Tad Williams

Tad Williams

Robert Paul "Tad" Williams (born March 14, 1957, San Jose, California) is the author of several fantasy and science fiction novels, including "Tailchaser's Song", the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series, the Otherland series, and "The War of the Flowers".

Williams is currently writing the Shadowmarch series, the first volume of which was published in November 2004. The second volume, "Shadowplay", was published in March 2007. The final volume currently work-titled "Shadowrise" is currently being written.

In July 2006, Williams started publishing a new six issue comic mini-series called "The Next" through DC Comics. A second series for DC Comics called "The Factory" is currently in planning stages.In addition, Tad wrote "" for DC Comics starting with issue #50, a project which began in March 2007 and ended with issue #57.

Tad Williams is also currently working on a series of young-adult books co-written with his wife Deborah Beale called Ordinary Farm. The first volume is currently scheduled for a release in January 2009.

Bibliography

Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn

*Book 1 - "The Dragonbone Chair" (Hardcover 1988, Paperback 1989)
*Book 2 - "Stone of Farewell" (Hardcover 1990, Paperback 1991)
*Book 3 - "To Green Angel Tower" (Hardcover 1993)
**Book 3 was split into 2 parts for paperback publication (1994):
***"To Green Angel Tower, Part 1" and "To Green Angel Tower, Part 2" (US Edition)
***"To Green Angel Tower: Siege" and "To Green Angel Tower: Storm" (UK edition)

Otherland

*Book 1 - "City of Golden Shadow" (Hardcover 1996, Paperback 1998)
*Book 2 - "River of Blue Fire" (Hardcover 1998, Paperback 1999)
*Book 3 - "Mountain of Black Glass" (Hardcover 1999, Paperback 2000)
*Book 4 - "Sea of Silver Light" (Hardcover 2001, Paperback 2002)

hadowmarch

*Book 1 - "Shadowmarch" (Hardcover 2004, Trade Paperback 2005, Mass-Market Paperback 2006)
*Book 2 - "Shadowplay" (Hardcover, 2007, Trade Paperback 2008)
*Book 3 - "Shadowrise" (working title, originally "Shadowfall"; Hardcover, forthcoming).

Ordinary Farm series

Young-adult, written with Deborah Beale (his wife)
*Book 1 - "A Dragon of Ordinary Farm" (Hardcover to be published in January 2009)
*Book 2 - "A Witch at Ordinary Farm" (currently in progress)
*Book 3 - (forthcoming)
*Book 4 - (forthcoming)
*Book 5 - (forthcoming)

tandalone Novels

*"Tailchaser's Song" (Hardcover 1985, Paperback 1986)
*"Child of an Ancient City" (Paperback 1992, written with Nina Kiriki Hoffman)
*"Caliban's Hour" (Hardcover 1994)
*"The War of the Flowers" (Hardcover 2003, Paperback 2004)

Collections

*"" (Hardcover, 2006) Subterranean Press. Published in January 2007.
*"" (Trade Paperback, May 2008) Subterranean Press/Far Territories. Reprint of the limited hc edition without the non-fiction pieces. The reprint only contains the short stories.

Comic Books

*"Tad Williams' Mirrorworld" 2 issues. Series was cancelled after two issues because the publisher went out of business.
*"The Next" 6 issue mini-series published by DC Comics. Published between July and December 2006.
*"" published by DC Comics. Williams replaced writer Kurt Busiek with issue #50 in March 2007. His run lasted till issue #57 when the comic was cancelled.
*"The Helmet of Fate; Ibis the Invincible", 2007 one-shot for DC.

External links

* [http://www.tadwilliams.com Tad Williams' US website]
* [http://www.shadowmarch.com Shadowmarch website]
* [http://www.sffworld.com/interview/106p0.html Interview (several) with Tad Williams] at [http://www.sffworld.com SFFWorld.com]
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* [http://www.yourmomsbasement.com/archives/2006/07/interview_tad_w.html#more Interview: Tad Williams - The Next] by Rajan Khanna, July 2006.
* [http://www.fantasyliterature.net/williamstad.html Book Reviews at FantasyLiterature.net]
* [http://www.flamesrising.com/interview-tad-williams Interview with Fantasy Author Tad Williams] at FlamesRising.com (April '08)


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