![]() James Lovegrove at Salon du livre 2008 (Paris, France) | |
Born | James Matthew Henry Lovegrove (1965-12-24)24 December 1965 (age 59)[1] Lewes,East Sussex |
Pen name | Jay Amory |
Occupation | writer |
Language | English |
Nationality | British |
Education | Radley College |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Genre | Speculative fiction |
Subject | Science fiction,Mystery,Fantasy,Horror,Young adult fiction |
Notable works | Pantheon series |
Notable awards | Seiun Award |
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James M. H. Lovegrove (born 1965) is aBritish writer ofspeculative fiction.
Lovegrove was educated atRadley College, Oxfordshire, and was one of the subjects of a 1979 BBC television series,Public School. A follow-up programme was broadcast on 27 October 2013, in which Lovegrove talked about his experiences of attending the school and aboutpublic school education in general. He later studied English literature atSt Catherine's College, Oxford.[2]
Lovegrove's first novel wasThe Hope, published byMacmillan in 1990. He was nominated for theArthur C. Clarke Award in 1998 for his novelDays and for theJohn W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2004 for his novelUntied Kingdom.[3] His short story "Carry The Moon in My Pocket" won the 2011Seiun Award in Japan for Best Foreign Language Short Story.[4]
Lovegrove has writtenyoung adult fiction, most notably a series of fantasy novels,The Clouded World, under a pseudonym (Jay Amory). These have been translated into nine languages so far. He has also written a number of short novels published byBarrington Stoke, a company specialising in books for reluctant readers. Two of his titles for that company have been longlisted for theManchester Book Award.
His recent Pantheon series is a set of standalonemilitary science fiction adventure novels featuring the gods of ancient mythologies. Seven have been published so far:The Age of Ra,The Age of Zeus,The Age of Odin (aNew York Times best seller),The Age of Aztec,Age of Voodoo,Age of Shiva,Age of Heroes andAge of Legends. In 2013, Lovegrove published an omnibus collecting three Pantheon novellas, entitledThe Age of Godpunk.[5]
As an illustrator, Lovegrove has executed design and poster work for Flying Pig Systems, makers of the Wholehog range of lighting control products, and drew the pictures for the Echo Beach line of postcards and T-shirts.[6]
He has contributed reviews and journalism to magazines such asThe Literary Review,Interzone,BBC MindGames Magazine andComic Heroes,[7][8][9] and has set cryptic crosswords to the weekend section ofThe Independent. Starting in 2007, he became a regular reviewer of fiction for theFinancial Times, concentrating primarily on SF and children's fiction.
Since 2013 Lovegrove has begun publishingSherlock Holmes pastiche novels forTitan Books, including a mash-up trilogy,Cthulhu Casebooks, that crosses over the literary worlds ofSir Arthur Conan Doyle andH.P. Lovecraft.[10]
From 2018 he has also writtenFirefly novels for Titan Books.[11] His firstFirefly novelBig Damn Hero was nominated for the 2019Dragon Award for Best Media Tie-In Novel and his third (The Ghost Machine) won the 2020 award in the same category.[12] His secondFirefly novelThe Magnificent Nine was nominated for a 2020 Scribe Award (awarded by the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers) in the category Original Novel Speculative and his thirdFirefly novelThe Ghost Machine was nominated for a 2021 Scribe Award in the same category.[13]
(writing as Jay Amory)