Per <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1ddhjl6/hi_reddit_im_james_logan_author_of_fantasy_debut/l857pm6/">Reddit comment</a>: <i>"My real name - James Long - was already taken, and I wanted something close enough that wouldn't require me to learn a completely new signature. 'Logan' just has an extra letter, so I figured it would do."</i> Also Senior Commissioning Editor at Orbit (as of February 2024)