Russell Davis (born 1970) is an American author born in

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

. His publications include more than 20 novels and 30 short stories. Davis, who writes in many

genres Genre () is any style or form of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other form ...

, was the president of the

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, doing business as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association and commonly known as SFWA ( or ) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. Whi ...

(SFWA) from 2008 to 2010, and a member of the

Western Writers of America Western Writers of America (WWA), founded 1953, promotes literature, both fictional and nonfictional, pertaining to the American West. Although its founders wrote traditional Western fiction Western fiction is a genre of literature set in th ...

(WWA). He has also worked as an editor and book packager. Davis has written for publication under the names David Cian, Garrett Dylan and Dylan Garrett, D.L. Lawson, Cliff Ryder, Jenna Solitaire and Christopher Tracy as well as his real name. Cliff Ryder is a house pseudonym shared by multiple writers.

Selected works

Novels

Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers

* ''

Cloak and Dagger "Cloak and dagger" was a fighting style common by the time of the Renaissance involving a knife hidden beneath a cloak. The term later came into use as a metaphor, referring to situations involving intrigue, secrecy, espionage, or mystery. Over ...

'' (2001) with John Helfers

Transformers ''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Tomy, Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, two Extraterrestrials in fiction, alien robot fac ...

* ''Annihilation'' (2003) as David Cian * ''Fusion'' (2004) as David Cian

The Twilight Zone ''The Twilight Zone'' is an American media franchise based on the anthology series, anthology television series created by Rod Serling in which characters find themselves dealing with often disturbing or unusual events, an experience described ...

* ''A Gathering of Shadows'' (2003)

Standalone novels

* ''Touchless'' (2002) * ''The Adventures of the Librarian: Quest for the Spear'' (2004) –

TV movie A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a film with a running time similar to a feature film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a terrest ...

novelization as by Christopher Tracy * ''Megawar'' (2005) as David Cian * ''Jersey'' (2013)

As by Cliff Ryder

Among the Room 59 spy novels published under the name Cliff Ryder, a house pseudonym shared by multiple writers, Davis takes credit for two for which he has been acknowledged under the pseudonym Garrett Dylan."Room 59"
Spy Guys and Gals. Retrieved 2015-07-20. * ''Out of Time'' (2008) * ''The Ties that Bind'' (2008)

Collections

* ''Waltzing with the Dead'' (2004) * ''The End of All Seasons'' (2013)

Anthologies edited

* ''Mardi Gras Madness: Tales of Terror and Mayhem in New Orleans'' (2000) with

Martin H. Greenberg Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ...

* ''Apprentice Fantastic'' (2002) with Greenberg * ''Transformers Legends'' (2004) as David Cian * ''Faerie Tales'' (2004) with Greenberg * ''Haunted Holidays'' (2004) with Greenberg * ''Millennium 3001'' (2006) with Greenberg * ''If I Were An Evil Overlord'' (2007) with Greenberg * ''Courts of the Fey'' (2011) with Greenberg

Short fiction

* "Dead Tired" (1998) * "One Tree Hill" (1998) * "The End of Winter" (1998) * "The Body Clock" (1999) * "The Death of Winston Foster" (1999) * "The End of Summer" (1999) * "Goliath" (1999) * "Fat Tuesday" (2000) * "Across Hickman's Bridge to Home" (2000) * "A Kiss at Midnight" (2001) * "King of Thorns" (2001) * "A Weapon of Flesh and Bone" (2001) with

Tim Waggoner Tim Waggoner is an American author of novels and short stories in the fantasy, horror, and thriller genres. Education Waggoner graduated from Wright State University in 1989 with a Master of Arts in English with a Creative Writing Concentr ...

* "Omega Time" (2002) * "Countdown" (2004) * "The Last Day of the Rest of Her Life" (2004) * "The Hollywood Dilemma" (2005) * "The Things She Handed Down" (2005) * "Midnight at the Half-Life Café" (2005) * "The Angel Chamber" (2005) * "The End of Spring" (2006) * "When I Look to the Sky" (2007) * "Engines of Desire & Despair" (2007) * "Scars Enough" (2008) * "Houdini's Mirror" (2008) * "An Orchid for Valdis" (2008)