Jaleigh Johnson
Jaleigh Johnson is an American speculative fiction writer, mainly publishing with Delacorte Press. She was the writer for Aconyte Books's novel, The Golden City.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Early career[edit | edit source]
Johnson's middle grade debut novel, The Mark of the Dragonfly (2015) went on to become a New York Times bestseller and was chosen for the ABA Spring Indie Next list. Two standalone sequels followed, The Secrets of Solace (2017), and The Quest to the Uncharted Lands (2017). She later wrote an unrelated novel, The Door to the Lost (2019). All four of those books were published by Delacorte, she later wrote the Marvel novel Triptych for Aconyte Books, released September 2021. For Wizards of the Coast, she wrote several novels and short stories for the Dungeons and Dragons Forgotten Realms fiction line.[1]
Assassin's Creed[edit | edit source]
In August 2022, Johnson won a book deal with Ubisoft and Aconyte to write a novel about the Hidden Ones Basim Ibn Ishaq and Hytham.[2] The novel, The Golden City released in May 2023 for eBook and US paperback, with a UK paperback in June.[3] Several retailers including Amazon and IndieBound had listed the upcoming novel before it was officially revealed.[4]
Assassin's Creed works[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
- Johnson's personal website
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑
Johnson, Jaleigh on Aconyte Books' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Megibow, Sara (25 August 2022). SOLD! Congratulations to Jaleigh Johnson!. kt literary. Archived from the original on 25 August 2022. Retrieved on 4 September 2022.
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Golden City by Jaleigh Johnson on Aconyte Books' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Blackett, Colum (29 August 2022). Assassin's Creed News Recap: 21st - 27th August 2022. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved on 4 September 2022.