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Mark Lawrence

Fantasy author, Prince of Thorns

u/MarkLawrence ↗Personal account
How we know it's theirs

Their 2021 r/Fantasy AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 472 posts and 8000 comments from u/MarkLawrence, dated 2012 to 2026, most often in r/Fantasy, r/books and r/scifi.

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A redditor posted in r/Fantasy

Most overused line in fantasy

u/MarkLawrence replied

He moved quickly for such a big man, while drawing in the breath he'd forgotten to take, and smiling a smile that didn't reach his eyes.

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A redditor wrote in r/Fantasy

On “I'm Mark Lawrence - 10 years fulltime author, 14 years published, 18th book today - this is my AMA”

Ohai Mark. How do you decide on character names? Is there anyone at all in any of your books who's name was originally something else? Who is your least favourite character to write? Are there any "Marvel What If" style alternate universes that you can see working out extremely…

u/MarkLawrence replied

Jorg was originally Jorge, but then I discovered that Americans would pronounce that Hoor-hey, and that felt so at odds with what I'd been 'saying' in my head for years that I just lopped off the 'e', little suspecting that…

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Jorg was originally Jorge, but then I discovered that Americans would pronounce that Hoor-hey, and that felt so at odds with what I'd been 'saying' in my head for years that I just lopped off the 'e', little suspecting that people would take this as license to replace the J with a Y :D

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Behind the scenesr/Fantasy · 15 points as of Nov 2026Full thread ↗
A redditor posted in r/Fantasy

Why are they called the Stabbys?

I love the yearly awards - such a great trophy! But does anyone know why they are called the Stabbys? Does it refer to the Tumblr story about the Roomba with a knife? Does anyone know the official origin?

u/MarkLawrence replied

As the winner of the Stabby for naming the award, I can confirm that they're called the Stabbies because members of r/fantasy liked my suggestion best. I've checked, and it was named in December 2013. I note that my blog…

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As the winner of the Stabby for naming the award, I can confirm that they're called the Stabbies because members of r/fantasy liked my suggestion best.

I've checked, and it was named in December 2013.

I note that my blog post on the subject says that the membership at the time was 45,000 which was up from 25,000 the previous year.

It now stands at 1,777,881...

Normal redditorOff duty, regular redditorsr/Fantasy · 194 points as of Nov 2026Full thread ↗