British
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Radley College
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, 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 about public school education in general. He later studied English literature at
St Catherine's College, Oxford
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.
Career
Lovegrove's first novel was ''The Hope'', published by Macmillan in 1990. He was nominated for the
Arthur C. Clarke Award
The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. It is named after British author Arthur C. Clarke, who gave a grant to establish the award i ...
in 1998 for his novel ''Days'' and for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2004 for his novel ''Untied Kingdom''. His short story "Carry The Moon in My Pocket" won the 2011
Seiun Award
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in Japan for Best Foreign Language Short Story.
Lovegrove has written
young adult fiction
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The subject matter and genres of YA correlate ...
, 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 by
Barrington Stoke
Barrington Stoke is a children's book publisher based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company was founded in 1998 and publishes fiction and non-fiction adapted to different reading ages for reluctant, under-confident and dyslexic children and teens. ...
, a company specialising in books for reluctant readers. Two of his titles for that company have been longlisted for the
Manchester Book Award
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Each year, ...
.
His recent Pantheon series is a set of standalone
military science fiction
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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'' (a
New York Times
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best seller), ''The Age of Aztec'', ''Age of Voodoo'', ''Age of Shiva'', ''Age of Heroes'' and ''Age of Legends''. In 2013, Lovegrove published an omnibus collecting three Pantheon novellas, entitled ''The Age of Godpunk''.
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.
He has contributed reviews and journalism to magazines such as ''
The Literary Review
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BBC MindGames Magazine
''BBC MindGames'' was a British magazine devoted to puzzles, brainteasers and articles concerning the mind. It was published every four weeks. Its name was taken from the BBC Four show, ''Mind Games''.
History and profile
The magazine was laun ...
'' and ''Comic Heroes'', and has set cryptic crosswords to the weekend section of ''
The Independent
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''. Starting in 2007, he became a regular reviewer of fiction for the ''
Financial Times
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'', concentrating primarily on SF and children's fiction.
Since 2013 Lovegrove has begun publishing
Sherlock Holmes pastiche
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Their works can be grouped into four broad categories:
*New Sherlock Holmes stories
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novels for ''
Titan Books
Titan Publishing Group is the publishing division of Titan Entertainment Group, which was established in 1981. The books division has two main areas of publishing: film and television tie-ins and cinema reference books; and graphic novels and c ...
'', including a mash-up trilogy, ''Cthulhu Casebooks'', that crosses over the literary worlds of
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for '' A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...
and H.P. Lovecraft.
From 2018 he has also written '' Firefly'' novels for Titan Books. His first ''Firefly'' novel ''Big Damn Hero'' was nominated for the 2019 Dragon Award for Best Media Tie-In Novel and his third (''The Ghost Machine'') won the 2020 award in the same category. His second ''Firefly'' novel ''The 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 third ''Firefly'' novel ''The Ghost Machine'' was nominated for a 2021 Scribe Award in the same category.
Peter Crowther
Peter Crowther (born 4 July 1949) is a British journalist, short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher and anthologist. He is a founder (with Simon Conway) of PS Publishing. He edits a series of themed anthologies of science fiction shor ...
* ''Redlaw'', Solaris Books, 2011,
* ''Redlaw Red Eye'', Solaris Books, 2012,
The Dev Harmer Missions
* ''World of Fire'', 2014, Solaris Books,
* ''World of Water'', 2016, Solaris,
The Pantheon Series
* ''The Age of Ra'',
Solaris Books
Solaris Books is an imprint which focuses on publishing science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy novels and anthologies. The range includes titles by both established and new authors. The range is owned by Rebellion Developments and distrib ...
, 2009,
* ''The Age of Zeus'', Solaris Books, 2010,
* ''The Age of Odin'', Solaris Books, 2011,
* ''Age of Aztec'', Solaris Books, 2012,
* ''Age of Godpunk'', Solaris Books, 2013,
* ''Age of Voodoo'', Solaris Books, 2013,
* ''Age of Shiva'', Solaris Books, 2014,
* ''Age of Heroes'', Solaris Books, 2016,
* ''Age of Legends'', Solaris Books, 2019
Sherlock Holmes pastiches
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
* ''Sherlock Holmes: The Stuff of Nightmares'', Titan Books 2013,
* ''Sherlock Holmes: Gods of War'', Titan Books 2014,
* ''Sherlock Holmes: The Thinking Engine'', Titan Books 2015,
* ''Sherlock Holmes: The Labyrinth of Death'', Titan Books 2017,
* ''Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Dust'', Titan Books 2018,
* '' Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon'', Titan Books 2019,
* ''Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons'', Titan Books, 2020,
* '' Sherlock Holmes & The Three Winter Terrors'', Titan Books, 2021,
* ''The Fallen Financier'', in George Mann (ed.), ''Encounters of Sherlock Holmes'', Titan Books, 2013,
* ''The Innocent Icarus'', in David Thomas Moore (ed.), ''Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets'', Abaddon, 2014,
* ''Pure Swank'', in George Mann (ed.), ''Associates of Sherlock Holmes'', Titan Books, 2016,
*''The Noble Burglar'', in George Mann (ed.), ''Further Associates of Sherlock Holmes'', Titan Books, 2017,
* ''The Adventure of the Deadly Séance'', in Martin Rosenstock (ed.), ''Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Seven'', Titan Books, 2019,
* ''The Manifestations of Sherlock Holmes'' (collection of 12 short stories), Titan Books, 2020,
Firefly
* ''Big Damn Hero'', Titan Books 2018, (original story concept by
Nancy Holder
Nancy Holder (born August 29, 1953) is an American writer and the author of several novels, including numerous tie-in books based on the TV series '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. She's also written fiction related to several other science fiction ...
(writing as Jay Amory)
* ''The Fledging of Az Gabrielson'' (2006),
* ''Pirates of the Relentless Desert'' (2007),
* ''Darkening for a Fall'' (2008),
* ''Empire of Chaos'' (2008),
* ''The Wingless Boy'', collecting vols. #1 and #2 (2008),
* ''The Clouded World'', collecting vols. #3 and #4 (2008),
Barrington Stoke
Barrington Stoke is a children's book publisher based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company was founded in 1998 and publishes fiction and non-fiction adapted to different reading ages for reluctant, under-confident and dyslexic children and teens. ...
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction. It is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index. Bloomsbury's head office is located in Bloomsbury, an area of the London Borough of Camden. It has a ...
, 2012,
* ''The Black Phone'',
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction. It is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index. Bloomsbury's head office is located in Bloomsbury, an area of the London Borough of Camden. It has a ...
, 2012,
The 5 Lords of Pain
* ''The 5 Lords of Pain 1: The Lord of the Mountain'', Barrington Stoke, 2010,
* ''The 5 Lords of Pain 2: Lord of the Void'', Barrington Stoke, 2010,
* ''The 5 Lords of Pain 3: The Lord of Tears'', Barrington Stoke, 2010,
* ''The 5 Lords of Pain 4: The Lord of the Typhoon'', Barrington Stoke, 2010,
* ''The 5 Lords of Pain 5: The Lord of Fire'', Barrington Stoke, 2010,
Novellas
* ''The Hand that Feeds'' (with Peter Crowther), Maynard Sims Productions, 1999,
* ''How the Other Half Lives'',
PS Publishing
PS Publishing is an independent book publisher based in Hornsea, UK.
Background
PS Publishing was founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther.Infinity Plus interview