The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica

James A. Owen is an American comic book illustrator, publisher and writer. He is known for his creator-owned comic book series ''Starchild'' and as the author of ''The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica'' novel series, that began with '' Here, There Be Dragons'' in 2006.

Career

Owen self-published the black-and-white fantasy series ''Starchild'' under his Taliesin Press imprint in the 1990s. Adopting the name Coppervale Press for ''Starchild: Crossroads'', he gave up self publishing in 1997 for ''Starchild: Mythopolis'', five issues of which were published by Image Comics. Owen returned to self publishing, compiling a volume of Starchild reprints via a Kickstarter campaign in 2015.

Later, Owen reinvented himself as a novelist, creating a fantasy series titled ''Mythworld'' for a German publishing company. The books were later reprinted in the United States by Baen.

In 2003, Coppervale Press relaunched two newsstand style magazines, the fine arts-oriented ''International Studio'' and the fiction periodical '' Argosy'', but both magazines ceased publication in 2004 after only a few issues. In 2009, a satirical short story by Jeff VanDermeer entitled "Errata" about ''Argosy'' and its demise was published by Tor Books.

In 2006 his novel '' Here, There Be Dragons'' was published, the first book in ''The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica'' series. The book had multiple printings, and was published around the world in more than twenty languages. It was followed by '' The Search for the Red Dragon'' and '' The Indigo King'' in 2008, '' The Shadow Dragons'' in 2009, '' The Dragon's Apprentice'' 2010, ''The Dragons of Winter'' in 2012, and " The First Dragon" in 2013.

After releasing a non-fiction ebook of personal stories, , in early 2011, Owen had a successful Kickstarter project raising funds to create a limited first edition paperback and hard cover, as well as an audio version of the ebook.

Owen announced trilogy was picked up by Shadow Mountain Publishing but as of 2021, his work was out of print at the company.

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Starchild

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References

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"James A. Owen"
biography at the Grand Comics Database (archived 2017-07-08)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Owen, James A.
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American children's writers
American fantasy writers
American male novelists
Novelists from Arizona
Living people
Writers of modern Arthurian fiction
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American male writers
1969 births