James A. Owen

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James A. Owen is an American comic book artist, publisher and writer.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected Bibliography[2] 2.1 Starchild 2.2 Starchild: Crossroads 2.3 Starchild: Mythopolis 2.4 Starchild: Mythopolis II 2.5 Kai Meyers Mythenwelt (DE) 2.6 The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica 3 External links 4 Notes

Biography

Owen was best known in the 1990s for self-publishing the black-and-white fantasy series Starchild under his Taliesin Press imprint. He then changed his self publishing to Coppervale Press for Starchild: Crossroads, then went to Image for the start of Starchild: Mythopolis, before returning to self-publishing. After the turn of the century Owen reinvented himself as a novelist — creating a fantasy series titled Mythworld that met with much success in Germany — and magazine editor. In 2003 Coppervale Press relaunched two classic newsstand magazines, the fine arts-oriented International Studio and the fiction periodical Argosy.

In 2006 Owen published Here There Be Dragons, the first book in The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series^[1]. Filming rights were immediately bought by Warner Brothers, which contributed to the book's success. 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.

Owen currently lives in Snowflake, Arizona.

Selected Bibliography^[2]

• 1986 Pryderi Terra Book One: Awakening

Starchild

• 0. 1993 Gatherum
• 1. 1992 Prologue: Markings and The Mad-Eyed Sorcerer
• 2. 1992 Children of the Storm
• 3. 1993 That Hideous Strength
• 4. 1993 The Wild Hunt
• 5. 1994 Toccata and Fugue
• 6. 1994 Autumn People
• 7. 1994 The Old Mill
• 8. 1994 A Fine Madness
• 9. 1994 Fool's Game
• 10. 1994 Spirits in a Material World
• 11. 1994 Tempest in a Looking Glass
• 12. 1994 Awakening
• 1995 Awakenings (retelling of the previous Starchild books)

Starchild: Crossroads

• 1. 1995 The Weaver's Tale
• 2. 1996 The Innkeeper's Tale
• 3. 1996 The Wanderer's Tale
• 4. 1997 The Bard's Tale

Starchild: Mythopolis

• 0. 1997 Prologue
• 1. 1997 Pinehead, Part 1
• 2. 1997 Pinehead, Part 2
• 3. 1998 Pinehead, Part 3
• 4. 1998 Fisher King, Part 1

Starchild: Mythopolis II

• 2007 Volume One
• 2008 (planned) Volume Two

Kai Meyers Mythenwelt (DE)

• 1. 2002 Die ewige Bibliothek
• 2. 2003 Der unsichtbare Mond
• 3. 2004 Der zeitlose Winter
• 4. 2004 Die verschollene Symphonie

The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica

• 1. 2006 Here, There Be Dragons
• 2. 2008 The Search for the Red Dragon
• 3. 2008 The Indigo King
• 4. 2009 The Shadow Dragons

External links

• Coppervale International official site
• Owen's biography at Simon & Schuster
• Owen's profile at Amazon.com
• Owen's MySpace profile
• James A. Owen at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Notes