Benedict Jacka

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Benedict Jacka
Born (1980-09-25) 25 September 1980 (age 44)
London
OccupationWriter
NationalityBritish
Genre fantasy, urban fantasy
Website
benedictjacka.co.uk

Benedict Jacka (born 25 September 1980) is a British author, best known for his Alex Verus series. [1]

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Biography

Jacka was born in England and attended the City of London School. He later attended Cambridge University, where he graduated with a Bachelors in philosophy and met his editor Sophie Hicks from Ed Victor Ltd. [2] His first novels were three children's fantasy novels that didn’t get published, followed by To Be A Ninja (later changed to Ninja: The Beginning), a children's non-fantasy novel, which was. In 2000 he began working on a fantasy setting with teenage elementals, for which he wrote four unpublished novels. In 2009, he decided to try again with an adult character and a more information-based ability. [3] Three years later, in 2012, he published the first book of the Alex Verus series, two more followed the same year. [4] Jacka married in 2015 to Rolari Kuti. [5]

Critical reception for Jacka's work has been mostly positive. [6] [7] Of the Alex Verus series, SF Site has cited the series' characters and chapter cliffhangers as highlights. [8] [9] SF Crowsnest gave an overall positive review for Cursed, while stating it was "an enjoyable, if unchallenging, read". [10]

Bibliography


Alex Verus series

In June 2021 Jacka released "Favours", a novella which takes place between books 6 and 7; [11] in October 2022 he released "Gardens", a novella which takes place after book 12. [12]

Inheritance of Magic series

Ninja series

References

  1. ↑ Fox, Rose. "PW Talks with Benedict Jacka, Cont". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Sambuchino, Chuck. "How I Got My Agent: Benedict Jacka". Writer's Digest. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Orbit's website" . Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Jacka's website" . Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Sng Weddings" . Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Fiction Review: Fated". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Fiction Review: Taken". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  8. ↑ Petersen, Katherine. "Taken Benedict Jacka". SF Site. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  9. ↑ Petersen, Katherine. "Review: Cursed". SF Site. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  10. ↑ Russell, Vinca. "Review: Cursed". SF Crowsnest. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "Favours Release Day". Benedict Jacka. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "Gardens Released Today". Benedict Jacka. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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