Gentleman Bastard
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Lynch at the 2014 Finncon in Jyväskylä, Finland
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| Born |
April 2, 1978 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Notable works |
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006) Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007) The Republic of Thieves (2013) |
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Scott Lynch (born April 2, 1978) is an American fantasy author, best known for his Gentleman Bastard series of novels. He resides in Massachusetts. According to his website, he had a variety of jobs including dishwasher, busboy, waiter, web designer, office manager, prep cook, and freelance writer. His first novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, was purchased by Orion Books in August 2004 and published in June 2006 under the Gollancz imprint in the United Kingdom and under the Bantam imprint in the United States. The next two novels in the series, Red Seas Under Red Skies and The Republic of Thieves, were published in 2007 and 2013 respectively.
In addition to being a writer, Scott Lynch is also a volunteer firefighter, certified in both Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Lynch's debut novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, was a World Fantasy Award finalist in 2007. In both 2007 and 2008 Lynch was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
Lynch received the Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award from the British Fantasy Society in 2008.
This is a sequence of seven planned novels set in the world of the shattered Therin Throne Empire and its descendant states. It follows the life of the young professional thief and con artist Locke Lamora, over a period of some 15–20 years. Lynch has stated that there will be a sequel series set some twenty years on with new characters, which will also be seven books long.
"With every book in the sequence I have attempted to cover what you might call a different general situation: The first book was a revenge caper, the second book was more of a heist, the third was politics and romance, and the fourth book will introduce war and espionage into the mix. It's always the same characters getting into trouble but the backdrop changes."
- Scott Lynch, Audible Interview 2016
In August 2006, Subterranean Press confirmed that they would be publishing three novellas by Scott Lynch set in the same world as The Lies of Locke Lamora. The first two are entitled The Mad Baron's Mechanical Attic and The Choir of Knives. Gollancz will be releasing them in an omnibus edition entitled The Bastards and the Knives (expected March 3, 2014). In May 2012, Gollancz revealed that The Bastards and the Knives will be released after The Republic of Thieves.
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