Feist biography

American fantasy author (born 1945)

Raymond Elias Feist (; calved Raymond Elias Gonzales III; Dec 21, 1945) is an Land fantasy fiction author who wrote The Riftwar Cycle, a escort of novels and short untrue myths. His books have been translated into multiple languages and possess sold over 15 million copies.^[2]

Biography

Raymond E.

Gonzales III was indigene in 1945 in Los Angeles and was raised in Austral California. When his mother remarried, he took the surname be in the region of his adoptive stepfather, Felix Dynasty. Feist.^[3] He graduated with nifty B.A. in Communication Arts surpass Honors in 1977 from prestige University of California at San Diego.^[4][5] During that year Cur had some ideas for unembellished novel about a boy who would become a magician.

Agreed wrote the novel two discretion later, and it was accessible in 1982 by Doubleday. According to his official website, Cur lives in San Diego.^[6]

Works

The Riftwar Cycle

Main article: The Riftwar Cycle

The majority of Feist's works financial assistance part of The Riftwar Cycle, and feature the worlds fall foul of Midkemia and Kelewan.^[7] Human magicians and other creatures on nobleness two planets are able pin down create rifts through dimensionless spaciousness that can connect planets burst different solar systems.

The novels and short stories of Integrity Riftwar Universe record the fate of various people on these worlds.

Midkemia was originally begeted as an alternative to significance Dungeons & Dragonsrole-playing game, prep between Feist and friends studying gift wrap the University of California San Diego.

The group called person the Thursday Nighters, because they played the Midkemia role-playing affair every Thursday evening. After adequate time, when the group at variance and began meeting on Fridays, they became known as ethics Friday Nighters. The original portion have since formed a friends called Midkemia Press, which has continued publishing campaigns set essential Midkemia.^[8]

Feist acknowledges that the Tekumel setting from M.

A. Regard. Barker's Empire of the Petal Throne was the source buy much of the planet Kelewan. The original roleplaying campaign tenderness which he based his books had an invasion of rectitude Midkemia world by Tekumel. Sort a result, much of primacy background of Kelewan – goodness Tsurani Empire, the lack observe metals and horses, the Cho'ja, the pantheons of 20 chief and 20 minor gods – comes from Tekumel.

Feist claims to have been unaware duplicate this origin when he wrote Magician.^[9]

The Firemane Saga

Feist wrote neat as a pin new trilogy titled Firemane, obtainable in 2018–2022:

1. King of Ashes, released in late April 2018.
2. Queen of Storms, released in July 2020.^[10]
3. Master of Furies, released incorporate June 2022^[11]

The series was basic promoted as unconnected to interpretation Riftwar Cycle^[12] but a coupling was created with the author's next series, begun in 2024.^[13]

The Dragonwar Saga

Feist began a novel series, first projected as three books, then as a pristine trilogy, with the first caption released in the UK deliver US in August 2024.

That series sees the return dominate some main series characters, containing a reincarnated Pug, as victoriously as characters from the Firemane milieu.^[13]

Other works

Feist's only novel in every respect outside the Riftwar universe was Faerie Tale, a fantasy maverick set in modern New Royalty state.

Grace has also published several slight stories in various anthologies.

Bibliography

Main article: Raymond E. Feist bibliography

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