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Francesca Lia Block

It has been said that only two things helped survivors of the Holocaust: 1) massage and 2) telling their stories. More

Neil Gaiman

I, Robot

Asimov’s science fiction masterpiece that influenced a legion of future authors. More

A Game of Thrones

First volume in the internationally bestselling series that has sold upward of 70 million copies. More

The Hobbit

In October 1936, Stanley Unwin, chairman of British publishers George Allen & Unwin (later acquired by HarperCollins), received a children’s book submission. More

Sabriel

A revolutionary story that made Nix a rising star in the fantasy genre. More

The Fellowship of the Ring

First volume in The Lord of the Rings series, which has sold more than 100 million copies. More

Michael Chabon

The first writer that I really fell in love with was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in particular his Sherlock Holmes stories, and the first story that I ever wrote was a Sherlock Holmes story. More

Michael Chabon

Ursula K. Le Guin

Dear HarperCollins: You ask me, “Why do you read? Why do you write?” Well, I mean, duh. More

Ursula K. Le Guin

Dan Gutman

The book that influenced me the most was not even written by an author. More

Dan Gutman

The Dispossessed

The classic utopian science fiction; winner of the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Awards. More

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia #1)

First book written in the world-celebrated Narnia series; captivating readers for more than sixty years. More

The War of the Worlds

The much-adapted classic from “the father of science fiction.” More

Emma Donoghue

Like many teenagers, I spent more of my summer holidays than I probably should have immersed in the world of The Lord of the Rings. More

Sir Stanley Unwin, chairman of British publishers George Allen & Unwin (later acquired by HarperCollins), originally rejected the 9,250-page manuscript of The Lord of the Rings, the sequel to J. R. R. Tolkien’s moderately successful (at the time) The Hobbit, as it was too long, and the author would make a deal with the publisher only if they also agreed to take another of his unfinished books. More

1996: George R.R. Martin redefines the fantasy genre…

George R.R. Martin redefines the fantasy genre with his epic series, A Song of Ice and Fire, published by HarperCollins in the UK. More

At the Mountains of Madness

Lovecraft’s work has influenced the whole spectrum of those working in the horror genre. More

Science Fiction & Fantasy

HarperCollins’s connections to nascent science fiction and fantasy worlds began with works such as Edward Lytton Bulwer’s The Coming Race (1871), and H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds (1898) and The Invisible Man (1898). More

The Inklings

Clive Staples Lewis (better known as C. S. Lewis) loved nothing more than sitting in the back room of his favorite pub, The Eagle and Child, surrounded by his closest literary friends, including J. R. R. Tolkien. More