Maxim Jakubowski

Who is Maxim Jakubowski?

Maxim Jakubowski is a crime, erotic, and science fiction writer and critic.

Jakubowski was born in England to Russian-British and Polish parents, but raised in France. Jakubowski has also lived in Italy and has travelled extensively. Jakubowski edited the science fiction anthologies Twenty Houses of the Zodiac, for the 37th World Science Fiction Convention in Brighton, and Travelling Towards Epsilon, an anthology of French science fiction. He also contributed a short story to that anthology. He has worked in book publishing for many years, which he left to open the Murder One bookshop, the UK's first specialist crime and mystery bookstore. He contributes to a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was for eight years the crime columnist for Time Out and, presently, since 2000, the crime reviewer for The Guardian. He is also the literary director of London's Crime Scene Festival and a consultant for the International Mystery Film Festival, Noir in Fest, held annually in Courmayeur, Italy. He is one the leading editors in the crime and mystery and erotica field, in which he has published many major anthologies, including the annual Mammoth Books of Best New Erotica and Best British Crime. He has edited several classic lists such Black Box Thrillers, Blue Murder, Eros Plus and Neon and, presently, runs the MaXcrime imprint for British publishers John Blake Publishing. He is a past winner of the Karel and the Anthony awards.