About Max Gladstone
Max Gladstone is the NYT BESTSELLING author of the Craft Sequence, among other cool projects*. In his own words:
Hugo-, Nebula-, and Locus Award winning author Max Gladstone’s works include Empress of Forever, the Craft Sequence of fantasy novels and games, and, with Amal El-Mohtar, the internationally bestselling This is How You Lose the Time War. His interactive projects include the XYZZY-nominated Choice of the Deathless and Deathless: The City’s Thirst, which take place in the world of the Craft Sequence. Gladstone created the Serial Box series Bookburners, and the interactive television series Wizard School Dropout
Gladstone studied Chinese literature at Yale, and lived and taught for two years in rural Anhui province. He is a martial artist, fencer, and fiddler. Before writing full-time, he also worked as a researcher for the Berkman Center for Internet and Policy Law, a Swiss Embassy tour guide, a go-between for a Chinese auto magazine, a translator, a philosophy TA, a tech industry analyst, and an editor. He has wrecked a bicycle in Angkor Wat, sung at Carnegie Hall, and been thrown from a horse in Mongolia.
As this site has the lofty goal of examining all aspects of the Craft Sequence, at times Gladstone will be discussed, primarily in relation to interviews and statements about the Craft Sequence itself.
Although he seems like a pretty cool guy, this is not intended as a fansite for Gladstone himself, and we do not plan to discuss him as a person (we don’t know him) or report on any details of his life outwith** the Craft Sequence.
If you're reading this after May 2023, Gladstone is now a New York Times bestselling author along with Amal El-Mohtar for This Is How You Lose The Time War. Shoutout to Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood for starting the Time War renaissance!
(*Note that none of said cool projects are this site, which is not affiliated with Gladstone in any way, shape or form.)
(**outwith is a Scottish word that deserves to be used more widely. We will not be taking questions at this time.)
Gladstone related articles
So you’ve made it through the scarred and staggering world left by the God Wars, whichever chronology worked out for you. You’re still picking the shards of Ruin of Angels out of your teeth or you just snapped up Dead Country and it’s not enough. Where should you go next?
This comprehensive guide to Max Gladstone’s other works will help you choose.