Robert Jackson Bennett

1984–

American speculative-fiction novelist, born in 1984 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and now based in Austin, Texas. He debuted with the horror novel Mr. Shivers (2010) and went on to write two major fantasy trilogies, the Divine Cities (beginning with City of Stairs) and the Founders trilogy (beginning with Foundryside), both finalists for the Hugo Award for Best Series. His most recent series, opening with The Tainted Cup (2024), follows the investigator Ana Dolabra and her assistant Din through a biopunk fantasy world; The Tainted Cup won the 2025 Hugo and World Fantasy Awards for Best Novel. A Drop of Corruption (2025) is its sequel.

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