Joe Abercrombie
The Scribe of Shattered Thrones and Splintered Souls
Stories cut deeper when they're bloody well honest.
I’m Joe. I tell stories about people who’ve had their noses bloodied by life, and still manage to stagger toward something like decency. I used to edit film, now I butcher prose—same job, different knives. I believe in the occasional miracle of kindness, but I won’t bloody well say it nicely. If you want clean heroes and shiny destinies, you’ve come to the wrong man. I only deal in the mess.
What I'm Into: cowards who try anyway, the smell of old notebooks, last-minute mercy, Yorkshire rain, killing characters off too soon
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