Other favorite games of Abercrombie's include Elite, Dungeon Master, Street Fighter II, and Red Dead Redemption.

[5] Abercrombie had a job making tea at a television production company before taking up a career as a freelance film editor.

It took a year of rejection by publishing agencies before Gillian Redfearn of Gollancz accepted the book for a five-figure deal in 2005.

In 2013, HarperCollins' fantasy and children's imprints acquired the rights to three books by Abercrombie, aimed at younger readers.

[12] All short fiction is collected in Sharp Ends: Stories from the World of the First Law (April 2016) and The Great Change (And Other Lies) (September 2023).

[13] "Tough Times All Over" won a Locus Award, and "The Fool Jobs" and "Some Desperado" received nominations.