James Barclay
James Barclay (born March 15, 1965) is a British high fantasy author who has written multiple series including Chronicles of the Raven and Legends of the Raven. The Bookseller has called him "One of the UK's most popular genre fantasy authors." Biography

Early life 
Barclay was born in Felixstowe, Suffolk in 1965. He attended Sheffield City Polytechnic. Prior to his breakthrough as an author in 2004, Barclay worked as an actor and a policeman. He was also an advertising manager for a financial investment company. Writing career 
Barclay said his main inspirations as a writer were David Gemmell and the novel The Legacy of Heorot by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes. A reviewer has since compared his work with Gemmell's. An origin story of the company of The Raven entitled "Or So Legend Has It" appears in the 2013 short story collection Legends: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell. Works

Chronicles of the Raven series

 Dawnthief. Gollancz, 2002. Noonshade. Pyr, 2009. Nightchild. Pyr, 2009. Legends of the Raven series 
 Elfsorrow. Pyr, 2010. Shadowheart. Pyr, 2010. Demonstorm. Pyr, 2011. Ravensoul. Gollancz, 2008. Elves series
 Once Walked with Gods.Gollancz, 2010. Rise of the TaiGethen. Gollancz, 2012. Beyond the Mists of Katura. Gollancz, 2013. The Ascendants of Estorea series 

 Cry of the Newborn. Orion Publishing Group, 2005. A Shout for the Dead. Gollancz, 2006. Other novels

 Heart of Granite (Gollancz, 2016)
 The Queen's Assassin (Gollancz, 2022)

References

External links
 Official website
 James Barclay on Goodreads
 Interview with James Barclay

1965 births
Living people
21st-century English novelists
English fantasy writers
English bloggers
English male short story writers
English short story writers
English male novelists
21st-century British short story writers
21st-century English male writers
British male bloggers