Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Northern Stars |
1994 |
Buy |
| Tesseracts 5 |
1996 |
Buy |
| Asimov’s Science Fiction, February 1997 |
1997 |
Buy |
| More Amazing Stories |
1998 |
Buy |
| What If…? |
1998 |
Buy |
| Galileo’s Children |
2005 |
Buy |
| Future Washington |
2005 |
Buy |
| Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, February 2008 |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22 |
2008 |
Buy |
| Campus Chills |
2009 |
Buy |
| Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2011 edition |
2012 |
Buy |
Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Gravity Wells |
2004 |
Buy |
Dark/Spark Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| All Those Explosions Were Someone Else’s Fault |
2017 |
Buy |
| They Promised Me The Gun Wasn’t Loaded |
2018 |
Buy |
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Tomb Raider Tech Manual |
2001 |
Buy |
| Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The Amulet of Power |
2003 |
N/A |
| Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The Lost Cult |
2004 |
N/A |
| Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The Man of Bronze |
2004 |
N/A |
| The Man of Bronze |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Amulet of Power |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Lost Cult |
2004 |
Buy |
League of Peoples Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Gravity Wells: Speculative Fiction Stories |
2004 |
N/A |
| Expendable |
1997 |
Buy |
| Commitment Hour |
1998 |
Buy |
| Vigilant |
1999 |
Buy |
| Hunted |
2000 |
Buy |
| Ascending |
2001 |
Buy |
| Trapped |
2002 |
Buy |
| Radiant |
2004 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Ray-Gun: A Love Story |
2008 |
Buy |
| The One With the Interstellar Group Consciousnesses |
2009 |
N/A |
| A Clean Sweep With All the Trimmings |
2011 |
Buy |
| Organisms: Selected Stories |
2019 |
N/A |
James Alan Gardner is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author who has been publishing since the mid-1990s. His League of Peoples series, beginning with Expendable (1997), established him as a writer of inventive space opera with a satirical edge. The series follows different protagonists in each book, all navigating a galaxy governed by an advanced alien league that has declared it a capital offense for sentient beings to kill.
Gardner later turned to superhero fiction with the Dark/Spark duology, starting with All Those Explosions Were Someone Else’s Fault (2017). He has also written Lara Croft: Tomb Raider tie-in novels and published short fiction that has won or been nominated for multiple Aurora and Nebula Awards. His work consistently blends hard science fiction concepts with humor and sharp social commentary.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has James Alan Gardner written?
James Alan Gardner has written 35 books across 6 series.
What was James Alan Gardner's first book?
James Alan Gardner’s first book is Northern Stars, published in 1994.
What is James Alan Gardner best known for?
Gardner is best known for his League of Peoples series, an eight-book space opera that began with Expendable in 1997, and for the Dark/Spark superhero novels.