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George Mann is an author and editor, primarily in genre fiction. He was born in Darlington, County Durham, England in 1978. He works and lives in Nottinghamshire, England. He is a former editor of ''Outland Magazine'', and has also edited a number of anthologies including ''The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction (Volumes 1, 2 and 3)'', ''The Solaris Book of New Fantasy''〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Solaris Books )〕 and two retrospective collections of Sexton Blake stories, ''Sexton Blake, Detective'', which has an introduction by Michael Moorcock and ''Sexton Blake, Crime Fighter''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Snowbooks )〕 Mann is the author of ''The Human Abstract'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Telos Publishing )〕 ''The Severed Man'', a novella in the series the ''Time Hunter'', and co-author of the series finale, ''Child of Time''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Telos Publishing )〕 He has also written numerous short stories, and original ''Doctor Who'' novels. He is contracted to write a new Sherlock Holmes audiobook as well.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=bigfinish.com )〕 The novels ''The Affinity Bridge'' and ''The Osiris Ritual'' marked the beginning of his "Newbury and Hobbes" detective series. ==''Newbury & Hobbes'' and ''The Ghost''== Mann has published three novels and several stories subtitled ''A Newbury & Hobbes-'' or ''A Maurice Newbury investigation''. These are steampunk adventures, set in Victorian England, featuring Sir Maurice Newbury, a gentleman "investigator for the Crown" (reminiscent of Mycroft Holmes), and his assistant Miss Veronica Hobbes who, unbeknownst to him, is an agent of the Queen as well. This is an ongoing series that will consist of at least six novels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Fantasy Book Critic )〕 Fourth book in the Newbury & Hobbes series is set to be published on June 28, 2013 and will be called ''The Executioner's Heart''. In November 2012, Obverse Books released a Newbury and Hobbes Annual, with contents modelled on the World Distributor Annuals which were popular in the UK in the 70s and 80s. The Annual contains new stories, a boardgame, crossword and a comic strip, in the same manner as those earlier annuals. Although not part of the Newbury & Hobbes series, Mann successfully continued to expand upon its setting with the novel ''Ghosts of Manhattan'' and its sequel ''Ghosts of War'' which are set in New York during the Roaring Twenties; a future version of the Newbury & Hobbes universe. This series Mann has named ''The Ghost''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=George Mann )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Mann (writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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