Lore, Pittacus
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author, House name.
House Name owned by James Frey (1969- ) – not to be confused with James N Frey – a serially controversial author and screenwriter whose works include the heavily fabricated addiction memoir A Million Little Pieces (2003) and the contemporary Messiah fantasy The Final Testament of the Holy Bible (2011). The Lore house name is associated with his Young Adult "fiction factory" Full Fathom Five, whose contractual terms have attracted further notoriety. Pittacus Lore is an unseen character in, and ostensible author of, the Lorien Legacies Series about a group of nine teenage Alien refugees on Earth hunted by agents of the Mogadorian hegemony which has already destroyed their homeworld; fortunately, friendly mentors guide the nine towards proper use of their Superpowers.
The first two novels, I Am Number Four (2010) – filmed as I Am Number Four (2011) – and The Power of Six (2011) were primarily written by Jobie Hughes (1980- ) from an outline by Frey, but Hughes was reported in 2010 to have clashed with Frey over the draft of the latter. The authorship of projected future volumes remained in doubt for some time, though later instalments – The Rise of Nine (2012), The Fall of Five (2013) and The Revenge of Seven (2014) – have been ascribed to Hughes, and continue the cleverly orchestrated action. Hughes is also ascribed as the author of the connected I Am Number Four: The Lost Files sequence beginning with Six's Legacy (2011 ebook). [NL/JC]
"Pittacus Lore"
James Frey
born Cleveland, Ohio: 12 September 1969
Jobie Hughes
born Renton, Washington: 9 July 1980
works
series
Lorien Legacies
- I Am Number Four (New York: HarperCollins, 2010) [Lorien Legacies: hb/Scott Meadows]
- The Power of Six (New York: HarperCollins, 2011) [Lorien Legacies: hb/Christine Blackburne]
- The Rise of Nine (London: Penguin/Razorbill, 2012) [Lorien Legacies: hb/Paul Young]
- The Fall of Five (New York: HarperCollins, 2013) [Lorien Legacies: hb/Christine Blackburne]
- The Revenge of Seven (New York: HarperCollins, 2014) [Lorien Legacies: hb/Christine Blackburne]
- The Fate of Ten (New York: HarperCollins, 2015) [Lorien Legacies: hb/Craig Shields]
- United as One (New York: HarperCollins, 2015) [Lorien Legacies: hb/Craig Shields]
Lorien Legacies: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files
- Six's Legacy (London: Penguin Books, 2011) [story: ebook: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: na/]
- Nina's Legacy (New York: HarperCollins, 2012) [story: ebook: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: na/]
- The Fallen Legacies (New York: HarperCollins, 2012) [story: ebook: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: na/]
- I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: The Legacies (New York: HarperCollins, 2012) [omni of the above three: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: pb/Scott Meadows]
- The Search for Sam (New York: HarperCollins, 2012) [story: ebook: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: na/]
- The Last Days of Lorien (New York: HarperCollins, 2013) [story: ebook: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: na/]
- The Forgotten Ones (New York: HarperCollins, 2013) [story: ebook: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: na/]
- I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: The Secret Histories (New York: Harper, 2012) [omni of the above three: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: pb/Scott Meadows]
- Five's Legacy (New York: HarperCollins, 2014) [story: ebook: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: na/]
- Return to Paradise (New York: HarperCollins, 2014) [story: ebook: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: na/]
- Five's Betrayal (New York: HarperCollins, 2014) [story: ebook: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: na/]
- I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Hidden Enemy (New York: Harper, 2014) [omni of the above three: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: pb/Scott Meadows]
- The Fugitive (New York: HarperCollins, 2014) [story: ebook: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: na/]
- The Navigator (New York: HarperCollins, 2015) [story: ebook: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: na/]
- The Guard (New York: HarperCollins, 2015) [story: ebook: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: na/]
- I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Rebel Allies (New York: Harper, 2015) [omni of the above three: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: pb/]
- Legacies Reborn (New York: HarperCollins, 2015) [story: ebook: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: na/]
- Last Defense (New York: HarperCollins, 2015) [story: ebook: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: na/]
- Hunt for the Garde (New York: HarperCollins, 2016) [story: ebook: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: na/]
- I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Zero Hour (New York: Harper, 2015) [omni of the above three: I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: pb/]
Lorien Legacies Reborn
- Generation One (New York: Harper, 2017) [Lorien Legacies Reborn: hb/John Dismukes]
- Fugitive Six (New York: Harper, 2018) [Lorien Legacies Reborn: hb/John Dismukes]
- Return to Zero (New York: Harper, 2019) [Lorien Legacies Reborn: hb/John Dismukes]
Legacy Chronicles: Trial by Fire
- Out of the Ashes (New York: Harper, 2017) [story: ebook: Legacy Chronicles: Trial by Fire: na/]
- Into the Fire (New York: Harper, 2018) [story: ebook: Legacy Chronicles: Trial by Fire: na/]
- Up in Smoke (New York: Harper, 2018) [story: ebook: Legacy Chronicles: Trial by Fire: na/]
- The Legacy Chronicles: Trial by Fire (New York: Harper, 2018) [omni of the above three: Legacy Chronicles: Trial by Fire: pb/John Dismukes]
Legacy Chronicles: Out of the Shadows
- Chasing Ghosts (New York: Harper, 2018) [story: ebook: Legacy Chronicles: Out of the Shadows: na/]
- Raising Monsters (New York: Harper, 2019) [story: ebook: Legacy Chronicles: Out of the Shadows: na/]
- Killing Giants (New York: Harper, 2019) [story: ebook: Legacy Chronicles: Out of the Shadows: na/]
- The Legacy Chronicles: Out of the Shadows (New York: Harper, 2019) [omni of the above three: Legacy Chronicles: Out of the Shadows: pb/John Dismukes]
individual titles
- Ashfall Legacy (New York: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2022) [hb/]
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