# James S. A. Corey on Reddit (u/JamesSACorey)

Part of Creators on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/james-s-a-corey

James S. A. Corey: Pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, The Expanse.

- Reddit account: [u/JamesSACorey](https://www.reddit.com/user/JamesSACorey/) (Shared account; One account for both authors, Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck)
- How we know it's theirs: [Their 2017 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5qb7py/hi_i_am_james_sa_corey_author_of_the_expanse_and/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/IAmA (604), r/TheExpanse (247), r/TheCaptivesWar (118), r/books (116)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2013 to 2026
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._A._Corey

## Moments

### u/JamesSACorey in r/TheExpanse, Feb 17, 2025 · Funny

Replying to the post "The crew of the Roci has started a game of D&D. Here's what I think everyone's playing.".

> This is incorrect.
>
> Holden plays a Cleric, and selects the domains with the widest variety of support and healing spells.  He probably carries a weapon, whichever his god favors, but rarely uses it.  He's all about the support class.
>
> Naomi plays a gnome artificer, and spends the entire game asking the DM which things can be turned into other things, to the annoyance of the other players, but occasionally she will have made the exact thing that solves the current problem so people eventually stop grumbling.
>
> Amos plays a halfing bard because he saw a picture of one in the handbook and thought it looked adorable.  He has all the usual bard social skills but never uses them, instead charging into battle wielding a tiny rapier.

(Excerpt.)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheExpanse/comments/1irnsky/comment/mdavukl/ · 116 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/JamesSACorey in r/IAmA, Sep 13, 2023 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi! Thanks for creating such an amazing universe to experience! How long did you know the ending of the series? Was it from the start or did things change as you wrote? Thanks again, y’all gave me countless hours of enjoyment!

> [ty] We knew the last scene when we were plotting book 2.  In fact, Ty told Daniel what the last line was, and nearly ten years later that's the last line of dialog we used.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/16htpbi/comment/k0g0pf0/ · 270 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/JamesSACorey in r/IAmA, Jan 26, 2017 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> I know you guys had a planned ending all along, but I've heard that the number of planned books has expanded from what you originally planned. Is that true? And if so, what caused you to extend it to nine novels?

> [Daniel] Actually, we cut it back from 12 because the longer version felt a little saggy in the withers. We originally planned just one that we'd sell for pizza money.  We build 9- and 12-book outlines while we were writing Caliban's War.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5qb7py/comment/dcxw2xw/ · 19 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/JamesSACorey in r/TheExpanse, Sep 28, 2016 · Own mistake

Replying to the post "[Episode 2] Nitpicky physics detail question?".

> It was a mistake in the VFX. Too late and too expensive to fix when we caught it. Sometimes those things happen.
>
> The wrench was supposed to fly down, hit the hull of the Knight, then bounce over the edge and get disintegrated by the drive plume.
>
> Ah well.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheExpanse/comments/54vfuz/comment/d866ovq/ · 102 points as of Nov 7, 2026