Rik Hoskin is a comic book writer and novelist from England. In the comic book field, Rik has written Superman, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Shrek and over 400 stories for Disney and Pixar characters, among many others. As a novelist, Rik is currently writing a series of original books based on the television series, Hercules, the Legendary Journeys.

He has previously written twenty-four novels under the pen-name 'James Axler'. As Axler, Rik was the primary writer on the Outlanders series for seven years, and contributed five novels to the popular post-apocalyptic Deathlands series.