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David Wood is an American author of action-thriller, adventure, fantasy and speculative fiction novels. He writes the Dane Maddock Adventures series as well as The Absent Gods fantasy series (as David Debord). He enjoys history, archaeology, mythology and cryptozoology. His favourite books include Pendergast by Preston & Child, the Dirk Pitt books, anything by James […]
The Books of Ember is a young adult fantasy quartet by American novelist Jeanne DuPrau. The Books of Ember are about a city where there’s no light – no sun, no moon, no natural light at all. The only source of light is electricity, which is beginning to fail. The series is being adapted to […]
Jeanne DuPrau is an American author of fantasy and young adult novels. She is the author of the Books of Ember fantasy series. Jeanne never set out to become a writer, but has always enjoyed writing. She wrote her first book when she was five titled Frosty the Snowman, which is five pages long and […]
His Dark Materials is a series of high fantasy/sci-fi novels by English author Philip Pullman. The series follows two children, Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry as they travel across parallel universes and encounter things such as witches and armoured polar bears. The series was written for young adults, but can also be read by adults. […]
Philip Pullman is an English author of fantasy novels, usually written for children and younger readers. Some have said that his works have begun to dissolve the barriers between adult and young adult fiction. He is best known for his His Dark Materials series, which includes the novel Northern Lights (adapted into film as The […]
Brak the Barbarian is the protagonist in a series of fantasy novels by American novelist John Jakes. Part of the sword and sorcery sub-genre, Jakes was inspired to create his Brak the Barbarian character by Conan the Barbarian. He felt that there weren’t enough Conan stories to go around. Much like Conan, Brak goes on […]
John Jakes is an American author of historical fiction (including historical romance and western fiction) as well as science fiction and fantasy. His career began upon graduation, selling stories to pulp magazines. Following that, he worked in the advertising while writing on the side and in 1971, moved to full-time. He first gained widespread notice […]
Margaret Stohl is an American author of young adult novels, including the Beautiful Creatures fantasy series she co-authored with Kami Garcia as well as her Icons series. Before becoming a novelist, Margaret worked in the video game industry, on games such as Spider-Man, Fantasy Four, Dune 2000, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack […]
Kevin Hearne is an American author of fantasy novels. His first series is titled The Iron Druid Chronicles and follows the final Druid. Hearne grew up and still is interested in comics and sci-fi (most notably Star Wars). He attended Northern Arizona University, where he worked as a editorial cartoonist and feature columnist for its […]
Scholastic has announced a multi-platform fantasy series written for tweens called Spirit Animals. The series will launch in September with the first novel, Wild Born being written by Brandon Mull. The second book has a January 2014 release date and will be written by Maggie Stiefvater.