Max Gladstone
{{short description|American fantasy author (born 1984)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Max Gladstone
| image = Portrait photoshoot at Worldcon 75, Helsinki, before the Hugo Awards – Max Gladstone.jpg
| caption = Max Gladstone at Worldcon in Helsinki 2017.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|4|28}}
| occupation = Novelist
| language = English
| nationality = American
| alma_mater = Yale University
| genre = Urban fantasy
Fantasy
| notableworks = Three Parts Dead
Bookburners
This Is How You Lose the Time War
| years_active = 2012–present
| website = {{URL|http://maxgladstone.com/}}
}}Max Gladstone (born May 28, 1984) is an American fantasy author. He is best known for his 2012 debut novel Three Parts Dead, which is part of The Craft Sequence, his urban fantasy serial Bookburners, and for co-writing This Is How You Lose the Time War.
Gladstone is a graduate of Yale University where he studied Chinese.{{cite web|last=Gladstone|first=Max|title=About|url=http://www.maxgladstone.com/about/|access-date=20 April 2013}} He has worked in China, including as a teacher{{cite news|last=Ay-leen the Peacemaker|title=Max Gladstone Brings the Gods to Court in Three Parts Dead|url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/10/max-gladstone-brings-the-gods-to-court-in-three-parts-dead|access-date=20 April 2013|newspaper=Tor.com|date=30 October 2012}} in a rural area of Anhui from 2006 to 2008 and as a translator for a car magazine.{{cite news|last=Landon|first=Justin|title=Interview with Max Gladstone, author of Three Parts Dead|url=http://www.staffersbookreview.com/2012/10/interview-with-max-gladstone-author-of-three-parts-dead.html|access-date=20 April 2013|newspaper=Staffer's Book Review|date=1 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522203919/http://www.staffersbookreview.com/2012/10/interview-with-max-gladstone-author-of-three-parts-dead.html|archive-date=22 May 2013|url-status=dead}} In 2013, Gladstone was a finalist for the 2012 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2013-hugo-awards/ |title=2013 Hugo Awards |date=22 December 2012 | publisher=World Science Fiction Society| access-date=3 April 2013}}
Career
= ''The Craft Sequence'' =
Gladstone's first novel, Three Parts Dead, was published by Tor Books on October 2, 2012 to positive reception.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/max-gladstones-delightfully-misleading-three-parts/|title=Max Gladstone's Delightfully Misleading 'Three Parts Dead'|website=Kirkus Reviews|first=Ana|last=Grilo|date=12 October 2012|language=en-us|access-date=12 March 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://io9.gizmodo.com/5960620/three-parts-dead-mixes-magic-with-courtroom-drama|title=Three Parts Dead mixes magic with courtroom drama|last=Tilahun|first=Naamen|website=io9|date=14 November 2012|language=en-US|access-date=12 March 2016}} It was followed by Two Serpents Rise in 2013, Full Fathom Five in 2014, Last First Snow in 2015, and Four Roads Cross in 2016, all part of his Craft Sequence. The sixth novel, Ruin of Angels, was published by Tor.com in 2017. It will be followed by both novel and novella-length works starting in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/max-gladstones-craft-sequence-moves-to-tor-com-publishing-will-mix-novels-and-novellas-continue-to-be-awesome/|title=Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence Moves to Tor.com Publishing; Will Mix Novels and Novellas, Continue to Be Awesome|first=Joel|last=Cunningham|publisher=Barnes & Noble|date=10 August 2016|language=en-US|access-date=12 August 2016}}
= Serial Box Publishing =
In September 2015, Serial Box Publishing launched Bookburners, a weekly urban fantasy serial created by Gladstone and written by a team of authors consisting of himself, Margaret Dunlap, Mur Lafferty, and Brian Francis Slattery.{{Cite web|url=http://blog.serialbox.com/introducing-bookburners/|title=Introducing Bookburners |website=Serial Box|date=9 September 2015|language=en-US|access-date=12 March 2016}} The first season ran from September to December 2015 for 16 episodes: Gladstone wrote the pilot as well as episodes 7, 11, and 16.{{Cite web|url=https://www.serialbox.com/serials/555d1163ada6e26d95b9e785|title=Bookburners|website=Serial Box|access-date=12 March 2016}} In January 2016, Serial Box renewed Bookburners for a second season, set to premiere in Summer 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://blog.serialbox.com/announcing-bookburners-season-2/|title=Announcing Bookburners Season 2!|website=Serial Box|date=11 January 2016|language=en-US|access-date=12 March 2016}}
Gladstone's newest serial, The Witch Who Came in from the Cold, co-created with Lindsay Smith, launched in January 2016 from Serial Box.{{Cite web|url=http://blog.serialbox.com/serial-launch-the-witch-who-came-in-from-the-cold/|title=Serial Launch: The Witch Who Came In From The Cold|website=Serial Box|date=26 January 2016|language=en-US|access-date=12 March 2016}} The serial, written by Gladstone, Smith, Cassandra Rose Clarke, Ian Tregillis, and Michael Swanwick, is a Cold War supernatural spy thriller set in the 1970s.{{Cite web|url=http://www.maxgladstone.com/2016/01/the-witch-who-came-in-from-the-cold-out-now/|title=The Witch Who Came In From The Cold – Out Now!|website=max gladstone|first=Max|last=Gladstone|date=27 January 2016|language=en-US|access-date=12 March 2016}} The first season is set to run for 13 episodes. Simon & Schuster's Saga Press imprint released print collections of the first season of Bookburners in January 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/saga-press-to-publish-print-editions-of-three-serial-box-titles/|title=Saga Press to Publish Print Editions of Three Serial Box Titles|last=Cunningham|first=Joel|date=2 March 2016|website=The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog|language=en-US|access-date=12 March 2016}} A collection of season one of The Witch Who Came in From the Cold will be published in June 2017.{{Cite news|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/exclusive-cover-reveal-witch-came-cold-season-one-saga-press/|title=Exclusive Cover Reveal: The Witch Who Came In from the Cold: Season One from Saga Press|date=2017-02-02|newspaper=The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-02}}
= Other work =
Gladstone is to write a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game tie-in novel for Paizo Publishing.{{Cite web|url=http://aidanmoher.com/blog/2015/04/news/max-gladstone-announces-upcoming-pathfinder-tales-novel/|title=Max Gladstone announces upcoming Pathfinder Tales novel|website=A Dribble of Ink|first=Aidan|last=Moher|date=15 April 2015|language=en-US|access-date=12 March 2016}} Since 2016, he is also part of the team of writers working on George R. R. Martin's Wild Cards anthology series.{{Cite web|url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/478080.html |title=Wild Cards Times Three |last=Martin |first=George R. R. |date=16 March 2016 |website=Not A Blog |access-date=15 August 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718165908/http://grrm.livejournal.com/478080.html |archive-date=18 July 2016 }} The Highway Kind, a fantasy road trip novel, was announced for publication in 2018 by Tor Books but has not yet seen print. Gladstone's novel Empress of Forever, a space opera, was published in 2019.{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Empress-Forever-Max-Gladstone-ebook/dp/B07GVCXWR5/|title = Empress of Forever|date = 18 June 2019|publisher = Tor Books}}
Gladstone's novella This Is How You Lose the Time War, written with Amal El-Mohtar, won the 2019 BSFA Award for Short Fiction and the 2019 Nebula Award for Best Novella.{{Cite web|title=2019 Nebula Award Finalists Announced|date=20 February 2020|url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/2019-nebula-award-finalists-announced/}}{{Cite web|last3=SFWA®|first3=Inc|last4=Fiction|first4=Nebula Awards® are registered trademarks of Science|last5=America|first5=Fantasy Writers of|last6=SFWA|first6=Inc Opinions expressed on this web site are not necessarily those of|date=2020-02-20|title=2019 BSFA Shortlist Announced|url=https://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-shortlist-announced-2/|access-date=2020-02-22|website=The Nebula Awards®|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402225002/https://bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-shortlist-announced-2/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Liptak|first=Andrew|date=2020-05-30|title=Announcing the 2019 Nebula Awards Winners!|url=https://www.tor.com/2020/05/30/2019-nebula-award-winners-sarah-pinsker-amal-el-mohtar-max-gladstone/#more-589394|access-date=2020-05-31|publisher=Tor.com}}
Bibliography
= Novels =
- Empress of Forever (2019), {{ISBN|978-0765395818}}
- Last Exit (2022), {{ISBN|978-0765335739}}
= ''[[The Craft Sequence]]'' =
- Three Parts Dead (2012), {{ISBN|978-0765333100}}
- Two Serpents Rise (2013), {{ISBN|978-0765333124}}
- Full Fathom Five (2014), {{ISBN|978-0-7653-3574-6}}
- Last First Snow (2015), {{ISBN|978-0-7653-7940-5}}
- Four Roads Cross (2016), {{ISBN|978-1466868410}}
- The Ruin of Angels (2017), {{ISBN|978-0-7653-9589-4}}{{Cite web |date=2017-02-08 |title=Here's the cover and an excerpt from Max Gladstone's next Craft novel |url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/8/14512478/ruin-of-angels-excerpt-max-gladstone-craft-series |access-date=2017-04-07 |website=The Verge}}\
= ''The Craft Wars'' =
- Dead Country (2023), {{ISBN|978-0765395917}}{{cite news |last1=Zutter |first1=Natalie |title=March's Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books |url=https://lithub.com/marchs-best-sci-fi-and-fantasy-books-2023/ |access-date=17 March 2023}}
- Wicked Problems (2024), {{ISBN|978-0765395931}}
= Standalone novella =
- This Is How You Lose the Time War (with Amal El-Mohtar, 2019), {{ISBN|978-1529405231}}
= Serial fiction =
- Bookburners (created by Gladstone)
- Bookburners Season One (with Margaret Dunlap, Mur Lafferty, and Brian Francis Slattery) (2017)
- Episode 1: "Badge, Book, and Candle" (2015)
- Episode 7: "Now and Then" (2015)
- Episode 11: "Codex Umbra" (2015)
- Episode 16: "Siege" (2015)
- Bookburners Season Two (with Dunlap, Lafferty, Slattery, Andrea Phillips, and Amal El-Mohtar)
- Episode 1: "Creepy Town" (2016)
- Episode 6: "Incognita" (2016)
- Episode 13: "The End of the Day" (2016)
- Bookburners Season Three (with Dunlap, Lafferty, Phillips, and Slattery)
- Episode 1: "Bubbles of Earth" (2017)
- Episode 6: "Oracle Bones" (2017)
- Episode 13: "Live in London" (2017)
- Bookburners Season Four (with Dunlap, Lafferty, Phillips, and Slattery)
- Episode 1: "Body Problems" (2018)
- Episode 10: "Alexandria Leaving" (2018)
- The Witch Who Came in from the Cold (co-created by Gladstone & Lindsay Smith)
- The Witch Who Came in from the Cold Season One (with Lindsay Smith, Cassandra Rose Clarke, Ian Tregillis, and Michael Swanwick) (forthcoming, 2017)
- Episode 1: "A Long, Cold Winter" (with Lindsay Smith, 2016)
- Episode 3: "Double Blind" (2016)
- Episode 9: "Head Case" (2016)
- Episode 13: "Company Time" (with Lindsay Smith, 2016)
- The Witch Who Came in from the Cold Season Two (with Smith, Clarke, Tregillis, and Fran Wilde)
- Episode 2: "Complicating Factors" (2017)
- Episode 8: "What's Gone, What's Left Behind" (2017)
- Episode 11: "Absent Friends" (2017)
= Interactive fiction =
- Choice of the Deathless (2013)
- Deathless: The City's Thirst (2015)
Both games, published by Choice of Games, are set in the Craft Sequence universe.
= Short fiction =
- "The Mask on the Island", On The Premises Magazine #3 (2007)
- "On Starlit Seas", The Book of Exodi, ed. Michael K. Eidson (2009)
- "The Four Modernizations", Necrotic Tissue #9 (2010)
- "Drona's Death", xo Orpheus: 50 New Myths, ed. Kate Bernheimer (2013)
- "The Angelus Guns", Tor.com, ed. Marco Palmieri (2014)
- "A Kiss With Teeth", Tor.com, ed. Marco Palmieri, {{ISBN|978-1466884557}} (2014)
- "Man in the Middle", Shared Nightmares, eds. Steven Diamond an Nathan Shumate (2014)
- "Late Nights at the Cape and Cane", Uncanny Magazine (2014)
- "The Iron Man", The Grimm Future, ed. Erin Underwood (2016)
- "Big Thrull and the Askin’ Man", Uncanny Magazine (2016)
- "Giants in the Sky", The Starlit Wood, eds. Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe (2016)
- "The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom", Tor.com, ed. Marco Palmieri (2017)
- "Crispin's Model", Tor.com, ed. Marco Palmieri (2017)
- "To a Cloven Pie", Robots vs. Fairies, eds. Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe (2018)
- "Fitting In: A Wild Cards Story", Tor.com, ed. George R. R. Martin (2018)
- "The Secret Life of Rubberband", Texas Hold'em, ed. George R. R. Martin (2018)
- "The Man Who Captured Luke Skywalker", From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi, (Del Rey, August 2023)
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.maxgladstone.com}}
- [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?135056 Max Gladstone] at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
{{Hugo Award Best Novella}}
{{Ignyte Award for Best Novella}}
{{Locus Award Best Novella}}
{{Nebula Award Best Novella}}
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Category:American fantasy writers
Category:American male novelists
Category:21st-century American male writers
Category:Hugo Award–winning writers