title: Johnny B. Truant
text: # 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
  