Genevieve Cogman is a British author offantasy literature androle-playing games.

Cogman has an MSc in statistics with Medical Applications.^[1] She works for theNHS as a clinical classifications specialist^[2] and lives in the north of England.^[1]

Cogman has also worked as a freelance role-playing author, contributing towards theSteve Jackson Games titlesIn Nomine andGURPS, theWhite Wolf Publishing titlesOrpheus andExalted, and theEvil Hat Productions titleThe Dresden Files.^[3]

Cogman'sdebut novelThe Invisible Library was released in January 2015. The book was the first in an eponymous series, continued byThe Masked City (December 2015),The Burning Page (December 2016),The Lost Plot (2017),The Mortal Word (2018),The Secret Chapter (2019),The Dark Archive (2020) and its final title,The Untold Story (2021). Theseries revolves around a team of secretive undercoverlibrarians who travel toalternate realities to acquire works of fiction on behalf of a sprawling interdimensionallibrary that exists outside of normal space and time. The main character is Irene, a Junior Librarian with a great British humour, and the adventures she has with her assistant and friend, the mysterious and charming Kai.^[4] The series incorporates numerous fantasy elements includingsteampunk,supernatural beings, andmagic.^[5]

• Book 1:The Invisible Library London: Pan Macmillan, 2015.ISBN 978-1-4472-5623-6
• Book 2:The Masked City London: Pan Macmillan, 2015.ISBN 978-1-4472-5625-0
• Book 3:The Burning Page London: Pan Macmillan, 2016.ISBN 978-1-4472-5627-4
• Book 4:The Lost Plot London: Pan Macmillan, 2017.ISBN 978-1-5098-3071-8
• Book 5:The Mortal Word London: Pan Macmillan, 2018.ISBN 978-1-5098-3072-5
• Book 6:The Secret Chapter London: Pan Macmillan, 2019.ISBN 978-1-5290-0057-3
• Book 7:The Dark Archive London: Pan Macmillan, 2020.ISBN 978-1-5290-0060-3
• Book 8:The Untold Story London: Pan Macmillan, 2021.ISBN 978-1-5290-0063-4

• Book 1:Scarlet London: Pan Macmillan, 2023.ISBN 978-1-5290-8372-9

• Book 2:Elusive London: Tor, 2024.ISBN 978-1-5290-8377-4

• Book 3:Damned London: Tor UK, 2025.ISBN 978-1-5290-8382-8

• Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga: Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game, 2009.

• Snow and Salt, 2004.
• The Final Path, 2016.

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