Scott Lynch (author)

Scott Lynch is an American fantasy author, best-known for his Gentleman Bastard series of novels.

Biography

Scott Lynch was born April 2, 1978 in Saint Paul. He now resides with his wife Jenny in Western Wisconsin in the city of New Richmond. According to his website, he had a variety of jobs including dishwasher, waiter, web designer, freelance writer and office manager. His first novel, "The Lies of Locke Lamora", was purchased by Simon Spanton of 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. In addition to being a writer, Scott Lynch is also a volunteer firefighter, certified in both Minnesota and Wisconsin. He maintains an active LiveJournal and frequently posts on genre-related message boards, including rpg.net.

Bibliography

The Gentleman Bastard Sequence

#"The Lies of Locke Lamora" (June 2006)
#"Red Seas Under Red Skies" (July 2007)
#"The Republic of Thieves" (forthcoming in February 2009)
#"The Thorn of Emberlain" (forthcoming)
#"The Ministry of Necessity" (forthcoming)
#"The Mage and the Master Spy" (forthcoming)
#"Inherit the Night" (forthcoming)

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.

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" in May 2009.

In his LiveJournal Scott Lynch gave some hints what these novellas might be about: "So beginning next year around the time "Red Seas Under Red Skies" sets sail, the first of three Subterranean Press novellas (target length: 35,000-40,000 words) by yours truly will also be released. These three novellas will be set in Locke's world, but will almost certainly feature the further (or earlier) stories of major secondary characters like Dona Vorchenza from "Lies" and Captain Zamira Drakasha from "Red Seas". The truth is, I'm still toying with the subjects of the novellas, and will not begin serious work on them until next month (by which point I'll also be researching and outlining the third main sequence novel, "The Republic of Thieves"). I honestly doubt that Locke will feature in any of them, but if inspiration hits like a brick to the head I certainly won't ignore it. These novellas will definitely enhance understanding of the main sequence novels and offer a few choice in-jokes and revelations, but they will in no way be mandatory for understanding of the main sequence novels, because I am not the Wachowski brothers."
* [http://scott-lynch.livejournal.com/213929.html Scott Lynch's complete announcement] in his LiveJournal on August 17th, 2006.

Lynch later announced that, due to an email he received from an Australian fan, at least the first novella would concern Locke and Jean's acquisition of a cask of expensive brandy, set before The Lies of Locke Lamora.

External links

* [http://www.scottlynch.us/index.html Scott Lynch's homepage]
* [http://pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=7122 Pen and Paper listing]
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* [http://www.fantasyliterature.net/lynchscott.html Reviews at FantasyLiterature.net]

Interviews

* [http://www.fantasybookspot.com/node/1199 Interview with Scott Lynch] conducted by Jay Tomio for Fantasybookspot.com. (May 2006)
* [http://www.thebookseller.com/?pid=2&did=19251 Interview with Scott Lynch] by Alison Bone for The Bookseller, 10 April, 2006.
* [http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2006/06/interview-with-scott-lynch.html Interview with Scott Lynch] by Pat's Fantasy Hotlist, 21 June, 2006.
* [http://www.elbakin.net/fantasy/news/Scott-Lynch-repond-a-nos-questions2 Interview with Scott Lynch] by Elbakin.net, 7 August, 2006.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDlvTFh9IiQ Video Interview with Scott Lynch] on YouTube, 21 July 2006.