Orbit Books is an international publisher that specialises in science fiction and fantasy books. It is a division of Lagardère Publishing.

History

It was founded in 1974 as part of the Macdonald Futura publishing company. In 1992, its parent company was bought by Little, Brown & Co., at that stage part of the Time Warner Book Group. In 1997, Orbit acquired the Legend imprint from

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. In 2006, Orbit's parent company

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was sold by Time Warner to the French publishing group

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. In summer 2006, it was announced that Orbit would expand internationally, with the establishment of Orbit imprints in the United States and Australia. Orbit Publishing Director Tim Holman relocated to New York to establish Orbit US as an imprint of

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. In June 2007, Orbit announced the appointment of Bernadette Foley as publisher for Orbit Australia, an imprint of Hachette Livre Australia. In 2009 Orbit expanded to France, used by the editor Calman Levy. In 2020, the popularity of the

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The Witcher ''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are b ...

'' had the publisher reprint all the titles of the Witcher series by Polish author

Andrzej Sapkowski Andrzej Sapkowski (; born 21 June 1948) is a Polish fantasy writer, essayist, translator and a trained economist. He is best known for his six-volume series of books ''The Witcher'', which revolves around the eponymous "witcher," a monster-hunte ...

Authors

Rachel Aaron Rachel Aaron is an American author of fantasy and (under the pen name Rachel Bach) science fiction. Work The first book in the Paradox Series, ''Fortune's Pawn'' (2013), is a type of space opera which was called "lots of fun" by '' Kirkus Revie ...

Joe Abercrombie Joseph Edward Abercrombie (born December 31, 1974) is a British fantasy writer and film editor. He is the author of '' The First Law'' trilogy, as well as other fantasy books in the same setting and a trilogy of young adult novels. His novel '' ...

* Daniel Abraham (also as M. L. N. Hanover) * Brian W. Aldiss * Kevin J. Anderson *

Kelley Armstrong Kelley Armstrong (born 14 December 1968)Bio for school projects Luke Arnold Luke Arnold is an Australian actor and author, best known for playing John Silver in the Starz drama series '' Black Sails''. Early life Arnold was born in Adelaide, South Australia and went to primary school there until his family moved to ...

Stephen Aryan Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; h ...

Paolo Bacigalupi Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi (born August 6, 1972) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He has won the Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell, Compton Crook, Theodore Sturgeon, and Michael L. Printz awards, and has been nominated for th ...

* R. Scott Bakker * Josiah Bancroft * Iain M. Banks *

Robert Jackson Bennett Robert Jackson Bennett (born 1984) is an American writer of speculative fiction. Early life and education Robert Jackson Bennett was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He graduated from the University of Texas with special honors in English in 200 ...

Patricia Briggs Patricia Briggs (born 1965) is an American writer of fantasy since 1993, and author of the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series. Biography Patricia Briggs was born in 1965 in Butte, Montana, United States. She now resides in Benton City, WA B ...

David Brin Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American scientist and author of science fiction. He has won the Hugo,Terry Brooks Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two film novelizations. He has written 23 ''New York Times'' bestsellers during his writing career, and has ...

Robert Buettner Robert Buettner is an American author of military science fiction novels. He is a former military intelligence officer, National Science Foundation Fellow in Paleontology, and has been published in the field of natural resources law.

Jesse Bullington Jesse Bullington is an American fantasy writer from Boulder, Colorado. He has also published as Alex Marshall. Biography Bullington grew up in Pennsylvania, before his family moved to the Netherlands, and then back to the United States. In 2 ...

Jim Butcher Jim Butcher (born October 26, 1971) is an American author., He has written the contemporary fantasy '' The Dresden Files'', '' Codex Alera'', and '' Cinder Spires'' book series. Personal life Butcher was born in Independence, Missouri, in 1971 ...

Trudi Canavan Trudi Canavan (born 23 October 1969) is an Australian writer of fantasy novels, best known for her best-selling fantasy trilogies '' The Black Magician'' and ''Age of the Five''. While establishing her writing career she worked as a graphic des ...

Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and (as of 2022) only person to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for bo ...

* Mike Carey * Amanda Carlson *

Gail Carriger Gail Carriger is the pen name of Tofa Borregaard, an author of steampunk fiction and an American archaeologist. She was born in Bolinas, California, Bolinas, an unincorporated community in Marin County, California, and attended high school at Ma ...

Heather Child Heather Child (3 November 1911 – 18 June 1997) was a British painter. Her work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and ...

* James Clemens * Michael Cobley * James S. A. Corey * David Dalglish *

Marianne de Pierres Marianne de Pierres (born 1961) is an Australian science fiction author. Born in Western Australia, she finished her undergraduate studies at Curtin University in Perth and later studied a Postgraduate Certificate of Arts in Writing, Editing and P ...

* Terry DeHart *

Amanda Downum Amanda Downum is an American fantasy author currently living in Austin, Texas. She was born on July 15, 1979, in Virginia. She is most known for her necromancer chronicles: ''The Drowning City'', ''The Bone Palace'', and ''Kingdoms of Dust''. Downu ...

* Nicholas Eames *

Kate Elliott Kate Elliott may refer to: * Kate Elliott (actress) Kate Elliott (born 30 December 1981) is a New Zealand television and film actress. She was born in and currently resides in Auckland, New Zealand. Kate played the role of one of the "Libera ...

* David Farland * Charlie Fletcher * Pamela Freeman * Celia Friedman * John R. Fultz *

Ian Graham Ian James Alastair Graham OBE (12 November 1923 – 1 August 2017) was a British Mayanist whose explorations of Maya ruins in the jungles of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize helped establish the ''Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions'' publish ...

Jo Graham Jo, jo, JO, or J.O. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Jo'' (film), a 1972 French comedy * ''Jo'' (TV series), a French TV series *"Jo", a song by Goldfrapp from ''Tales of Us'' *"Jo", a song by Mr. Oizo from '' Lambs Anger'' * Jo a ficti ...

Mira Grant Seanan McGuire (pronounced SHAWN-in; born January 5, 1978 in Martinez, California) is an American author and filker. McGuire is known for her urban fantasy novels. She uses the pseudonym Mira Grant to write science fiction/horror and the pseudonym ...

* Kate Griffin * Jon Courtenay Grimwood *

Laurell K. Hamilton Laurell Kaye Hamilton (born February 19, 1963) is an American fantasy and romance writer. She is best known as the author of two series of stories. Her ''New York Times''-bestselling '' Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter'' series centers on Anita Bla ...

Kevin Hearne Kevin Hearne is an American urban fantasy novelist born and raised in Arizona. Hearne is the author of nine novels published by Del Rey in the fantasy book series '' The Iron Druid Chronicles'', plus the 2015 ''Star Wars'' novel '' Heir to th ...

Barb Barb or the BARBs or ''variation'' may refer to: People * Barb (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname * Barb, a term used by fans of Nicki Minaj to refer to themselves * The Barbs, a band Places * Barb, ...

and

J. C. Hendee J. C. Hendee is an American author. With his wife Barb Hendee, he is author of The ''Saga of the Noble Dead'', the fantasy novel series. List of works Saga of the Noble Dead series one: :: Mass market trilogy # ''Dhampir'' (2003, ) with Bar ...

Tanya Huff Tanya Sue Huff (born 1957) is a Canadian fantasy author. Her stories have been published since the late 1980s, including five fantasy series and one science fiction series. One of these, her ''Blood Books'' series, featuring detective Vicki Nel ...

Charlie Huston Charlie Huston is a novelist and TV writer. His twelve novels span several genres from crime to horror to science fiction. His books have been published in English by Ballentine, Del Rey, Mulholland and Orion, and translated into nine other lang ...

* Ian Irvine * James Islington * Trent Jamieson * N. K. Jemisin *

J. V. Jones Julie Victoria Jones (born 1963) is a British author of fantasy. She was born 1963 in Liverpool, England, as the daughter of a pub owner. In her youth she worked as a bar tender and for a record label in Liverpool. She lives in San Diego, Califor ...

Celine Kiernan Celine Kiernan (born October 1967 in Dublin) is an Irish author of fantasy novels for young adults. She is best known for The Moorehawke Trilogy. Set in an alternate renaissance Europe, the trilogy combines fantasy elements with an exploration of ...

Russell Kirkpatrick Russell Kirkpatrick (born 1961) is a New Zealand novelist, geography lecturer, mapmaker and photographer. He has contributed to a number of notable atlases, and since 2004 has completed two fantasy trilogies. He is a three-time winner of the a ...

Mur Lafferty Mur Lafferty (born July 25, 1973) is an American podcaster and writer based in Durham, North Carolina. She was the editor and host of '' Escape Pod'' from 2010, when she took over from Steve Eley, until 2012, when she was replaced by Norm Sherm ...

Glenda Larke Glenda Larke, born Glenyce Larke, is an Australian writer. Biography Larke grew up in Western Australia. She obtained a degree in history and a diploma in education at University of Western Australia and has taught English in Australia, Vienna ...

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 ...

Ann Leckie Ann Leckie (born 2 March 1966) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Her 2013 debut novel ''Ancillary Justice'', in part about artificial consciousness and gender-blindness, won the 2014 Hugo Award for "Best Novel", as well as t ...

* Marjorie M. Liu * Helen Lowe *

Ken MacLeod Kenneth Macrae MacLeod (born 2 August 1954) is a Scottish science fiction writer. His novels ''The Sky Road'' and ''The Night Sessions'' won the BSFA Award. MacLeod's novels have been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo, Nebula, Locus, ...

* Devin Madson * Gail Z. Martin *

T. C. McCarthy T. C. McCarthy is a science fiction author. His first novel, ''Germline'', won the 2012 Compton Crook Award. Education McCarthy earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia. He also earned a PhD in geology from the University of ...

* Fiona McIntosh *

Karen Miller Karen Miller is an Australian writer. She is best known for '' The Innocent Mage'', the first book in her duology ''Kingmaker, Kingbreaker''. Biography Miller was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and moved to Australia at the age of ...

Elizabeth Moon Elizabeth Moon (born March 7, 1945) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Her other writing includes newspaper columns and opinion pieces. Her novel ''The Speed of Dark'' won the 2003 Nebula Award. Prior to her writing career, she ...

* Christopher Moore *

Simon Morden Simon Morden is an English science fiction author, best known for his Philip K. Dick Award–winning ''Metrozone'' series of novels set in post-apocalyptic London. Biography Morden was educated as a scientist, attaining a BSc (Hons) in Geology ...

Rachel Neumeier Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her au ...

Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz (born May 7, 1969) is an American journalist, editor, and author of both fiction and nonfiction, who has written for the periodicals ''Popular Science'' and ''Wired''. From 1999 to 2008 Newitz wrote a syndicated weekly column calle ...

Kristen Painter Kristen Painter is a USA Today Best Selling American author, known for her ''Nocturne Falls'' and ''House of Comarré'' series. Prior to becoming a full-time author Painter worked as a college English teacher, maître d', personal trainer, and jew ...

Philip Palmer Philip Palmer is a British novelist and screenwriter. Originally from Port Talbot, Wales, he studied English at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating in 1979. Writing career His first novel was ''Debatable Space'', published in January 2008 by Or ...

K. J. Parker Thomas Charles Louis Holt (born 13 September 1961) is a British novelist. In addition to fiction published under his own name, he writes fantasy under the pseudonym K. J. Parker. Biography Holt was born in London, the son of novelist Hazel ...

Nicole Peeler Nicole D. Peeler (born August 24, 1978) is an American author and educator, who wrote the ''Jane True – Tempest'' urban fantasy series. Biography Nicole Peeler has a B.A. in English Literature, Magna Cum Laude from Boston University and a Ph.D ...

* Jennifer Rardin *

Andy Remic Andrey John "Andy" Remic (26 July 1971 – 26 February 2022) was a British author of thrillers, science fiction and military science fiction. He was also an indie filmmaker. Life and career Born in 1971 to Yugoslav emigrant Nikolas Remic and ...

Kim Stanley Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American writer of science fiction. He has published twenty-two novels and numerous short stories and is best known for his ''Mars'' trilogy. His work has been translated into 24 languages. Many ...

Brian Ruckley Brian Ruckley is a Scottish fantasy author and comic book writer. He is the author of The Godless World trilogy: '' Winterbirth'', '' Bloodheir'', and '' Fall of Thanes''. He'd go on to become principal writer of the current ''Transformers: G ...

* Lilith Saintcrow *

Brandon Sanderson Brandon Winn Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) is an American author of high fantasy and science fiction. He is best known for the Cosmere fictional universe, in which most of his fantasy novels, most notably the '' Mistborn'' series and '' Th ...

* Joel Shepherd *

Jeff Somers Jeff Somers is an American science fiction author from New Jersey. Literary career Since 1995, Somers has published his zine ''The Inner Swine'' and has been a prolific contributor to alt.zines. The 21st century has seen Somers's transformation f ...

Allen Steele Allen Mulherin Steele, Jr. (born January 19, 1958) is an American journalist and science fiction author. Background Steele was born in Nashville, Tennessee on January 19, 1958. He was introduced to science fiction fandom attending meetings o ...

Charles Stross Charles David George "Charlie" Stross (born 18 October 1964) is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy. Stross specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. Between 1994 and 2004, he was also an active writer for the magazine ...

* Michael J. Sullivan *

Tricia Sullivan Tricia Sullivan (born July 7, 1968 in New Jersey, United States) is a science fiction writer. She also writes fantasy under the pseudonym Valery Leith. She moved to the United Kingdom in 1995. In 1999 she won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for her n ...

Tasha Suri Tasha Suri is a British fantasy author and former academic librarian. Her debut novel ''Empire of Sand'' (published in 2018) won Suri the Best Newcomer (Sydney J Bounds) Award at the 2019 British Fantasy Awards and was listed by Time Magazine as ...

Tade Thompson Tade Thompson is a British-born Nigerian psychiatrist best known for his science fiction novels. Life and career Thompson was born in London to Yoruba parents. His family left the United Kingdom for Nigeria in 1976, when Thompson was seven. He ...

Karen Traviss Karen Traviss is a science fiction author from Wiltshire, England. She is the author of the ''Wess'Har'' series, and has written tie-in material based on ''Star Wars'', '' Gears of War'', ''Halo'', '' G.I. Joe'' and the newest ''Nomad'' Series wo ...

Angus Watson Angus Watson (born 4 September 1972) is a British novelist and journalist. His epic fantasy trilogy set in the British Iron Age began in 2014 with ''Age of Iron''. ''Clash of Iron'' was released in March 2015 and ''Reign of Iron'' was released i ...

Brent Weeks Brent Weeks (born March 7, 1977) is an American fantasy writer. His debut novel, ''The Way of Shadows'', was a The New York Times Best Seller list, ''New York Times'' best seller in April 2009. Each of the five books in his Lightbringer Series m ...

* Jaye Wells * Sean Williams *

Tad Williams Robert Paul "Tad" Williams (born March 14, 1957) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. He is the author of the multivolume '' Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn'' series, ''Otherland'' series, and '' Shadowmarch'' series as well as the stand ...

Walter Jon Williams Walter Jon Williams (born October 28, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Previously he wrote nautical adventure fiction under the name Jon Williams, in particular, ''Privateers and Gentlemen'' (1981–1984), a series of hi ...

Evan Winter Evan Winter is a Canadian author of epic fantasy. His first novel, ''The Rage of Dragons'', was originally self-published. In 2020, ''TIME'' named it one of the 100 best fantasy books of all time. A sequel, called ''The Fires of Vengeance'', was ...

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