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Jim Grimsley, (born 1955) author of the high fantasy novel Kirith Kirin. Lev Grossman, (born 1969) author of The Magicians (Grossman novel) Jeff Grubb, (born 1957) author of the Finder's Stone trilogy with Kate Novak. Gary Gygax, (1938–2008) author of Dungeons & Dragons, other game rules, and fantasy books.
Worldbuilding is the process of constructing an imaginary world or setting, sometimes associated with a fictional universe. [ 1] Developing the world with coherent qualities such as a history, geography, culture and ecology is a key task for many science fiction or fantasy writers. [ 2] Worldbuilding often involves the creation of geography, a ...
Portal. v. t. e. Elements of the supernatural and the fantastic were an element of literature from its beginning. The modern genre is distinguished from tales and folklore which contain fantastic elements, first by the acknowledged fictitious nature of the work, and second by the naming of an author. [citation needed]
In science fiction and fantasy, floating cities and islands are a common trope, ranging from cities and islands that float on water to ones that float in the atmosphere of a planet by purported scientific technologies or by magical means. While very large floating structures have been constructed or proposed in real life, aerial cities and ...
University of California, Los Angeles ( MA) Genre. Fantasy. Notable works. Deryni novels. Website. www .rhemuthcastle .com. Katherine Irene Kurtz (born October 18, 1944) is an American fantasy writer, author of sixteen historical fantasy novels in the Deryni series, as well as occult and urban fantasy. Resident in Ireland for over twenty years ...
Craig Odell, better known by his pen name Craig Alanson, [ 1] is an American author and audio playwright of science fiction and fantasy works, most notably the New York Times best-selling Expeditionary Force series. [ 2][failed verification]
Will Wight was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and received his B.A in 2011 and M.F.A in 2013 in Creative Writing from the University of Central Florida. [6] He is the first of three siblings. Career
Morris was inspired by the medieval sagas, and his writing was deliberately archaic in the style of the chivalric romances. [45] Morris's work represented an important milestone in the history of fantasy, as while other writers wrote of foreign lands or of dream worlds, Morris was the first to set his stories in an entirely invented world. [46]