnny B. Truant wrote his first book, The Bialy Pimps, in 1999, then published it in 2011. He's continued writing since, publishing an average of a million words of fiction per year.

Johnny was previously the host and co-creator of The Self Publishing Podcast, along with Sean Platt and David W. Wright.

## Personal life

Originally from Ohio, Truant and his family live in Austin, Texas.

## Works

### Novels

Fat Vampire Chronicles series:

* Fat Vampire series:
   * Fat Vampire (2012), ISBN 9781629550015
   * Fat Vampire 2: Tastes Like Chicken (2012), ISBN 9781301184705
   * Fat Vampire 3: All You Can Eat (2012), ISBN 9781629551333
   * Fat Vampire 4: Harder Better Fatter Stronger (2013), ISBN 9781301821761
   * Fat Vampire 5: Fatpocalypse (2013), ISBN 9781301670437
   * Fat Vampire 6: Survival of the Fattest (2013), ISBN 9781629550060
   * Game of Fangs (2020), ISBN 9798201233396
* The Vampire Maurice series:
   * The Vampire Maurice (2019), ASIN B07MCHBHTD
   * Anarchy and Blood (2019), ASIN B07S942T3D
   * Vampires in the White City (2019), ASIN B07TCR2X6S
   * Fangs and Fame (2022), ASIN B0BHV6BRHY

Unicorn Western series, with Sean Platt:

* Unicorn Western (2012), novella, ISBN 9781301220571
* Unicorn Western 2, or The Wanderers (2013), novella, ASIN B00B3NF6CK
* Unicorn Western 3, or A Fistful Of Magic (2013), novella, ASIN B00BBMG23K
* Unicorn Western 4, or Shimmer To Yuma (2013), novella, ASIN B00BXUSL02
* Unicorn Western 5, or The Man Who Shot Alan Whitney (2013), novella, ASIN B00D39OZKQ
* Unicorn Western 6, or The Spectacular Seven (2013), novella, ASIN B00DO7TW2I
* Unicorn Western 7, or Open Meadows (2013), novella, ASIN B00E5JJVG6
* Unicorn Western 8, or The Unforgotten (2013), novella, ASIN B00EKT80YK
* Unicorn Western 9, or The Magic Bunch (2013), novella, ASIN B00EL3JOE0
* Prequels:
   * Unicorn Genesis, or Unicorn Genesis: Origins (2013), ASIN B00FRKL5AW
   * Unicorn Western: The Outlaw Hassle Stone (2013), ASIN B00H6L327E

The Beam universe:

* Plugged: How Hyperconnectivity and The Beam Changed How We Think (2013), with Sterling Gibson and Sean Platt, ASIN B00GC456F2
* The Beam series, with Sean Platt:
   * The Beam: Season One, or The Beam: The First Season (2013), ISBN 9781629550008
   * The Beam: Season Two, or The Beam: The Complete Second Season (2014), ISBN 9781629551173
   * The Beam: Season Three (2015), ASIN B016NM415I
   * Future Proof (coming soon)

The Inevitable universe:

* The Inevitable series, with Sean Platt:
   * Robot Proletariat, or Robot Proletariat: Season One (2013), ASIN B00KN17ODC
   * The Infinite Loop (2018), ASIN B07DQXF7GK
   * The Hard Reset (2018), ASIN B07GTTMRKW
   * Cascade Failure (2020), ASIN B088BDPNNT
   * Reboot (2020), ASIN B08CBT26B9
   * En3my (2021), ISBN 9798201704827

The Dream Engine series, with Sean Platt:

* The Dream Engine (2014), ISBN 1629550272
* The Nightmare Factory (2015), ISBN 9781629550503
* The Ruby Room (2016), ISBN 9781629550947
* The Tinkerer's Mainspring (2021), ISBN 9798201227036

Invasion universe, with Sean Platt:

* Alien Invasion series:
   * Invasion (2015), ISBN 9781629550435
   * Contact (2015), ISBN 9781629550466
   * Colonization (2015), ISBN 9781629550497
   * Annihilation (2015), ISBN 9781629550695
   * Judgment (2016), ISBN 9781629550930
   * Extinction (2016), ISBN 9781629550978
   * Resurrection (2016), ISBN 9781629551029
   * Longshot (2020), ASIN B08MSQP78S
* Save the Humans series:
   * Save the City (2019), ISBN 9781074357948
   * Save the Girl (2019), ISBN 9781074362089
   * Save the World (2019), ISBN 9781074387631
   * Conundrum (2019), novella, ASIN B07R7D52PX

Dead World series, with Sean Platt:

* Dead City (2016), ISBN 9781629551012
* Dead Nation (2020), ASIN B08L2JD8ZC
* Dead Planet (2020), ASIN B08MWM9JLQ
* Dead Zero (2020), ISBN 9798201628802
* "Empty Nest" (2021), short story, ASIN B09JQ9J2FT

The Tomorrow Gene series, with Sean Platt:

* The Tomorrow Gene (2017), ISBN 9798201466398
* The Eden Experiment (2017), ISBN 9798201026608
* The Tomorrow Clone (2017), ISBN 9798201704414
* Null Identity (2021), ISBN 9798201661090

Part of the Version Control series:

* 4. Screenplay (2020), with Sean Platt, ASIN B07VSV44DS
* Sick and Wired (2020), with Avery Blake, novella, ASIN B08478ZXMD

Stand-alones:

* The Bialy Pimps (2012), ISBN 9781484093917
* Everyone Gets Divorced, or Everyone Gets Divorced: Episode 1 (2013), with Sean Platt, ISBN 9781301269648
* Greens, or Greens: Episode 1 (2013), with Sean Platt, ISBN 9781311838728
* Namaste, or Vengeance (2013), with Sean Platt, ISBN 9781310294778
* Space Shuttle: Season One (2013), with Sean Platt, ASIN B00D71ZVVM
* Axis of Aaron (2014), with Sean Platt, ISBN 9781629550336
* Terms of Service (2014), with Sean Platt, novella
* Cursed: The Box Set, or Cursed: The Full Saga (2015), with Sean Platt, ASIN B017PKI3Q0
* Devil May Care (2016), with Sean Platt, ISBN 9781629550992
* La Fleur de Blanc (2017), with Sean Platt, ISBN 9781629551210
* Pretty Killer (2019), with Nolon King, ISBN 9781675994337
* The Future of Sex (2019), with Sean Platt, ISBN 9781694373557
* Pattern Black (2022), with Sean Platt, ISBN 9798201556150
* The Target (2022), with Nolon King, ISBN 9798201506872
* Burnout (2022), with Sean Platt, ISBN 9798201956516
* The Island (2023), with Sean Platt, ASIN B0BRTD8Z4X

### Short stories

Collections:

* Infinite Pieces (2017), with Sean Platt, ASIN B076QDKBWX, collection of 3 short stories, 1 novella and 1 novel:

    "Decoy Wallet", "Infinite Doors", "Caveman Timecop", Unicorn Western (novella; Unicorn Western series #1), Fat Vampire (novel; Fat Vampire series #1)

### Non-fiction

**Self-help**

* Choose to be outstanding or choose to continue to suck (2010)
* Epic series:
   * Disobey (2011), ISBN 9781301514496
   * How to Live Forever (2012), ISBN 9781301318094
   * The Universe Doesn't Give a Flying Fuck About You (2012), ISBN 9781476359762
   * You Are Dying, and Your World Is a Lie (2012), ISBN 9781301136001
* How To Be Legendary (2012)
* The Story Solution (2019), with Sean Platt, ISBN 9781075449789

**Writing**

* Write. Publish. Repeat. (2013), with Sean Platt and David W. Wright, ISBN 9781629550145
* Fiction Unboxed: How Two Authors Wrote and Published a Book in 30 Days, From Scratch, In Front of the World (2014), with Sean Platt, ISBN 9781629550343
* Iterate And Optimize: Optimize Your Creative Business for Profit (2016), with Sean Platt and David W. Wright, ISBN 9781629550763
* The One With All the Writing Advice (2016), with Sean Platt, ISBN 9781629550985

## Adaptations

* Reginald the Vampire (2022), series created by Harley Peyton, based on series of novels Fat Vampire
