Tad Williams during a signing in Cologne, Germany in October 2004.
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 of 2004. The second
volume, Shadowplay, was published in March 2007.
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 is writing Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis for DC Comics starting with issue #50, a project which began in March 2007 and
will end with issue #57 since the comic has been cancelled by DC.
Bibliography
- 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)
Shadowmarch
- Book 1 - Shadowmarch (Hardcover 2004, Trade Paperback 2005, Mass-Market Paperback
2006)
- Book 2 - Shadowplay (Hardcover, March 2007, Trade Paperback forthcoming in March
2008)
- Book 3 - Shadowrise (working title, originally Shadowfall; Hardcover, forthcoming).
Standalone Novels
Collections
- Rite: Short Work (Hardcover, 2006) Subterranean Press. Published in January
2007. A trade paperback reprint is forthcoming from Subterranean Press under their new imprint, Far Territories.
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.
- Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis published by DC Comics. Williams replaced writer Kurt
Busiek with issue #50 in March of 2007. His run lasted till issue #57 when the comic was cancelled.
- The Helmet of Fate; Ibis the
Invincible, 2007 one-shot for DC.
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