James S. A. Corey is the

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used by collaborators Daniel Abraham and

Ty Franck Ty Franck (born May 18, 1969) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and television producer. He is best known for co-authoring ''The Expanse'' with Daniel Abraham under the pseudonym James S. A. Corey, as well as '' Game of Thrones: A Telltal ...

, authors of the science fiction series ''

The Expanse Expanse or The Expanse may refer to: Media and entertainment ''The Expanse'' franchise * ''The Expanse'' (novel series), a series of science fiction novels by James S. A. Corey * ''The Expanse'' (TV series), a television adaptation of the ...

''. The first and last name are taken from Abraham's and Franck's middle names, respectively, and S. A. are the initials of Abraham's daughter. The name is also meant to emulate many of the

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writers of the 1970s. In

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, their books are published under the name James Corey with the middle initials omitted.

Career

Under the pen name James S. A. Corey, fantasy author Daniel Abraham began to collaborate with Ty Franck (who had worked as a personal assistant to George R. R. Martin) in 2011. Together they wrote ''

Leviathan Wakes ''Leviathan Wakes'' is a science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey, the pen name of American writers Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. It is the first book in the ''Expanse'' series, followed by ''Caliban's War'' (2012), ''Abaddon's Gate'' (2013) ...

'' (2011), the first science fiction novel in the series ''

''. ''Leviathan Wakes'' was nominated for the 2012

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and the 2012

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. The authors began to release other novels in the series including ''

Caliban's War ''Caliban's War'' is a 2012 science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey (pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck). It is about a conflict in the Solar System that involves Earth, Mars, and the Asteroid Belt (colonies of people living on astero ...

'' (2012), ''

Abaddon's Gate ''Abaddon's Gate'' is a science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey (pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck). It is about a conflict in the Solar System that involves Earth, Mars, and the Asteroid Belt (colonies of people living on asteroids, ...

'' (2013), ''

Cibola Burn ''Cibola Burn'' is a 2014 science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey (pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) and the fourth book in The Expanse series. It follows the crew of the ''Rocinante'' as they join the flood of humanity out into the ...

'' (2014), ''

Nemesis Games ''Nemesis Games'' is a 2015 science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey, the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, and the fifth book in their '' The Expanse'' series. It is the sequel to '' Cibola Burn''. The cover art is by Daniel Dociu. ...

'' (2015), ''

Babylon's Ashes ''Babylon's Ashes'' is a science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey, the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, and the sixth book in their '' The Expanse'' series. The title of the novel was announced in early July 2015 and the cover and ...

'' (2016), and ''

Persepolis Rising ''Persepolis Rising'' is a science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey, the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, and the seventh book in their series '' The Expanse''. The title of the novel was announced in September 2016 and the cover was ...

'' (2017). ''Abaddon's Gate'' won the Locus Award.

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signed the authors to write additional books in the ''Expanse'' series to bring the total to nine. The eighth book in the series, ''

Tiamat's Wrath ''Tiamat's Wrath'' is a science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey, the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, and the eighth book in their series ''The Expanse''. Following the series' tradition of referring to ancient mythology in its titl ...

'', was released on March 26, 2019. The final installment, '' Leviathan Falls'', was reportedly turned in to the publisher on May 17, 2021, and was released on November 30, 2021. The ''Expanse'' series was nominated for the

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in 2017 and won in 2020. Between each pair of full-length books, they published shorter works in the series. The first, a short story entitled ''The Butcher of Anderson Station: A Story of The Expanse'' was released as an eBook in October 2011. A 69-page novella, ''Gods of Risk'' followed, and was released as an eBook in September 2012. A short story entitled ''Drive'' was released in November 2012 as a part of the anthology ''Edge of Infinity''. Another novella, ''The Churn'', was released April 29, 2014, and other novellas have followed. All are set in ''The Expanse'' series. The authors have also written a ''

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'' novel, ''Honor Among Thieves'', published by Random House in 2014, and a short story unrelated to ''The Expanse'' titled ''A Man Without Honor'', included in the anthology ''

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'', edited by George R. R. Martin.

Bibliography

''The Expanse'' series

* ''

'' (June 15, 2011) * ''

'' (June 26, 2012) * ''

'' (June 4, 2013) * ''

'' (June 5, 2014) * ''

'' (June 2, 2015) * ''

'' (December 6, 2016) * ''

'' (December 5, 2017) * ''

'' (March 26, 2019) * '' Leviathan Falls'' (November 30, 2021)

Related works

* ''The Butcher of Anderson Station'' (An ''Expanse'' short story) (2011) * ''Gods of Risk'' (An ''Expanse'' novella) (2012) * ''Drive'' (An ''Expanse'' short story) (2012) * ''The Churn'' (An ''Expanse'' novella) (2014) * ''The Vital Abyss'' (An ''Expanse'' novella) (2015) * ''Strange Dogs'' (An ''Expanse'' novella) (2017) * ''The Last Flight of the Cassandra'' (An ''Expanse'' short story) (2019) * ''Auberon'' (An ''Expanse'' novella) (2019) * ''The Sins of Our Fathers'' (An ''Expanse'' novella) (2022) * ''Memory's Legion'' (A collection of ''Expanse'' short stories) (2022)

Other novels

* ''Honor Among Thieves'' (''

: Empire and Rebellion'', book 2) (2014)

Short fiction

* "A Man Without Honor", ''

'', eds. George R. R. Martin and

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(2013) * "Silver and Scarlet" (''

'' story), '' Star Wars Insider'' No. 148 (2014) * "The Drones", ''

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'' (2015) * "Rates of Change", ''Meeting Infinity'', ed.

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