Jon Samuel Lewis is an American fiction writer under the pen name J. S. Lewis. He is co-author of the popular
Grey Griffins series, originally published by
Scholastic, Inc. The next three books in the Grey Griffins series will be published as the Grey Griffins Clockwork Chronicles by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. The original trilogy has sold over 850,000 copies to date.
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Background
Lewis grew up in the Midwestern United States, spending most of his time in Minnesota and Iowa before moving to Arizona where attended Arizona State University
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...
, earning a degree in Broadcast Journalism.[
At an early age, Lewis set out to become a comic book illustrator, but he discovered a love for writing when he first began crafting the background stories for the comic book characters he had drawn.][''Phoenix New Times'', March 30, 2006.]
Lewis began his first novel at the age of fourteen with writing partner . Intended to be an epic fantasy in the tradition of Tolkien, Lewis and Benz never finished the manuscript.[''East Valley Tribune'', January 12, 2007.]
The authors reunited in Arizona in 2000, however, where they began writing their Grey Griffins series.[
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Published books
* Grey Griffins series by and Lewis
# '' The Revenge of the Shadow King'' (Orchard Books
Grolier was one of the largest American publishers of general encyclopedias, including ''The Book of Knowledge'' (1910), ''The New Book of Knowledge'' (1966), ''The New Book of Popular Science'' (1972), ''Encyclopedia Americana'' (1945), ''Acade ...
, March 2006)
# ''The Rise of the Black Wolf
''The Rise of the Black Wolf'' is the second volume of the '' Grey Griffins'' series written by American authors Derek Benz and J. S. Lewis and published by Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. This sequel to '' The Revenge of the Shad ...
'' (January 2007)
# ''The Fall of the Templar
''Grey Griffins'' is a children's novel series written by the American authors Derek Benz and J. S. Lewis in collaboration.
The first trilogy in the series was published by Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. However, the authors sig ...
'' (January 2008)
# ''Clockwork Chronicles: The Brimstone Key'' (Little, Brown
Little, Brown and Company is an American publishing company founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown in Boston. For close to two centuries it has published fiction and nonfiction by American authors. Early lists featured Emily D ...
, June 2010)
# ''Clockwork Chronicles: The Relic Hunters'' (May 2011)
# ''Clockwork Chronicles: The Paragon Prison'' (May 2012)
* C.H.A.O.S.
# ''Invasion'' ( Thomas Nelson, January 2011)
# ''Alienation'' (January 2012)
# ''Domination'' (April 2013)
References
External links
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Author profile
at BookReviewsAndMore.ca – with 2011 interview
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1972 births
American children's writers
American fantasy writers
American male novelists
21st-century American novelists
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American male writers