Lou Anders is a US-based author, known for the ''Thrones & Bones'' series of middle grade fantasy novels. Anders is a Hugo Award-winning editor, a Chesley Award-winning art director, a journalist, a children's author, and a tabletop roleplaying game designer. In 2021, Anders launched Lazy Wolf Studios to publish tabletop roleplaying game material set in the world of his novels.

Early life

Lou Anders is originally from

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, but has lived in multiple cities in several states. In 2003, he returned to

having moved there from

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via

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. He describes his route through the science fiction and writings businesses as broadly beginning with "theatre in college lead ngto a partial scholarship to study acting in Oxford and London". This in turn got him into directing plays in Chicago, which led to working on sets in Los Angeles, which led to journalism & screenwriting, the former being "sci-fi" based, which led to internet publishing, which led to publishing.

Career

Anders' break came in 1994, when he became involved with the UK's

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when they were about to launch the first

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magazine, '' Star Trek Monthly'' (launched in March 1995). Recommended to Titan by

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, Anders became Titan Publishing Group's 'Los Angeles liaison', "churning out about 30 articles a month on average and living on the Star Trek and Babylon 5 sets". Anders was writing scripts and pitches on the side with a writing partner, and in 1996, was asked to write ''The Making of Star Trek: First Contact'' for

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."New Directions: Mind the Gap" by Lou Anders at RevolutionSF
Accessed January 27, 2008 Between 1994 and 1999, Anders wrote around 500 articles, which have appeared in multiple magazines on a variety of - primarily science fiction-related - subjects, and ''

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'' in particular. His articles have appeared in ''Babylon 5 Magazine'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Manga Max'', ''Sci Fi Universe'', '' Star Trek Monthly'' and ''Star Wars Monthly'', and been translated into several languages.Lou Anders' Bio on his webpage
. Accessed January 27, 2008 Much of his work has also appeared online at sites including Believermag.com, the

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, Infinity Plus. and RevolutionSF.com, while many of his ''Star Trek'' and ''Babylon 5'' articles and interviews "have been illegally transcribed and are scattered throughout ebites the world over".

Editor

Bookface

In late 1999/early 2000, and shortly after two of Anders' then-main journalistic subjects - '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' and ''Babylon 5'' spin-off ''Crusade'' - were cancelled, he was invited to fly from West Hollywood to San Francisco, to become Executive Editor o
www.Bookface.com
an online company providing non-downloadable and non-printable books and short stories for free online reading. In June 2000, ''Bookface, Inc.'' launched the websit
www.Bookface.com
a "Read on Demand" service precipitated both by the concurrent print on demand boom, and launching during the hype surrounding

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's online-only novella ''The Plant'', which had been launched in July, 1999. Bookface delivered "whole books and excerpts to readers directly", with publishers including

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, Penguin Puttnam,

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and Time Warner Trade Publishing lined up to provide Bookface with content.Bookface.com Opens Books Online; Innovative Website Gives Readers Direct Access to Books; www.bookface.com to Launch With Involvement of Major Publishers
June 2, 2000. Accessed January 27, 2008 CEO and co-Founder Tammy Deuster described Bookface as:

essentially providing an ever-present and convenient way to find a book without a special hardware device, without a download, and without even requiring a credit card. A user simply logs on to our website and starts to read.

The idea behind Bookface.com was to provide books for free, "while paying authors and publishers for each page read", through revenue derived from advertising. Bookface's launch coincided with the bursting of the "

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", while its success was tied closely to interest in online "Read on Demand" content (not to be confused with the similar but separate electronic medium,

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s) becoming widespread. Arguably the highest-profile online-published title of the time was Stephen King's '' The Plant'', whose initial success was cited by Bookface's co-founder and CEO Tammy Deuster as "proof that readers want to explore exciting books, whether those books are delivered in printed or electronic mediums". Despite initial success, however, actual sales of King's novella fell once the media circus had died down, with the ratio of paying readers to total readers falling to less than half by the fourth part of the serial. ''The Plant'' serialization came to a halt in late 2000, and Bookface itself followed suit, ceasing trading in early 2001. In January 2001, Anders edited an anthology entitled ''Outside the Box: The Best Short Fiction from Bookface.com'', which was published by

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''Argosy''

In 2003, Anders launched ''Argosy Magazine'' in collaboration with publisher James A. Owen, serving from 2003 to 2004 as senior editor on the bimonthly title. It was named after '' Argosy'' (a title that dates back to the 19th century), because (as Anders describes in an interview with John C. Snider): " thought taking a name that harkened back to its spirit was a good launching point from which to found a new magazine, one that sought to set trends for the 21st century, the way Munsey's magazines did for the 19th and 20th.John Snider interviews Lou Anders about ''Argosy'' magazine
. Accessed January 27, 2008 Despite this, ''Argosy Magazine'', however was stated to have "''no'' connection to the original Frank A. Munsey magazine, or any other incarnation of ''Argosy'' ... tis a completely new magazine ... a new entity." The new magazine, "devoted to publishing quality fiction in a wide range of genres and styles, from science fiction and fantasy to mystery to mainstream", and including a smattering of non-fiction essays and interviews, launched in November, 2003, and featured in its first eclectic issue an interview by Adam Roberts with

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. ''Argosy'' format complimented its eclectic nature, accompanying its

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magazine with a "separate trade-paperback

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... othpresented in an attractive slipcase".(See left for ''Argosy'' #2's cover & slipcase.) The uniqueness of its design proved confusing to retailers, however, leading to subsequent issues being published in two formats: "Connoisseur" (two-volume, available through ''Argosy'', to subscribers and via certain comic shops and independent bookshops) and "Proletarian" (single magazine, available at newsstands). Having overseen the first two issues (and preparatory work on a third), mounting "creative differences" and concerns caused Anders to resign as editor in early July, 2004 to focus on his work with Pyr while ''Argosy'' itself went on hiatus.

Anthologies

Anders has edited a number of anthologies from several different publishers, helped in no small part by having been able to forge links and contacts with sci-fi authors during his time at Bookface. Anders' anthologies include ''Outside the Box''(above) (a ' Print on Demand' collection of short stories that first appeared on Bookface.com) from

, '' Live Without a Net'' from Roc (although originally planned for a small press, which was going under at the time) and ''Projections'' from

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(initially two separate books, "one on literature and one on cinema", co-published by Chris Roberson, whom Anders had met through ''Live Without a Net''). Anders is seen as a particular mentor to Roberson, whom he met at the World Fantasy Convention in Montreal, where he invited Roberson to submit to '' Live Without a Net''. Roberson's work subsequently appeared in ''Argosy'' magazine, Anders' ''FutureShocks'' and his novels ''Here, There & Everywhere'' and ''Paragaea: A Planetary Romance'' have both been published by Pyr. Roberson was also featured in the Anders-edited anthology
Sideways in Crime
' (2008). Anders notes that his anthology ''Live Without a Net'' was a direct reaction against a certain type of science fiction. He says, in interview with Rick Kleffel:

I was reacting to what I felt was a preponderance of post-cyberpunk in American science fiction in the year 2000. The anthology was a deliberate attempt to counter that trend in some small and useful way.

Pyr

Having been encouraged to apply to

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' advert for "someone to help them launch a new SF line", Anders has been editorial director of

' science fiction imprint Pyr, since its launch in March, 2005. Pyr is an imprint of Prometheus Books, and its titles under Anders have been nominated for multiple awards. Anders hopes that the imprint will help regain science fiction's "grounding in science", while making sure to note that that is not the be-all and end-all. He is adamant that the imprint not be so narrow as to confine our authors to one agenda, so that while I am selecting books that mesh broadly with their overall aesthetic, I'm not limiting us to just one mode or subgenre or philosophical position ... oweverI'm hoping Pyr will stay slanted towards science fiction over fantasy, while publishing engaging and intelligent offerings from both genres. I have a real need for hard science fiction. He states that it is the core concept that is important, that:

If a story can survive without the speculative element and is only using the science fiction as backdrop, then I'm not interested.

Pyr's launch titles in its "first season" comprised eight titles - "four original novels, two North American debuts, one classic reprint, and one anthology". The authors (and anthologist

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) were all recipients of multiple industry awards and/or nominations, and were:

weighted towards hard SF, but contain two fantasies (one secondary world, one historical), one sci-fantasy or soft SF, and an anthology of stories examining the very Promethean struggle of science vs. superstition.

Those, Anders stated, were "highly reflective" of his subsequent intentions as editor, which he says are similar to those of

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, effectively "pruning" science fiction to its relevant core. Anders is particularly proud to have brought

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to American attention. Pyr's published authors also include

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, Adam Roberts,

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Justina Robson Justina Robson (born 11 June 1968 in Leeds, England) is a science fiction author from Leeds, England. Biography and publishing history Justina Robson was born in Leeds on 11 June 1968, and studied philosophy and linguistics at the University o ...

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, and Ian McDonald.

Children's author

Anders left Pyr in September 2014 to concentrate on writing full-time. That year, Anders published the middle grade novel ''Frostborn''. It was followed by ''Nightborn'', ''Skyborn'', ''Star Wars: Pirate's Price'', and ''Once Upon a Unicorn''. He has short fiction included in the anthologies ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Stories of LIght and Dark'' and ''All is Found: A Frozen Anthology''.

Game designer

In the roleplaying game arena, Anders has designed games for Kobold Press, River Horse, and others, contributing to such titles as ''The Curious Case of the Malfunctioning P.R.A.N.C.E.R.'', ''Margreve Player’s Guide'', ''Midgard Magic Ley Lines'', ''Tome of Time'', ''Warlock Grimoire III'', ''Warlock Grimoire IV,'' and ''The White Worg Accord''. In 2021, Anders created Lazy Wolf Studios to publish the Thrones & Bones line of campaign settings, adventure books, supplemental materials, and short fiction. To date, Lazy Wolf Studios has released the ''Norrøngard Campaign Setting'', ''Sagas of Norrøngard'', ''Player's Guide to Norrøngard'', ''Vengeance of the Valravn'', ''Tales from Stolki's Hall'', ''Banner of the Bull'', and ''Keeper of the Drowned''.

Awards and nominations

Anders was nominated for a

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for Best Editor Long Form seven years in a row, in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 winning in 2011. He is a 2008

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nominee for his anthology, ''Fast Forward 2,'' and a 2010

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and

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nominee for his anthology, ''Swords & Dark Magic,'' edited with

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. He was nominated for a Chesley Award for Best Art Director in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2103, and 2014, winning in 2009. He is a 2006 and a 2011 World Fantasy Special Award: Professional nominee for editing at Pyr. His middle grade fantasy novel ''Frostborn'' has been nominated for a 2015-16 Utah Beehive Book Award, a 2016-17 Nebraska Golden Sower Award, a 2016-17 Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award, and a 2016-17 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award. He was chosen as the 2016

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Children's Writer-in-Residence.

Other appearances

Anders also features as a recurring fictional cartoon character in Jim Woodward's real-life comic book stories ''These Things Happen''.''Comics'' on Lou Anders' webpage
. Accessed January 27, 2008

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Frostborn'' (Thrones and Bones Book One) (Crown Books for Young Readers August 5, 2014) Cover by Justin Gerard * ''Nightborn'' (Thrones and Bones Book Two) (Crown Books for Young Readers July 14, 2015) Cover by Justin Gerard * ''Skyborn'' (Thrones and Bones Book Three) (Crown Books for Young Readers September 6, 2016) Cover by Justin Gerard * ''Once Upon a Unicorn'' (Thrones and Bones Book Four) (Crown Books for Young Readers August 25, 2020) Cover by Brian Miller

Anthologies

*''Outside the Box: The Best Short Fiction from Bookface.com'' (ed.) (

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Kristine Kathryn Rusch Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born June 4, 1960) is an American writer and editor. She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and mainstream. Rusch won the Hugo Award for Best Nove ...

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Mary Rosenblum Mary Rosenblum (born Mary Freeman; June 27, 1952 – March 11, 2018) was an American science fiction and mystery author. Biography Rosenblum was born in Levittown, New York and grew up in Allison Park, Pennsylvania. She earned a biology deg ...

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Jon Courtenay Grimwood Jon Courtenay Grimwood (born 1953 in Valletta, Malta) is a Maltese born British science fiction and fantasy author. He also writes literary fiction as Jonathan Grimwood, and crime fiction and thrillers as Jack Grimwood. Biography Grimwood was b ...

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Eric Flint Eric Flint (February 6, 1947 – July 17, 2022) was an American author, editor, and e-publisher. The majority of his works are alternate history science fiction, but he also wrote humorous fantasy adventures. His works have been listed on ' ...

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Kay Kenyon Kay Kenyon (born July 2, 1956 ) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer currently living in Wenatchee, Washington Wenatchee ( ) is the county seat and most populous city of Chelan County, Washington, Chelan County, Washington (state) ...

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Chris Nakashima-Brown Christopher Brown is an American author, who is known for writing science fiction and nature-focused nonfiction. His first novel, ''Tropic of Kansas'', was published in 2017 by Harper Voyager, and was a finalist for the 2018 John W. Campbell M ...

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Cory Doctorow Cory Efram Doctorow (; born 17 July 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog ''Boing Boing''. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of th ...

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Benjamin Rosenbaum Benjamin Rosenbaum (born August 23, 1969) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction writer, game designer, and computer programmer. His stories and novels have been finalists for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Theodore ...

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Karl Schroeder Karl Schroeder () (born September 4, 1962) is a Canadian science fiction author and a professional futurist. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality, and interstellar travel, ...

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Steven Erikson Steve Rune Lundin (born October 7, 1959), known by his pseudonym Steven Erikson, is a Canadian author, novelist who was educated and trained as both an archaeologist and anthropologist. He is best known for his ten-volume spanning epic fantasy s ...

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Glen Cook Glen Charles Cook (born July 9, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction, known for '' The Black Company'' and '' Garrett P.I.'' fantasy series. Biography Cook was born in New York City.Gene Wolfe Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short story writer and no ...

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James Enge James Enge is the pseudonym of James M. Pfundstein, an American fantasy author. His best known work is the ongoing ''Morlock the Maker'' series. His first novel in the series, ''Blood of Ambrose'', was nominated for the World Fantasy Award in 20 ...

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C. J. Cherryh Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award–winning novels '' Downbe ...

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Garth Nix Garth Richard Nix (born 19 July 1963) is an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adult fantasy novels, notably the ''The Old Kingdom, Old Kingdom'', ''The Seventh Tower, Seventh Tower'' and ''The Keys to the Kingdom, Keys t ...

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Tim Lebbon Tim Lebbon (born 28 July 1969, London) is a British horror and dark fantasy writer. Life Lebbon was born in London. He lived in Devon until he was eight and then in Newport until the age of 26. He now lives in Goytre, Monmouthshire with his ...

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Greg Keyes Gregory Keyes (born April 11, 1963) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy who has written both original and media-related novels under both the names J. Gregory Keyes and Greg Keyes. Early life Keyes was born in Meridian, Mississi ...

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Scott Lynch Scott Lynch (born April 2, 1978) is an American fantasy author, best known for the ''Gentleman Bastard Sequence'' series of novels. His first novel, ''The Lies of Locke Lamora'', was purchased by Orion Books in August 2004 and published in June 2 ...

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Tanith Lee Tanith Lee (19 September 1947 – 24 May 2015) was a British science fiction and fantasy writer. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Society Derleth Awards, the World Fantasy Lifetime ...

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Bill Willingham William Willingham (born 1956) is an American writer and artist of comics, known for his work on the series '' Elementals'' and ''Fables''. Career William Willingham was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. During his father's military career the fam ...

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Trevor Hairsine Trevor Hairsine is a British comics artist, whose detailed style has been compared to that of Bryan Hitch. In August 2005 Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada named him as one of Marvel Comics's "Young Guns", a group of artists who have the qual ...

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James Maxey James Maxey is an American author best known for his work in the fields of science fiction and fantasy. He has won the Phobos Award, been nominated for the WSFA Small Press Award, is a 2015 Piedmont Laureate, and reprinted in the Year's Best Sci ...

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Mike Baron Mike Baron (born July 1, 1949) is an American comic book writer and novelist. He is the creator of ''Badger (comics), Badger'' and the co-creator of ''Nexus (comics), Nexus'' with Steve Rude. He is also well known as the first writer on Marvel Co ...

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Daryl Gregory Daryl Gregory (born 1965) is an American science fiction, fantasy and comic book author. Gregory is a 1988 alumnus of the Michigan State University Clarion science fiction workshop, and won the 2009 Crawford Award for his novel ''Pandemonium''. P ...

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Gail Simone Gail Simone (born July 29, 1974) is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC Comics, DC's ''Birds of Prey (comics), Birds of Prey'', ''Batgirl'', Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest running female write ...

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Peter David Peter Allen David (September 23, 1956 – May 24, 2025), often abbreviated PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films, and video games.Buxton, Marc (March 29, 2014)"From 'Future Imperfect' to '2099': Peter David's Grea ...

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Joseph Mallozzi Joseph Mallozzi (born 16 October 1965) is a Canadian writer and producer. He is most noted for his contributions to the ''Stargate SG-1'', '' Stargate: Atlantis'' and '' Stargate Universe'' television series and as showrunner of ''Dark Matter''. ...

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Mark Chadbourn Mark Chadbourn is an English fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, and horror author with more than a dozen novels (and one non-fiction book) published around the world. He also writes historical novels under the pseudonym "James Wilde". ...

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Joel Shepherd Joel Shepherd (born 1974 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian science fiction author. He moved to Perth, Western Australia with his family when he was seven, where he later studied film and television arts at Curtin University. He no ...

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Jonathan Anders Jonathan Victor Anders (born 25 January 1971) was an English cricketer who played all his cricket for Shropshire. He was born in Tunbridge Wells and educated at Belvidere School, Shrewsbury. He played at club level for Shrewsbury and Perkins c ...

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Short fiction

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(Oct, 2005)) *"The Mad Lands, Part 1: Death Wish" in ''Adventure, Vol. I'' by Chris Roberson (ed.) (

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'' anthology '' Short Trips: Transmissions'' (2008) *"And How His Audit Stands" in ''The Clockwork Jungle Book'' (

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(May, 2006)) * "A Word Of Warning For Brandon Routh" in ''The Man from Krypton: A Closer Look at Superman'' by Glenn Yeffeth (ed.) (

(May 2006)) * Counsel for the Prosection: "Star Wars novels are poor substitutes for real science fiction and are driving real SF off the shelves" in ''Star Wars on Trial'' by

David Brin Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American science fiction author. He has won the Hugo Award, Hugo,

Matthew Woodring Stover Matthew Woodring Stover (born January 29, 1962) is an American fantasy and science fiction novelist. He is most well known for his four ''Star Wars'' novels, including the novelization of '' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith''. He ...

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(June, 2006)) *"The Natural and the Unnatural: Verisimilitude in ''Battlestar Galactica''" in ''So Say We All: Collected Thoughts and Opinions on Battlestar Galactica'' by Richard Hatch (ed.) (

(Oct, 2006)) *"The Tangled Web We Weave" in ''Webslinger: SF and Comic Writers on Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man'' by Glenn Yeffeth (ed.) (

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References

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Lou Anders' homepageLou Anders' blog ''"Bowing to the Future"''Lou Anders' Amazon blogPrometheus Books' science fiction/fantasy imprint ''Pyr Bookss websiteDavid Alastair Hayden interviews Lou Anders for Redstone Science Fiction
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20090105181912/http://www.scifidimensions.com/main/2008/11/13/podcast-18-lou-anders/ Interview on the SciFiDimensions Podcast*
Lou Anders at Penguin Random House

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