James Islington
출생: February 15, 1981 – Frankston, Victoria, Australia
James Islington is an Australian fantasy novelist known for intricate epic fantasy centered on prophecy, political intrigue, and moral ambiguity. He is best known for The Licanius Trilogy, beginning with The Shadow of What Was Lost, and for The Will of the Many, which expanded his audience and reinforced his standing in contemporary fantasy.
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James Islington is an Australian fantasy novelist whose career grew out of a long private ambition rather than a conventional literary apprenticeship. Born and raised in southern Victoria, he has said little publicly about formal study beyond the fact that he moved into self-directed work soon after university. Much of his twenties was spent running a startup with a friend, a period he has described as intense and absorbing enough to leave little time for fiction. Yet the desire to write never disappeared: he loved creative writing as a child, entered fantasy seriously as a teenager through Raymond E. Feist and Robert Jordan, and later found his commitment rekindled by Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss. Around the age of thirty, he scaled back his business work, committed to a daily writing routine, and began building the book that would launch his career. ((https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8427407.James_Islington))
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"Islington’s worldbuilding is exceptionally detailed and thoughtful"
— Publishers Weekly
"Islington subverts the magic school trope and Roman-inspired world building to make this fantasy-dystopian setting distinctly his own"
— Aurealis
"James Islington’s The Strength of the Few is the electrifying sequel to the acclaimed Will of the Many"
— Grimdark Magazine
"A brilliant and gut-churning masterpiece from Islington"
— Library Journal
"Islington cleverly intersperses the world and character building with bursts of action and intrigue"
— Good Reading
"Islington rewards patient readers with a compelling story"
— Kirkus Reviews
"Islington really takes the time to make his characters complex and motivated by a multitude of factors"
— Lightspeed