George Mann (writer)
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George Mann is a British author and editor, primarily in genre fiction, and is best known for his alternate history detective novel series Newbury and Hobbes (2008-2019) and The Ghosts action science fiction noir novels (2010-2017), a book series set in the same universe.[1]
George Mann | |
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Born | Lincolnshire, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | novelist and editor |
Notable work | Newbury and Hobbes Ghosts of Manhattan The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Doctor Who novel series |
Mann works in Nottinghamshire and lives in Lincolnshire, England.[2] He is a former editor of Outland Magazine, and has also edited a number of anthologies, including The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction (Volumes 1, 2 and 3), The Solaris Book of New Fantasy[3] and two retrospective collections of Sexton Blake stories, Sexton Blake, Detective, which has an introduction by Michael Moorcock and Sexton Blake, Crime Fighter.[4]
Mann is the author of The Human Abstract,[5] The Severed Man, a novella in the series the Time Hunter, and co-author of the series finale, Child of Time.[6] He has also written numerous short stories, and original Doctor Who novels. In 2011 he wrote a new Sherlock Holmes audiobook as well.[7] The novels The Affinity Bridge and The Osiris Ritual marked the beginning of his Newbury and Hobbes detective series.