Adam Chamberlain

Adam Chamberlain is the Associate Publisher for Fourth Horseman Press and co-editor on a number of its publications, including Columbia & Britannia (2009), which was nominated for the 2010 Sidewise Award for Alternate History. He also co-edited Back to Frank Black (2012), the definitive book exploring landmark television series Millennium, and was inspired by its protagonist, Frank Black, to complete a degree in psychology and criminology. His blog Frame of Mind explores onscreen representations of mental health. He lives in London.

  • Back to Frank Black

    Back to Frank Black: A Return to Chris Carter's Millennium is a non-fiction volume that features a number of interviews with key cast and crew written by Adam Chamberlain as well as an original essay from the author: "Evil Has Many Faces: The Darkness in the World of Millennium," an in-depth examination of the core themes explored by the series.

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  • Columbia & Britannia

    Columbia & Britannia, an anthology co-edited with Brian A. Dixon, presents two all-new alternate history stories from Adam Chamberlain: "Flag Day" and "The Twelfth Man." Both stories use the genre to examine points of divergence and themes of personal identity against the backdrop of dramatic events in a very British North America. The book was nominated for the 2010 Sidewise Award for Alternate History.

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  • Frame of Mind

    Drama is, by its very nature, elevated from real life—in terms of both plot and character. Adam Chamberlain believes, however, that authenticity matters when representing mental health issues and storylines. Frame of Mind explores and offers a personal analysis on how mental health is represented onscreen. Its primary focus is upon television—since these representations are arguably the most pervasive—but with occasional forays into film.

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Podcasts

Adam Chamberlain is the host of the Fourth Horseman Press podcast. In the latest installment, Chamberlain interviews Brian A. Dixon about his perspectives on Millennium (1996-99) and Back to Frank Black (2012), an unprecedented volume exploring the landmark television series. Dixon shares his view of Frank Black as the epitome of the detective as he considers the character's place in the history of the mystery genre, a role detailed in his essay, “Second Sight: Profiling, Prophecy, and Deductive Reasoning in Chris Carter’s Millennium.” Meanwhile, Chamberlain talks about the many faces of evil that find form across the series, as described in his contribution to the book, “Evil Has Many Faces: The Darkness in the World of Millennium.”