James Lovegrove is the author of several acclaimed novels and books for children.

James was born on Christmas Eve 1965 and, having dabbled in writing at school, first took it seriously while at university. A short story of his won a college competition. The prize was £15, and it cost £18 to get the story professionally typed. This taught him a hard but necessary lesson in the harsh economic realities of a literary career.

Straight after graduating from Oxford with a degree in English Literature, James set himself the goal of getting a novel written and sold within two years. In the event, it took two months. The Hope was completed in six weeks and accepted by Macmillan a fortnight later. The seed for the idea for the novel — a world in microcosm on an ocean liner — was planted during a cross-Channel ferry journey.

Books in order of publication:
Novels

The Hope, Macmillan 1990

Days, Gollancz 1997

Escardy Gap (with Peter Crowther), Earthlight/Tor 1998 

The Foreigners, Gollancz 2000

Untied Kingdom, Gollancz 2003

Worldstorm, Gollancz 2004

Provender Gleed, Gollancz 2005

Better Life, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

The James Lovegrove Collection, Volume #1, REBCA, 2014

Conan: Cult of the Obsidian Moon – 2025

Redlaw

Redlaw, Solaris Books, 2011

Redlaw Red Eye, Solaris Books, 2012

The Dev Harmer Missions

World of Fire, 2014, Solaris Books

World of Water, 2016

The Pantheon Series

The Age of Ra, Solaris Books, 2009

The Age of Zeus, Solaris Books, 2010

The Age of Odin, Solaris Books, 2011

Age of Aztec, Solaris Books, 2012

Age of Godpunk, Solaris Books, 2013

Age of Voodoo, Solaris Books, 2013

Age of Shiva, Solaris Books, 2014

Age of Heroes, Solaris Books, 2016

Age of Legends, Solaris Books, 2019 

Sherlock Holmes pastiches

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes: The Stuff of Nightmares, Titan Books 2013

Sherlock Holmes: Gods of War, Titan Books 2014

Sherlock Holmes: The Thinking Engine, Titan Books 2015

Sherlock Holmes: The Labyrinth of Death, Titan Books 2017

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Dust, Titan Books 2018

Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon, Titan Books 2019

Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons, Titan Books, 2020

Sherlock Holmes & The Three Winter Terrors, Titan Books, 2021

The Cthulhu Casebooks

Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows, Titan Books 2016

Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities, Titan Books 2017

Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils, Titan Books 2018

Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors, Titan Books 2023

Sherlock Holmes Short Fiction

The Fallen Financier, in George Mann (ed.), Encounters of Sherlock Holmes, Titan Books, 2013

The Innocent Icarus, in David Thomas Moore (ed.), Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets, Abaddon, 2014

Pure Swank, in George Mann (ed.), Associates of Sherlock Holmes, Titan Books, 2016

The Noble Burglar, in George Mann (ed.), Further Associates of Sherlock Holmes, Titan Books, 2017

The Adventure of the Deadly Séance, in Martin Rosenstock (ed.), Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Seven, Titan Books, 2019

The Manifestations of Sherlock Holmes (collection of 12 short stories), Titan Books, 2020

Firefly

Big Damn Hero, Titan Books 2018 (original story concept by Nancy Holder)

The Magnificent Nine, Titan Books 2019

The Ghost Machine, Titan Books 2020

Life Signs, Titan Books 2021

The Clouded World Series

(writing as Jay Amory)

The Fledging of Az Gabrielson (2006)

Pirates of the Relentless Desert (2007)

Darkening for a Fall (2008)

Empire of Chaos (2008)

The Wingless Boy, collecting vols. 1 and #2 (2008)

The Clouded World, collecting vols. 3 and #4 (2008)

Children’s books

The Web: Computopia, Dolphin, 1998

Wings, Barrington Stoke, 2001

The House of Lazarus, Barrington Stoke, 2003

Ant God, Barrington Stoke, 2005

Cold Keep, Barrington Stoke, 2006

Kill Swap, Barrington Stoke, 2007

Freerunner, Barrington Stoke, 2009

Dead Brigade, Barrington Stoke 2007

Warsuit 1.0, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2012

The Black Phone, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2012

The 5 Lords of Pain

The 5 Lords of Pain 1: The Lord of the Mountain, Barrington Stoke, 2010

The 5 Lords of Pain 2: Lord of the Void, Barrington Stoke, 2010

The 5 Lords of Pain 3: The Lord of Tears, Barrington Stoke, 2010

The 5 Lords of Pain 4: The Lord of the Typhoon, Barrington Stoke, 2010

The 5 Lords of Pain 5: The Lord of Fire, Barrington Stoke, 2010

Novellas

The Hand that Feeds (with Peter Crowther), Maynard Sims Productions, 1999

How the Other Half Lives, PS Publishing 1999

Gig, PS Publishing, 2004. A double-novella

Short story collections

Imagined Slights, Gollancz 2002

Diversifications, PS Publishing 2010

Non-fiction

Lifelines and Deadlines: Selected Nonfiction, Steel Quill Press, 2015