Jesse Bullington

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Jesse Bullington is an American fantasy writer, born in Pennsylvania in 1982, who spent the bulk of his formative years in rural Pennsylvania, the Netherlands and Tallahassee, Florida. Under his own name he has published three weird, dark historical novels with Orbit: The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart (2009), The Enterprise of Death and The Folly of the World. Writing under the pen name Alex Marshall, he completed the Crimson Empire trilogy (2015-2017), which mixes epic fantasy with cosmic horror and gallows humour; its first volume, A Crown for Cold Silver, made the Tiptree Award Honor List and was shortlisted for the award. His work has been noted for the influence of H. P. Lovecraft. He has lived in Colorado and now lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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• The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart (2009) · The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart Core Canon

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• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 1 book
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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