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Joe Abercrombie

Born

in Lancaster, England, The United Kingdom

December 31, 1974

Website

http://www.joeabercrombie.com/

Twitter

LordGrimdark

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Joe Abercrombie was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Manchester University, where he studied psychology. He moved into television production before taking up a career as a freelance film editor. During a break between jobs he began writing The Blade Itself in 2002, completing it in 2004. It was published by Gollancz in 2006 and was followed by two other books in The First Law trilogy, Before They Are Hanged and Last Argument of Kings. He currently lives and works in London with his wife and daughter. In early 2008 Joe Abercrombie was one of the contributors to the BBC Worlds of Fantasy series, alongside other contributors such as Michael Moorcock, Terry Pratchett and China Mieville. ...more

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Progress Report August ’24

So, ahem, a couple of days late on this one. You could, in fact, say a couple of months late, since I missed the last one. Honestly, there just wasn’t a huge amount to report so it hardly seemed worth troubling anyone. But the last couple of months have seen a bit more movement.

The Devils continues to wend its crooked way towards publication – proof reading now all done, and internal art and desig

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Joe Abercrombie’s books

Average rating: 4.27 · 1,163,524 ratings · 75,797 reviews · 128 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 262,670 ratings — published 2006 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 183,655 ratings — published 2007 — 131 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 169,584 ratings — published 2008 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Served Cold 4.23 avg rating — 96,393 ratings — published 2009 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heroes 4.34 avg rating — 65,666 ratings — published 2011 — 93 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 67,795 ratings — published 2014 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Country 4.31 avg rating — 55,974 ratings — published 2012 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 47,422 ratings — published 2019 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Half the World (Shattered Sea, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 41,084 ratings — published 2015 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2) 4.60 avg rating — 34,636 ratings — published 2020 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Joe Abercrombie

First Law World (11 books)
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Joe Abercrombie

4.32 avg rating — 983,713 ratings

The First Law (3 books)
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4.28 avg rating — 650,998 ratings

Shattered Sea (3 books)
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Joe Abercrombie

4.05 avg rating — 142,970 ratings

The Age of Madness (3 books)
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Joe Abercrombie

4.53 avg rating — 113,564 ratings

The First Law Comics (4 books)
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4.41 avg rating — 2,438 ratings

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Few things compare to the electric anticipation of the next entry in a series you're obsessed with–you get to drop back into worlds your...

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