Austin Grossman is a novelist and interactive storyteller. His novels include Soon I Will Be Invincible, YOU- a novel, and Crooked. Soon I Will Be Invincible was nominated for the 2007 John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize. His writing has also appeared in Granta, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. His game credits include System Shock, Deus Ex, and Dishonored, which received the 2012 BAFTA award for Best Game. He has an M.A. in Performance Studies from N.Y.U .and is A.B.D. in English Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He currently teaches narrative design at N.Y.U., and works as a consultant in game and XR experience design.
A spiky, fierce, erudite riff on the wonderful world of silver age superheroes -- Charles Stross, bestselling author of The Atrocity Archives Hugely enjoyable. It kept me up till 3am -- Conn Iggulden, Sunday Times bestselling author of Lion The Avengers meets The Breakfast Club in this wry and engaging superhero drama -- James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of Nomad A treasure that manages to be sad, funny, and hilariously fun at all once. A thrilling adventure but also a searing, intimate look at what it would really cost to have such incredible power, and yet still be human -- Peng Shepherd, bestselling author of The Cartographers Fight Me embraces the fun of the genre, while treating its battle-weary characters with heart and empathy. A noir-tinged Big Chill for the superhero set -- Bob Proehl, author of The Nobody People * - * Grossman's novel of wealth, power, fraught loves and friendships flexes epic muscles beneath its superhero costume -- D.B. Weiss, co-creator of Game of Thrones A sucker-punch of sheer delight, and I couldn’t be happier to be on the receiving end -- Adam Christopher, New York Times bestselling Author of Seven Wonders * - * There is a vibrancy to the writing, and a beating heart, reminiscent of my favourite coming-of-age novels -- Nick Cutter, author of The Deep Combining a coming-of-age story with costume thrills … it has sly, smart things to say * Herald * A superhero story unlike any I’ve read before … this is definitely worth checking out * Track of Words *