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Justin James Cartwright, born 20 May 1943 and died 3 December 2018, was a British novelist who came originally from South Africa. Cartwright's 19 catalogued books run from Fighting Men (1977) to Up Against the Night (2015), and the 2000s are the heaviest decade in the run. Subject records cover English-language fiction, biography, travel writing, and description and travel in South Africa.

Justin Cronin

6 books• 1 series

Justin Cronin is an American novelist with six books catalogued between 2001 and 2023. Mary and O'Neil (2001) and The Summer Guest (2004) came first. A vampire trilogy followed, grouped here as the Passage series: The Passage (2010), The Twelve (2012) and The City of Mirrors (2016). The Ferryman (2023) is the most recent title. Dystopian fiction, survival and epic fantasy carry the subject tags. No further Cronin title is listed, and the catalogue is dormant.

Justin DePaoli's catalogue runs to 19 books published between 2016 and 2022, across four series: An Assassin's Blade, Sorcery and Sin, Dragonblood Saga and Archives of Humanity. Titles listed include Curses, Crones and Unspeakable Things (2016), The Misbegotten (2016), Reign of Gods (2017), The Dragon Thief (2017), Dragonsoul (2018) and Runeborn (2018). The run ends with Vow of the Vanquished (2022).

Justin Fox is the credit on 9 catalogued books published between 2011 and 2026. The earliest are travel writing: The Marginal Safari (2011), Unspotted (2013), The Impossible Five (2015) and My Great Expedition (2017), and the subjects filed against the catalogue record description and travel, safaris, rare animals and South Africa. Jack Pembroke Naval Thrillers is the one series recorded under the name. Five later titles complete the listing: The Cape Raider and Whoever Fears the Sea (2021), The Wolf Hunt (2022), Hell Run Tobruk (2025) and Malta Inferno (2026).

Justin Herzog has 11 books catalogued from 2019 to 2022, spread across the Forest Wardens, Marcus Aries and Patrick Bannon series. First Wave (2019) is the earliest title, and Deep Waters, High Tides and Into the Void carry the same year. Exit Light and The Midnight Mirrors are dated 2020, while False Woods, Hunt Sworn and Twice Lost are dated 2021. The newest entry is dated 2022, and no later book is listed.

Justin Scott is an American novelist who has also published as Paul Garrison and J. S. Blazer. Subjects name Ben Abbott, private investigators and Connecticut, and the Ben Abbott Mysteries are the one series recorded against the name. Isaac Bell appears in the subjects too, on a stretch of the listing where Clive Cussler shares the credit, 5 titles in all. The catalogue holds 31 books dated between 1973 and 2024, taking in The Shipkiller (1978), Normandie Triangle (1981), A Pride of Royals (1983) and Rampage (1986). Historical mystery, serial murders and treasure-trove are also recorded subjects.

Justin Sloan writes science fiction and fantasy, and began with books about writing careers. Creative Writing Career and Military Veterans in Creative Careers date from his first years in print, alongside the Teddy Defenders stories for children. Later series take in Syndicate Wars, Shadow Corps, Biotech Wars, Blood Runners, Modern Necromancy, Cursed Night, Ascension Gate and Falls of Redemption. The catalogue holds 57 titles between 2014 and 2024, averaging 181 pages.

Justin Somper

13 books• 4 series

Justin Somper is a British author of children's novels, known for the Vampirates and Allies & Assassins sequences. Somper's 13 catalogued books stretch from The Pyramid Plot (1993) to Sword Echoes (2026), taking in Demons of the Ocean (2006), Tide of Terror (2007), Blood Captain (2008), Black Heart (2009), Empire of Night (2010), Immortal War (2011), Allies & Assassins (2013) and A Conspiracy of Princes (2015). Catalogue subjects record pirates, vampires, twins, seafaring life and princes. Michelle Bates and Mark Fowler each share a credit on 1 title.

Justina Chen, born in 1968 in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, is a Taiwanese-American fiction writer who also works as an executive communications consultant. Young adult fiction is the work Chen is known for, above all North of Beautiful (2009), Girl Overboard (2008), A Blind Spot for Boys (2014) and Nothing But the Truth (2006). Nine books are catalogued, reaching With Twice the Love, Dessie Mei (2024). Subjects record Taiwanese Americans, racially mixed people, single-parent families, schools, prejudices and self-esteem.

Justina Ireland

32 books• 12 series

Justina Ireland, born 7 February 1985, writes science fiction and fantasy for young adults and edited FIYAH Literary Magazine. A World Fantasy Award for Non-Professional Work came in 2018, and Dread Nation (2018) took the Locus Award the following year with nominations for the Andre Norton, Bram Stoker and Lodestar prizes. The catalogue holds 32 books from Vengeance Bound (2013) to The Acolyte: Wayseeker (2025), and Star Wars work sits inside it: Lando's Luck (2018) and a High Republic heading. Devils' Pass, Dread Nation and Chaos & Flame are the other series. Subject tags name monsters, horror, Greek mythology, schools and justice.

Justine Avery is credited with 17 books between 2014 and 2020, including the Living Book series. Subject tags range across fantasy, psychological fiction, children's fiction, family, self-help techniques and philosophy. The 2014 titles include Last Shot: A Short Tale of the Absurdity of Life and Death, Almighty and Out There. Point Blank (2015), The Post-it Note Affair (2015), The One Apart (2018) and Everybody Poops! (2019) follow, and Think Outside the Box (2020) is the newest.

Romantic suspense is the core of this catalogue, published under both Justine Davis and Justine Dare. Cutter's Code, Redstone Incorporated, Trinity Street West and Coalition Rebellion are among the recurring sets, and bodyguards, police officers, single mothers and dogs run through the subjects. Many of the earlier books appeared as Silhouette Intimate Moments titles. The listing holds 92 books, from Loose Ends (1991) to Operation Protector (2026), at a median of 256 pages.

Justine Larbalestier

11 books• 1 series

Justine Larbalestier has 11 catalogued books published from 1999 to 2016, with Magic or Madness as the named series. Opulent Darkness (1999) and The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction (2002) are the earliest titles. Magic or Madness (2005), Daughters of Earth (2006), Magic Lessons (2006) and Magic's Child (2007) come next. How to Ditch Your Fairy (2008), Liar (2009), Team Human (2012) and Razorhurst (2014) come later, and My Sister Rosa (2016) is the newest. Larbalestier is an Australian young adult writer born in 1967, and Liar is the best-known novel. Subject headings include magic, fairies, vampires, schools, feminist fiction and science fiction.

J’nell Ciesielski has eight catalogued books published between 2018 and 2024, the Jack and Ivy series among them. Among the Poppies (2018) is the earliest title and The Winged Tiara (2024) the newest. Beauty Among Ruins and The Ice Swan both carry a 2021 date, and The Brilliance of Stars (2022) and To Free the Stars (2023) follow. Titles have arrived at an average of one every 0.9 years, and the catalogue is still open.