Solaris Books is an imprint which focuses on publishing science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy novels and anthologies. The range includes titles by both established and new authors. The range is owned by Rebellion Developments and distributed to the UK and US booktrade via local divisions of Simon & Schuster. History Solaris Books was founded in February 2007 by BL Publishing, to trade alongside their existing licence-based imprint the Black Library, and the then-existing Black Flame imprint. When asked why BLP had started the new imprint, Consulting Editor George Mann stated that "...between... the major corporate publishers... and... the small and independent press... there seems to be little or no room left for the midlist," and that Solaris would provide a mass-market platform for up-and-coming writers, or established writers with smaller readerships. In September 2009, it was announced that Solaris Books had been bought by Rebellion Developments, who also publish comics and graphic novels under 2000 AD imprint and genre fiction under the Abaddon Books imprint, for an undisclosed sum. The imprint came under the leadership of Abaddon editor Jonathan Oliver, who ran both imprints side by side as Editor-in-Chief, along with editors David Moore and Jenni Hill. The new team continues to publish books in the Solaris tradition, maintaining existing relationships with authors such as Brian Lumley, Andy Remic and Juliet McKenna and also discovering new voices in the SF and fantasy genres. As of August 2010, Solaris had published seventy-three titles by twenty-nine authors, including anthologies and new editions of out-of-print titles. Authors Adam Roberts Andy Remic Ben Jeapes Brian Lumley Christopher Fowler Chris Roberson Ed Greenwood Emily Gee Eric Brown Gail Z. Martin Gareth L. Powell George Mann Ian Whates James Goss James Lovegrove James Maxey Juliet McKenna Keith Brooke Natasha Rhodes Paul Kearney Silvia Moreno-Garcia Simon R. Green Tim Akers Weston Ochse Publications Arch Wizard (by Ed Greenwood, December 2008, ) Bitterwood (by James Maxey, July 2007, ) Dante's Girl (by Natasha Rhodes, March 2007, ) Dark Lord (by Ed Greenwood, September 2007, ) Deadstock (by Jeffrey Thomas, March 2007, ) Helix: (by Eric Brown, June 2007, ) House of Fear Anthology edited by Jonathan Oliver Infinity Plus (edited by Keith Brooke and Nick Gevers, August 2007, )Phoenicia's Worlds (by Ben Jeapes, 2013)Set the Seas on Fire (by Chris Roberson, August 2007, )Splinter (by Adam Roberts, September 2007, )The Solaris Book of New Fantasy (edited by