Jacka was born in England and attended the City of London School. He later attended Cambridge University, where he graduated with a Bachelors in philosophy and met his editor Sophie Hicks from Ed Victor Ltd.[2] His first novels were three children's fantasy novels that didn’t get published, followed by To Be A Ninja (later changed to Ninja: The Beginning), a children's non-fantasy novel, which was. In 2000 he began working on a fantasy setting with teenage elementals, for which he wrote four unpublished novels. In 2009, he decided to try again with an adult character and a more information-based ability.[3] Three years later, in 2012, he published the first book of the Alex Verus series, two more followed the same year.[4] Jacka married in 2015 to Rolari Kuti.[5]
Critical reception for Jacka's work has been mostly positive.[6][7] Of the Alex Verus series, SF Site has cited the series' characters and chapter cliffhangers as highlights.[8][9]SF Crowsnest gave an overall positive review for Cursed, while stating it was "an enjoyable, if unchallenging, read".[10]
Bibliographyedit
Alex Verus seriesedit
Fated (2012)
Cursed (2012)
Taken (2012)
Chosen (2013)
Hidden (2014)
Veiled (2015)
Burned (2016)
Bound (2017)
Marked (2018)
Fallen (2019)
Forged (2020)
Risen (2021)
Additionally, in June 2021 Jacka released a novella which takes place between books 6 and 7, "Favours",[11] and in October 2022 one which takes place after book 12, "Gardens".[12]
benedict, jacka, born, september, 1980, british, author, best, known, alex, verus, series, born, 1980, september, 1980, londonoccupationwriternationalitybritishgenrefantasy, urban, fantasywebsitebenedictjacka, contents, biography, bibliography, alex, verus, se. Benedict Jacka born September 25 1980 is a British author best known for his Alex Verus series 1 Benedict JackaBorn 1980 09 25 25 September 1980 age 43 LondonOccupationWriterNationalityBritishGenrefantasy urban fantasyWebsitebenedictjacka wbr co wbr uk Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 2 1 Alex Verus series 2 2 Ninja series 2 3 Inheritance of Magic series 3 References 4 External linksBiography editJacka was born in England and attended the City of London School He later attended Cambridge University where he graduated with a Bachelors in philosophy and met his editor Sophie Hicks from Ed Victor Ltd 2 His first novels were three children s fantasy novels that didn t get published followed by To Be A Ninja later changed to Ninja The Beginning a children s non fantasy novel which was In 2000 he began working on a fantasy setting with teenage elementals for which he wrote four unpublished novels In 2009 he decided to try again with an adult character and a more information based ability 3 Three years later in 2012 he published the first book of the Alex Verus series two more followed the same year 4 Jacka married in 2015 to Rolari Kuti 5 Critical reception for Jacka s work has been mostly positive 6 7 Of the Alex Verus series SF Site has cited the series characters and chapter cliffhangers as highlights 8 9 SF Crowsnest gave an overall positive review for Cursed while stating it was an enjoyable if unchallenging read 10 Bibliography editAlex Verus series edit Fated 2012 Cursed 2012 Taken 2012 Chosen 2013 Hidden 2014 Veiled 2015 Burned 2016 Bound 2017 Marked 2018 Fallen 2019 Forged 2020 Risen 2021 Additionally in June 2021 Jacka released a novella which takes place between books 6 and 7 Favours 11 and in October 2022 one which takes place after book 12 Gardens 12 Ninja series edit Ninja The Beginning 2005 Ninja The Battle 2007 Inheritance of Magic series edit An Inheritance of Magic 2023 13 References edit Fox Rose PW Talks with Benedict Jacka Cont Publishers Weekly Archived from the original on 18 October 2012 Retrieved 8 October 2012 Sambuchino Chuck How I Got My Agent Benedict Jacka Writer s Digest Retrieved 8 October 2012 Orbit s website Retrieved 6 October 2014 Jacka s website Retrieved 8 January 2012 Sng Weddings Retrieved 4 October 2018 Fiction Review Fated Publishers Weekly Retrieved 8 October 2012 Fiction Review Taken Publishers Weekly Retrieved 8 October 2012 Petersen Katherine Taken Benedict Jacka SF Site Retrieved 8 October 2012 Petersen Katherine Review Cursed SF Site Retrieved 8 October 2012 Russell Vinca Review Cursed SF Crowsnest Archived from the original on 13 August 2012 Retrieved 8 October 2012 Favours Release Day Benedict Jacka Retrieved 31 October 2022 Gardens Released Today Benedict Jacka Retrieved 1 November 2022 New Series Title Benedict Jacka Retrieved 24 March 2023 External links editOfficial website Benedict Jacka at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Benedict Jacka amp oldid 1221382305, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
