WRITER

Scott Lynch

1978 - Today

Scott Lynch

Scott Lynch (born April 2, 1978) is an American fantasy author, best known for the Gentleman Bastard Sequence series of novels. His first novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, was purchased by Orion Books in August 2004 and published in June 2006 under the Gollancz imprint in the United Kingdom and under the Bantam imprint in the United States. The next two novels in the series, Red Seas Under Red Skies and The Republic of Thieves, were published in 2007 and 2013, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Scott Lynch has received more than 1,062,826 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Scott Lynch is the 7,122nd most popular writer (down from 6,331st in 2019), the 16,813th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,024th in 2019) and the 1,151st most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

1.1M
Page Views (PV)
32.53
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
19
Languages Editions (L)
2.52
Effective Languages (L*)
3.25
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Fiction, fantasy, general, Fantasy, Fiction

Best book ever

2001

Lies of Locke Lamora

Fiction, fantasy, general

2008

Should our concern be the gift horse or the ideological bull?

Canada, Economic conditions, Transfer payments

1997

The Republic of Thieves

2013

Irreversible

Children's fiction, Conduct of life, fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction

2016

Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentlemen Bastards #2)

Fantasy, Fiction, Swindlers and swindling

In his highly acclaimed debut, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch took us on an adrenaline-fueled adventure with a band of daring thieves led by con artist extraordinaire Locke Lamora. Now Lynch brings back his outrageous hero for a caper so death-defying, nothing short of a miracle will pull it off.After a brutal battle with the underworld that nearly destroyed him, Locke and his trusted sidekick, Jean, fled the island city of their birth and landed on the exotic shores of Tal Verrar to nurse their wounds. But even at this westernmost edge of civilization, they can't rest for long--and are soon back to what they do best: stealing from the undeserving rich and pocketing the proceeds for themselves. This time, however, they have targeted the grandest prize of all: the Sinspire, the most exclusive and heavily guarded gambling house in the world. Its nine floors attract the wealthiest clientele--and to rise to the top, one must impress with good credit, amusing behavior...and excruciatingly impeccable play. For there is one cardinal rule, enforced by Requin, the house's cold-blooded master: it is death to cheat at any game at the Sinspire. Brazenly undeterred, Locke and Jean have orchestrated an elaborate plan to lie, trick, and swindle their way up the nine floors...straight to Requin's teeming vault. Under the cloak of false identities, they meticulously make their climb--until they are closer to the spoils than ever. But someone in Tal Verrar has uncovered the duo's secret. Someone from their past who has every intention of making the impudent criminals pay for their sins. Now it will take every ounce of cunning to save their mercenary souls. And even that may not be enough....From the Hardcover edition.

2007