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James A. Owen is an American comic book illustrator, publisher and writer. He is known for his creator-owned comic book series ''Starchild'' and as the author of ''The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica'' novel series, that began with ''Here, There Be Dragons'' in 2006. ==Career== Owen self-published the black-and-white fantasy series ''Starchild'' under his Taliesin Press imprint in the 1990s. He then changed his self-publishing name to Coppervale Press for ''Starchild: Crossroads'' and later worked with Image Comics for the start of ''Starchild: Mythopolis''. After the turn of the century Owen reinvented himself as a novelist, creating a fantasy series titled ''Mythworld'' for a German publishing company. In 2003, Coppervale Press relaunched two newsstand style magazines, the fine arts-oriented ''International Studio'' and the fiction periodical ''Argosy'', but distribution problems led to both magazines ceasing publication after only a few issues, and Owen returned to focusing on producing more novels. In 2006 Owen published ''Here, There Be Dragons'', the first book in ''The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica'' series.〔.〕 The book is in its sixth hardcover printing, its eighth paperback printing, and is being published around the world in more than twenty languages. The second book, ''The Search for the Red Dragon'', was released in early 2008, closely followed by the third novel, ''The Indigo King'' in Fall of 2008. The fourth novel in this series, entitled ''The Shadow Dragons'', was released on October 27, 2009. The fifth novel, ''The Dragon's Apprentice'', was released on October 19, 2010. The sixth novel, ''The Dragons of Winter'', was released on August 28, 2012. After releasing a non-fiction ebook of personal stories, , in early 2011, Owen had a successful Kickstarter project which provided funds to create a limited first edition paperback and hard cover, as well as an audio version of the ebook.〔.〕 Shadow Mountain will release trilogy in 2013, which includes a new edition of as well as and . Shadow Mountain is also publishing Owen's five-volume series of illustrated novels, , on which he will serve as the primary Art Director. 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「James A. Owen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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