Genevieve Cogman

Genevieve Cogman is a British author of fantasy literature and role-playing games.

Cogman has worked as a freelance role-playing author, contributing towards the Steve Jackson Games titles In Nomine and GURPS, the White Wolf Publishing titles Orpheus and Exalted, and the Evil Hat Productions title The Dresden Files.^[1]

Cogman's debut novel The Invisible Library, the first book in an eponymous series, was released in January 2015. The second book in the series, The Masked City, was released in December 2015 with the third, The Burning Page, due for release in December 2016. The series revolves around a team of secretive librarians who travel to alternate realities to acquire works of fiction on behalf of a mysterious library which exists outside of normal space and time. The series incorporates numerous fantasy elements including steampunk, supernatural beings and magic.^[2] Tor Books, a fantasy imprint of Pan Macmillan, acquired rights for a further two books in the series, with the first due in December 2017.^[3] Cogman is represented by the Knight Agency.^[4]

Cogman has an MSc in Statistics with Medical Applications. She works for the NHS and lives in the North of England.^[5]

Selected works

The Invisible Library series

• Cogman, Genevieve. The Invisible Library: The Invisible Library Series, Book 1. London: Pan Macmillan, 2015. ISBN 9781447256236
• Cogman, Genevieve. The Masked City: The Invisible Library Series, Book 2. London: Pan Macmillan, 2015. ISBN 9781447256250
• Cogman, Genevieve. The Burning Page: The Invisible Library Series, Book 3. London: Pan Macmillan, 2016. ISBN 9781447256274 (upcoming December 2016)

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