David Eddings spent much of his life
in the United State Army, as a buyer for the Boeing Company,
has been a grocery clerk, and has taught college English.
parts of the United States. His first novel, High Hunt (published in 1973), was
a contemporary adventure story. Soon the field of fantasy
called and thus began a remarkable publishing career.
His series, The Belgariad consisting of
Pawn of Prophecy (1982),
Queen of Sorcery (1982),
Magician's Gambit (1983),
Castle of Wizardry (1984)
and Enchanter's Endgame (1984)]
and The Malloreon
Guardians of the West (1987),
King of the Murgos (1988),
Demon Lord of Karanda (1988),
The Sorceress of Darshiva (1989),
and The Seeress of Kell (1991)]
along with Belgarath the Sorcerer (1995)
and Polgara the Sorceress (1997)
all serve to establish him and his wife, Leigh, as one of the best
selling fantasy novelists in recent memory.
Doris Egan aka Jane Emerson
Doris Egan works on a television series and does
advertising copy occasionally (the backs of the X-Files videos, for example).
She's currently working on a detailed outline of a book/feature film and then
plans to write two scripts and a 700-page novel. She's also
working on the sequel to City of Diamond, which she
wrote under the name of Jane Emerson.
Greg Egan
Greg Egan was born in Perth, Western Australia, in 1961. He attended the University of Western
Australia, graduating with a Bachelor of Science. An early interest in film is apparent in
his first published novel, An Unusual Angle (Norstrilia Press, 1983). Later sales
to Interzone and appearances in the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror demonstrated that he was truly developing as a writer, with stories such as "Learning
to Be Me," "The Safe-Deposit Box" and "Axiomatic." His 2nd novel, Quarantine, came in
1993. Then came Permutation City (1994), a collection of stories,
Axiomatic (1995), and Distress (1995). He has won the Australian National
Science Fiction Achievement Award 4 times, his story "Cocoon" was nominated for the
Hugo Award in 1995 and Permutation City won the John W. Campbell Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in English in 1994.
Harlan Ellison
Harlan Ellison is arguably the best writer of short fiction there is.
He has won more awards than most, he has the most fervant fans and he is what most writers
would like to be, esteemed by his colleagues. This tribute site, Ellison Webderland is
considered to be the official Ellison website. It has info on Ellison sightings, a biography, a bibliography,
nice graphics, lotsa imagination and a (rather rare for the Web) sense of humour.
