Benedict Jacka

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Benedict Jacka
Born (1980-09-25) 25 September 1980 (age 42)
London
OccupationWriter
NationalityBritish
Genre fantasy, urban fantasy
Website
benedictjacka.co.uk

Benedict Jacka (born September 25, 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, with that honour going to a children's non-fantasy novel called To Be A Ninja (Later: Ninja: The Beginning). From 2000 on, he developed a fantasy setting for which he wrote four books, whose main characters were teenage elementals. None of the four were published. 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

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

Ninja series

Inheritance of Magic series

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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.
  13. ↑ "New Series Title". Benedict Jacka. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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