Jon Courtenay Grimwood was born in Malta and christened in the upturned bell of a ship. He grew up in the Far East, Britain, and Scandinavia. Apart from novels he writes for magazines and newspapers. He travels extensively and undertakes a certain amount of consulting. Until recently he wrote a monthly review column for the Guardian.
Felaheen, the third of his novels featuring Asraf Bey, a half-Berber detective, won the BSFA Award for Best Novel. So did his last book, End of the World Blues, about a British sniper on the run from Iraq and running an Irish bar in Tokyo. He has just delivered the Fallen Blade, the first of three novels set in an alternate 15th-century Venice
His work is published in French, German, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Finnish and American, among others
He is married to the journalist and novelist Sam Baker, currently editor-in-chief of Red magazine. They divide their time between London and Winchester.
Book in order of publication:
NeoAddix (Cyber Noir # 1) – 1997
Remix (Cyber Noir # 2) – 1999
Redrobe (Cyber Noir # 3) – 2000
Pashazade ( Arabesk # 1) – 2001
Effendi (Arabesk # 2) – 2002
Lucifer’s Dragon (Cyber Noir # 4) – 2003
Felaheen(Arabesk # 3) – 2003
Stamping Butterflies – 2004
9Tail Fox – 2005
End of the World Blues – 2006
The Fallen Blade (Assassini # 1) – 2011
The Outcast Blade (Assassini # 2) – 2012
The Exiled Blade (Assassini # 3) – 2013
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