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Mark Shepherd (novelist)
Mark Shepherd (September 21, 1961 – May 24, 2011) was an American fantasy novelist and musician. Life and career Born Robert Marky Shepherd on September 21, 1961 in Tampa, Florida, during the 1990s Shepherd was a writing protégé and live-in personal secretary of author Mercedes Lackey and artist Larry Dixon at Highflight, their Tulsa, Oklahoma residence. He co-authored two novels with Lackey, and composed music to accompany his later books. He also wrote several short stories. Shepherd's secretarial duties at Highflight were taken over by Englishman Paul Fisher in 2000. During his later years, Mark founded Pagan Sanctum Recovery, a 12-step group for Pagans recovering from addictions of all kinds. Death He committed suicide by shooting himself on May 24, 2011. Novels ''Wheels of Fire'' Shepherd's first published work was ''Wheels of Fire'', a collaboration with Mercedes Lackey, and the 2nd novel in her SERRAted Edge series. Intended to draw attention to the plight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bard's Tale (1985)
''The Bard's Tale'' is a fantasy role-playing video game designed and programmed by Michael Cranford for the Apple II. It was produced by Interplay Entertainment, Interplay Productions in 1985 and distributed by Electronic Arts. The game was ported to the Commodore 64, Apple IIGS, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Mac (computer), Mac, and Nintendo Entertainment System, NES. It spawned ''The Bard's Tale'' series of games and books. The earliest editions of the game used a series title of ''Tales of the Unknown'', but this title was dropped for later ports of ''The Bard's Tale'' and subsequent games in the series. In August 2018, a remastered version was released for Windows, followed by the Xbox One release in 2019. Plot The following text from the box cover summarizes the premise: Long ago, when magic still prevailed, the evil wizard Mangar the Dark threatened a small but harmonious country town called Skara Brae. Evil creatures oozed into Skara Brae and joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Deaths
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2011 Suicides
Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number) * One of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''Eleven'', a 1970 collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith *''Eleven'', a 2004 children's novel in The Winnie Years by Lauren Myracle *''Eleven'', a 2008 children's novel by Patricia Reilly Giff *''Eleven'', a short story by Sandra Cisneros Music *Eleven (band), an American rock band * Eleven: A Music Company, an Australian record label *Up to eleven, an idiom from popular culture, coined in the movie ''This Is Spinal Tap'' Albums * ''11'' (The Smithereens album), 1989 * ''11'' (Ua album), 1996 * ''11'' (Bryan Adams album), 2008 * ''11'' (Sault album), 2022 * ''Eleven'' (Harry Connick, Jr. album), 1992 * ''Eleven'' (22-Pistepirkko album), 1998 * ''Eleven'' (Sugarcult album), 1999 * ''Eleven'' (B'z album), 2000 * ''Eleven'' (Reamonn album), 2010 * ''Eleven'' (Martina McBride album), 2011 * ''Eleven'' (Mr Fog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Gay Writers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Herald Mage Trilogy
This is a list of books by Mercedes Lackey, arranged by collection. Valdemar universe Some of the trilogies follow on chronologically from each other, while others are set a considerable number of years apart from the others—overall the books span some 2500 years. ''The Mage Wars'' Co-written with Larry Dixon, these are set in pre-history, some 2500 years before the ''Heralds of Valdemar'' trilogy. They describe the events which set off ''The Mage Storms''. It involves gryphons, creatures created by the mage Urtho (Mage of Silence). The co-protagonists are Skandranon Rashkae, a princely but proud ebony gryphon, and Amberdrake, a Healer of spirit and mind called a kestra'chern. # ''The Black Gryphon'' (1994) # ''The White Gryphon'' (1995) # ''The Silver Gryphon'' (1996) ''The Founding of Valdemar'' The story is about the Baron Kordas Valdemar fleeing with his people the oppressive Eastern Empire and founding the kingdom of Valdemar in the western wilds. The trilogy takes p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberta Gellis
Roberta Leah Jacobs Gellis (September 27, 1927 – May 6, 2016) was an American writer of historical fiction, historical romance, and fantasy. She held master's degrees in both biochemistry and medieval literature. Many major writers of historical romance cite her as an important influence. She has collaborated with Mercedes Lackey on historical-fantasy fiction. Early life and education She was born September 27, 1927, to Margaret Segall Jacobs and Morris B. Jacobs. Gellis grew up in Brooklyn. She earned a B.A. in chemistry and English in 1947 at Hunter College, and master's degrees in biochemistry and medieval literature. Gellis worked in New York City as a research chemist for about a decade before becoming a writer. Writing career After leaving her research lab job when her son was born, Gellis wrote her first novels, ''Bond of Blood'' and ''Knight's Honor'', in the 1960s. She went on to write more than fifty novels. These included more than twenty historical romances, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampa, Florida
Tampa ( ) is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. Tampa's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the county seat of Hillsborough County, Florida, Hillsborough County. With an estimated population of 403,364 in 2023, Tampa is the List of United States cities by population, 49th-most populous city in the country and the List of municipalities in Florida, third-most populous city in Florida after Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville and Miami. Tampa was founded as a military center in the 19th century, with the establishment of Fort Brooke. The cigar industry was brought to Tampa by Vicente Martinez Ybor, Vincente Martinez Ybor, after whom Ybor City is named. Tampa was reincorporated as a city in 1887 following the American Civil War, Civil War. Tampa's economy is driven by tourism, health care, finance, insurance, technology, construction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baen Books
Baen Books () is an American publishing house for science fiction and fantasy. In science fiction, it emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, and military science fiction. The company was established in 1983 by science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. After his death in 2006, he was succeeded as publisher by long-time executive editor Toni Weisskopf. History Baen Books was founded in 1983 out of a negotiated agreement between Jim Baen and Simon & Schuster. Simon & Schuster was undergoing massive reorganization and wanted to hire Baen to head and revitalize the science fiction line of its Pocket Books division. Baen, with financial backing from some friends, counteroffered with a proposal to start up a new company named Baen Books and provide Simon & Schuster with a science fiction line to distribute instead. According to ''Locus''s 2004 Book Summary, Baen Books was the ninth most active publisher in the U.S. in terms of most books published in the genres indicated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Dixon (fantasy Artist)
Larry Dixon (born July 28, 1966) is an American fantasy artist and novelist. Background Dixon, the son of a Delta Force career commando, studied at The North Carolina School of the Arts and at Savannah College of Art & Design. In 1992, he married fantasy author Mercedes Lackey; they live in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. Dixon, a sports car enthusiast, is also a storm spotter and volunteer firefighter. Writing Larry has collaborated with his wife, Mercedes Lackey, on a number of her books, including: *''Storm Breaking'' (illustrator) *The ''Mage Wars'' Trilogy (DAW) **''The Black Gryphon'' (co-author) **''The White Gryphon'' (co-author) **''The Silver Gryphon'' (co-author) *The ''SERRAted Edge'' Novels (Baen) **''Chrome Circle'' (co-author) **''Born to Run'' (co-author) *The Owl Trilogy (DAW) **''Owlflight'' **''Owlsight'' (co-author) **''Owlknight'' (co-author) Artwork Dixon has contributed artwork to several roleplaying games, including ''GURPS'' and ''Talislanta'', and to Wiza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
