Joe Abercrombie is a British fantasy writer and the author of The First Law Trilogy and three stand-alone novels and two short stories set in the same world.

Abercrombie was born on 31 December 1974 in Lancaster, England. He was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Manchester University, where he studied psychology. After graduation he worked in television production before becoming a freelance film editor. He currently lives in Bath, Somerset with his wife and three children.

During a break between jobs he began work on The Blade Itself in 2002, completing it in 2004. By chance, the manuscript came to the attention of editor Gillian Redfearn at Gollancz, a British science fiction and fantasy publishing company. Gollancz purchased the book and two sequels, publishing The Blade Itself in 2006. The novel was followed by two sequels, Before They Are Hanged and Last Argument of Kings in 2007 and 2008. These three books comprise the First Law Trilogy. Abercrombie followed up the trilogy with two stand-alone novels in the same world, Best Served Cold and The Heroes, in 2009 and 2011 respectively.

In August 2011 Abercrombie confirmed he was working on his sixth novel, with the working title A Red Country, tentatively scheduled for publication in late 2012. He is contracted with Gollancz for three additional novels after A Red Country, which may comprise another trilogy.

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 The First Law Trilogy 1.2 Stand-alones 1.3 Short stories 2 Comments

BibliographyEdit

The First Law TrilogyEdit

1. The Blade Itself (May 2006)
2. Before They Are Hanged (March 2007)
3. Last Argument of Kings (March 2008)

Stand-alonesEdit

• Best Served Cold (June 2009)
• The Heroes (January 2011)
• A Red Country (late 2012, estimated)

Short storiesEdit

• The Fool Jobs (2010) - published in the Swords and Dark Magic anthology
• Yesterday, Near a Village Called Barden (2011) - published in a Waterstones-exclusive edition of The Heroes