Tad Williams

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Tad Williams during Polcon 2007 convention
Tad Williams during Polcon 2007 convention

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. 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 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.

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.

Contents

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] 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)

[edit] Otherland

[edit] Shadowmarch

  • 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).

[edit] 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)

[edit] Standalone Novels

[edit] Collections

  • Rite: Short Work (Hardcover, 2006) Subterranean Press. Published in January 2007.
  • Rite: Short Work (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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

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Works by Tad Williams (bibliography)
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn
Otherland
Shadowmarch

Shadowmarch (2004) • Shadowplay (2007) • Shadowrise (forthcoming)
Standalone novels

Tailchaser's Song (1985) • Child of an Ancient City (1992) • Caliban's Hour (1994) • The War of the Flowers (2003)
Short story collection