--- name: "Mike Carey" canonical: "https://film.one/person/mike-carey" fi1m_id: "mike-carey" imdb_id: "nm1259998" tmdb_id: 549495 wikidata_id: "Q610567" roles: ["Writer"] born: "1 January 1959" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "writer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-02T23:40:31.357725+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Mike Carey ## Identity Mike Carey - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mike-carey - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** mike-carey - **IMDb ID:** nm1259998 - **TMDB ID:** 549495 - **Wikidata ID:** Q610567 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Carey_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q610567, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1259998/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/549495 Writer. Born 1 January 1959 in United Kingdom. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 1 January 1959, United Kingdom - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Carey_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q610567, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1259998/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/549495 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Girl with All the Gifts*](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md) (75) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Mike Carey is a British writer of comics, novels and screenplays. Born in Liverpool in 1959, he worked as an English teacher before becoming a full-time author. He is known for his work on DC Vertigo titles including the Lucifer series and for Marvel's X-Men, as well as the Felix Castor urban fantasy novels. Under the pen name M. R. Carey, he wrote the 2014 novel *The Girl with All the Gifts* and its 2016 film adaptation, for which he received the British Screenwriters' Award for Outstanding Newcomer. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ki-agency.co.uk.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Girl with All the Gifts* (2016), Fi1m 75, Novel, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md) ## Complete filmography (2) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Girl with All the Gifts* (2016), Novel, Screenplay — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md) - *Tristan & Isolde* (2002), Writer ## Gallery - ![Comic book creator Mike Carey, at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, October 10, 2010. Photo by Luigi Novi. This photo may be used, modified and publis](https://film.one/media/person/4169526/gallery-a41c10674aca.jpg) Comic book creator Mike Carey, at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, October 10, 2010. Photo by Luigi Novi. This photo may be used, modified and publis — Nightscream, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/10.10.10MikeCareyByLuigiNovi1.jpg/1280px-10.10.10MikeCareyByLuigiNovi1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Comic book creator Mike Carey, at the DC Comics booth at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, October 10, 2010. Photo by Luigi Novi. This photo may be us](https://film.one/media/person/4169526/gallery-417ca97b6264.jpg) Comic book creator Mike Carey, at the DC Comics booth at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, October 10, 2010. Photo by Luigi Novi. This photo may be us — Nightscream, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/10.10.10MikeCareyByLuigiNovi2.jpg/1280px-10.10.10MikeCareyByLuigiNovi2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![photograph taken at the 2015 edition of the "Utopiales" of Nantes.](https://film.one/media/person/4169526/gallery-7f9093d0e37f.jpg) photograph taken at the 2015 edition of the "Utopiales" of Nantes. — Yves Tennevin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Daryl_Gregory_-_Guillaume_Lecointre_-_J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Noirez_-_Laurent_Queyssi_-_M._R._Carey_-_Fabien_Clavel_-_Samedi_-_Utopiales_2015_-_E96A1749.jpg/1280px-Daryl_Gregory_-_Guillaume_Lecointre_-_J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Noirez_-_Laurent_Queyssi_-_M._R._Carey_-_Fabien_Clavel_-_Samedi_-_Utopiales_2015_-_E96A1749.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![photograph taken at the 2015 edition of the "Utopiales" of Nantes.](https://film.one/media/person/4169526/gallery-5eaf2551517c.jpg) photograph taken at the 2015 edition of the "Utopiales" of Nantes. — Yves Tennevin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Daryl_Gregory_-_Guillaume_Lecointre_-_J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Noirez_-_Laurent_Queyssi_-_M._R._Carey_-_Fabien_Clavel_-_Samedi_-_Utopiales_2015_-_E96A1753.jpg/1280px-Daryl_Gregory_-_Guillaume_Lecointre_-_J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Noirez_-_Laurent_Queyssi_-_M._R._Carey_-_Fabien_Clavel_-_Samedi_-_Utopiales_2015_-_E96A1753.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Författarfika med Mike Carey på Fantastika 2018, Swecon 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/4169526/gallery-ba66a139fba9.jpg) Författarfika med Mike Carey på Fantastika 2018, Swecon 2018. — Johan Jönsson (Julle), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Fantastika_2018_01.jpg/1280px-Fantastika_2018_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mike Carey på Fantastika 2018, Swecon 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/4169526/gallery-ffcb5dfe3196.jpg) Mike Carey på Fantastika 2018, Swecon 2018. — Johan Jönsson (Julle), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Fantastika_2018_03.jpg/1280px-Fantastika_2018_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won, 11 nominated - Philip K. Dick Award 2026: Philip K. Dick Award (won), for *Outlaw Planet* - Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2024: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominated), for *Infinity Gate* - Philip K. Dick Award 2024: Philip K. Dick Award (nominated), for *Infinity Gate* - Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2021: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominated), for *The Book of Koli* - August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel 2018: August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel (nominated), for *The Boy on the Bridge* - Locus Award for Best Horror Novel 2017: Locus Award for Best Horror Novel (nominated), for *Fellside* - Arthur C. Clarke Award 2015: Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominated), for *The Girl with All the Gifts* - August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel 2015: August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel (nominated), for *The Girl with All the Gifts* - Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel 2013: Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominated), for *The Steel Seraglio* - Inkpot Award 2012: Inkpot Award (won) - Hugo Awards 2011: Best Graphic Story (nominated) - August Derleth Award 2010: August Derleth Award (nominated), for *The Naming of the Beasts* - August Derleth Award 2007: August Derleth Award (nominated), for *The Devil You Know* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/mike-carey