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of the Random House Group, a division of

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. The imprint was established in 1977 under the editorship of

Judy-Lynn del Rey Judy-Lynn del Rey née Benjamin (January 26, 1943 – February 20, 1986) was a science fiction editor. She was a fan and regular attendee at science fiction conventions and worked her way up the publishing ladder, starting with work at the s ...

and her husband, author

Lester del Rey Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the author of many books in the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series, and the fantasy editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy an ...

. Today, the imprint specializes in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and fantasy romance. The first new novel published by Del Rey was ''

The Sword of Shannara ''The Sword of Shannara'' is a 1977 epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. It is the first book in a titular trilogy. The novel interweaves two major plots into a fictional world called The Four Lands. One follows the protagonist ...

'' by

Terry Brooks Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly high fantasy, epic fantasy, and has also written two film novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times Best Seller List, ''New York Times'' ...

in 1977. Del Rey formerly published ''

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'' novels under the Lucasbooks sub-imprint (licensed from

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, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios division of

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) that are now published by its sister imprint, Random House Worlds.

Authors

Piers Anthony Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born August 6, 1934) is an American author in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is best known for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xan ...

Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. H ...

* Stephen Baxter *

Amber Benson Amber Benson (born January 8, 1977) is an American actress, writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1999–2002), and has directed, produced and starred in her o ...

Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury ( ; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, Horror fiction, horr ...

Max Brooks Maximilian Michael Brooks (born May 22, 1972) is an American actor and author. He is the son of comedian Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. Much of Brooks's writing focuses on Zombie (fictional), zombie stories. He was a senior fellow at the ...

Pierce Brown Pierce Brown (born January 28, 1988) is an American science fiction author who writes the ''Red Rising'' series, consisting of '' Red Rising'' (2014), '' Golden Son'' (2015), '' Morning Star'' (2016), '' Iron Gold'' (2018), '' Dark Age'' (2019), ...

John Brunner John Brunner may refer to: * Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet (1842–1919), British industrialist and Liberal Member of Parliament * John L. Brunner (1929–1980), Pennsylvania politician * Sir John Brunner, 2nd Baronet (1865–1929), British Libe ...

Bonnie Burton Bonnie Burton (born July 12, 1972) is a San Francisco-based author, journalist, comedian, actress, and show host. She is best known for arts & crafts books like ''The Star Wars Craft Book,'' and appearances on web series including ''Geek DIY'' o ...

* Jack L. Chalker *

Cassandra Clare Judith Lewis (née Rumelt; born July 27, 1973), better known by her pen name Cassandra Clare, is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her bestselling series ''The Mortal Instruments''. Personal life Clare was born Judith R ...

Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 191719 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. Clarke co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film '' 2001: A ...

* James Clemens *

Dan Cragg Dan Cragg (born September 6, 1939) is an American science fiction author. Biography Cragg was born in Rochester, New York. He served in the United States Army from 1958 to 1980, retiring with the rank of sergeant major. He served two tours of dut ...

Brian Daley Brian Charles Daley (December 22, 1947 – February 11, 1996) was an American science fiction novelist. He also adapted for radio the ''Star Wars'' radio dramas and wrote all of its episodes. Biography Daley was born in Englewood, New Jersey a ...

* Maurice G. Dantec * Philip K. Dick *

Stephen R. Donaldson Stephen Reeder Donaldson (born May 13, 1947) is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist, most famous for ''The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant'', his ten-novel fantasy series. His work is characterized by psychological complexity ...

David Eddings David Carroll Eddings (July 7, 1931 – June 2, 2009) was an American fantasy writer. With his wife Leigh, he authored several best-selling epic fantasy novel series, including ''The Belgariad'' (1982–84), '' The Malloreon'' (1987–91), '' The ...

Philip José Farmer Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy fiction, fantasy novels and short story, short stories. Obituary. Farmer is best known for two sequences of novels, t ...

Mick Farren Michael Anthony Farren (3 September 1943 – 27 July 2013) was an English rock musician, singer, journalist, and author associated with counterculture and the UK underground, who had a significant influence on the development of British proto ...

Joe Clifford Faust Joe Clifford Faust (born 1957) is an American author best known for his seven science fiction novels which were primarily written during the 1980s and 1990s, including ''A Death of Honor'', '' The Company Man'', the '' Angel's Luck'' Trilogy (al ...

*Heather Fawcett *

Lynn Flewelling Lynn Flewelling (born Lynn Elizabeth Beaulieu on October 20, 1958) is an American fantasy fiction author. Biography Born at Presque Isle, Flewelling grew up in northern Maine, United States. She has worked as a teacher, a house painter, a necro ...

* Robert L. Forward *

Alan Dean Foster Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction. He has written several book series, more than 20 standalone novels, and many novelizations of film scripts. Career ''Star Wars'' Foster was the ghost ...

Gregory Frost Gregory Frost (born May 13, 1951) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy, and directs a fiction writing workshop at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa. A g ...

Christopher Golden Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American writer. Early life Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts University. Career As well as novels, Golden has written com ...

James L. Halperin James L. Halperin (born October 31, 1952) is an American businessman and author, who is the co-founder and co-chairman of Heritage Auctions, now the largest American auction house with 2022 sales in excess of $1.45 billion. In 1985 Halperin author ...

Barbara Hambly Barbara Hambly (born August 28, 1951) is an American novelist and screenwriter within the genres of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and historical fiction. She is the author of the bestselling Benjamin January mystery series featuring a ...

Peter F. Hamilton Peter F. Hamilton (born 1960) is a British author. He is known for writing science fiction space opera. Biography Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland, England in 1960. He did not attend university. He said in an interview, "I did science ...

Ward Hawkins Ward Hawkins (29 December 1912 – 22 December 1990) was an American author, who wrote from the 1940s through the 1980s. His later works seem to have been science fiction, but earlier he wrote serial stories for the ''Saturday Evening Post'' i ...

Kevin Hearne Kevin Hearne (born December 9, 1970) is an American-Canadian fantasy novelist originally hailing from Arizona, now residing in Ontario. Hearne is the author of twenty novels published by Del Rey. These include the ''New York Times'' bestsellin ...

Robert A. Heinlein Robert Anson Heinlein ( ; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific acc ...

Robert E. Howard Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American writer who wrote pulp magazine, pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sor ...

Robert Don Hughes Dr. Robert Don Hughes (Nov. 14,1949 - Nov. 23, 2023) was an American educator, writer, and pastor. He authored mainstream fantasy and science fiction and evangelical non-fiction. Early life and education Hughes was born in Ventura, California, o ...

*Danielle L. Jensen * J. Gregory Keyes * Rosemary Kirstein *

Katherine Kurtz Katherine Irene Kurtz (born October 18, 1944) is an American fantasy writer, author of sixteen historical fantasy novels in the '' Deryni'' series, as well as occult and urban fantasy. Resident in Ireland for over twenty years, she moved to Virg ...

H. P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft (, ; August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of Weird fiction, weird, Science fiction, science, fantasy, and horror fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos. Born in Provi ...

James Luceno James Luceno (born 1947) is an American author born in the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda, known for his novels and reference books connected with the ''Star Wars'' franchise and the Star Wars Expanded Universe, ''Star Wars'' Expanded Uni ...

Anne McCaffrey Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American writer known for the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, ''Weyr Search'', 1968) an ...

* Donald E. McQuinn *

China Miéville China Tom Miéville ( , born 6 September 1972) is a British speculative fiction writer and Literary criticism, literary critic. He often describes his work as "weird fiction", and is allied to the loosely associated movement of writers called ...

*Terry Miles *

Elizabeth Moon Elizabeth Moon (born March 7, 1945) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Her other writing includes newspaper columns and opinion pieces. Her novel ''The Speed of Dark'' won the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novel, Nebula Award. Pri ...

Sylvain Neuvel Sylvain Neuvel (born 1973) is a Canadian science fiction writer, linguist, and translator. He is the author of the series ''The Themis Files'' and ''Take Them to the Stars''. Early life Neuvel was born in Quebec City and raised in the suburb of ...

* Robert Newcomb *

Larry Niven Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His 1970 novel ''Ringworld'' won the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo, Locus Award, Locus, Ditmar Award, Ditmar, and Nebula Award for Best Novel, Nebula award ...

John Norman John Frederick Lange Jr. (born June 3, 1931) is an American writer who, as John Norman, has authored the ''Gor'' series of science fantasy novels. Norman was also a philosophy professor. Early life and education Lange was born in Chicago, Ill ...

Naomi Novik Naomi Novik (born 1973) is an American author of speculative fiction. She is known for the Temeraire (series), ''Temeraire'' series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons, and her The Scholomance Trilogy, ''S ...

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American list of science fiction authors, science-fiction writer, editor, and science fiction fandom, fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first ...

* Michael Poore *

Christopher Rowley Christopher Rowley (born 1948) is an American writer specializing in the science fiction and fantasy genres. He is also a former journalist and television screenwriter. Christopher Rowley was born in 1948 in Lynn, Massachusetts, to an Ameri ...

David Sherman David Sherman (February 27, 1944 – November 16, 2022) was an American novelist who dealt overwhelmingly with military themes at the small-unit tactical level. His experiences as a United States Marine Corps, United States Marine informed his ...

Scott Sigler Scott Carl Sigler is an American author of science fiction and Horror fiction, horror and a podcaster. Scott is a ''The New York Times, New York Times'' No. 1 bestselling author of twenty novels, six novellas, dozens of short stories, and thousan ...

* Lucy A. Snyder * Michael J. Sullivan *

J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson ...

Harry Turtledove Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949) is an American author who is best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction. He is a student of history and completed his ...

Lawrence Watt-Evans Lawrence Watt-Evans (born 1954) is one of the pseudonyms of American science fiction and fantasy author Lawrence Watt Evans (another pseudonym, used primarily for science fiction, is Nathan Archer). Biography Born in Arlington, Massachusetts, as ...

Books published

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''Water Moon''
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The Crimson Crown
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A Fate Inked In Blood
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Cursebound
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Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
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At the Bottom of the Garden
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts
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The Endless War
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The Ragpicker King
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We Shall Be Monsters
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The Tainted Cup
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Blood Over Bright Haven
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Those Beyond the Wall
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The Inadequate Heir
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The Traitor Queen
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The World of Lore: Dreadful Places
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The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals
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The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures
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The Book of Elsewhere
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''A Blight of Blackwings''
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''Ink and Sigil''
* '' Mexican Gothic''

Series

;''Batman'' : A trilogy based on the Dark Knight version of the character. # ''Batman: Dead White'' (2006 novel) by

John Shirley John Shirley (born February 10, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of horror, fantasy, science fiction, noir fiction, westerns, and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, ''Wyatt in Wichita'', and ...

# ''Batman: Inferno'' (2006 novel) by Alex Irvine # ''Batman: Fear Itself'' (2007 novel) by

Michael Reaves James Michael Reaves (September 14, 1950 – March 20, 2023) was an American writer, known for his contributions as a script writer and story editor to a number of 1980s and 1990s animated television series, including '' Gargoyles'' and '' Batma ...

and

Steven-Elliot Altman Steven-Elliot Altman is an American author, graphic novelist, video game writer-director, producer, screenwriter and the current chief executive officer of a software company called Social Impulse that services the videogame industry. Career A ...

; ;''Dragonriders of Pern'' :Twenty-three ''

Dragonriders of Pern ''Dragonriders of Pern'' is a science fantasy series written primarily by American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey, who initiated it in 1967. Beginning in 2003, her middle child Todd McCaffrey has written Pern novels, both solo and jointly with A ...

'' novels by

and

Todd McCaffrey Todd J. McCaffrey (born April 27, 1956 as Todd Johnson) is an American science fiction writer known for continuing the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series in collaboration with his mother Anne McCaffrey. Life Todd Johnson was born 27 April 1956 in M ...

beginning with the first edition of the third novel—'' The White Dragon'' (1978)—and reprints of the first two novels.. Retrieved 2011-10-23. ;''Ghosts of Albion'' : '' Accursed'' (2005 novel) by

and

: ''Witchery'' (2006 novel) by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden ;''God of War'' # ''

God of War A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in polytheism, polytheistic religions. Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been portrayed in their ...

'' (2010 novelization) by

Matthew Stover Matthew Woodring Stover (born January 29, 1962) is an American fantasy and List of science fiction authors, science fiction novelist. He is most well known for his four ''Star Wars'' novels, including the novelization of ''Star Wars: Episode III ...

and Robert E. Vardeman # ''

God of War II ''God of War II'' is a 2007 action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). First released for the PlayStation 2 on March 13, 2007, the game is the second installment in the ''God of ...

'' (2013 novelization) by Robert E. Vardeman ;''Halo'' # '' Halo: The Fall of Reach'' (2001 novel) by

Eric Nylund Eric S. Nylund (born November 12, 1964) is an American novelist and professional technical writer. His wife, Syne Mitchell, is also a science fiction writer. He holds a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from the University of California, Santa ...

# '' Halo: The Flood'' (2003 novel) by

William C. Dietz William C. Dietz (born 1945) is an American science fiction writer, principally of military science fiction novels and video game novelizations. Early life and career Dietz grew up in the Seattle area and served in both the Navy and in the Mari ...

# '' Halo: First Strike'' (2003 novel) by Eric Nylund ;''Ink & Sigil'' ''by Kevin Hearne'' # ''Ink & Sigil'' (2020 novel) # ''Paper & Blood'' (2021 novel) ; ;Rabbits by Terry Miles ;# ''Rabbits (June 2021 novel)'' ;# ''The Quiet Room (October 2023 novel)'' ;''Robotech'' : Twenty-one ''Robotech'' novels (1987–1996) by

and

;''Shannara'' :Eleven (and counting) ''

Shannara ''Shannara'' is a series of high fantasy novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with '' The Sword of Shannara'' in 1977 and concluding with ''The Last Druid'' which was released in October 2020; there is also a prequel, '' First King of Sha ...

'' novels by

;''Spider-Man by Peter David'' # ''

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'' (2002 novelization) by

Peter David Peter Allen David (September 23, 1956 – May 24, 2025), often abbreviated PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films, and video games.Buxton, Marc (March 29, 2014)"From 'Future Imperfect' to '2099': Peter David's Grea ...

# ''

Spider-Man 2 ''Spider-Man 2'' is a 2004 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of Spider-Man. Directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent from a story conceived by Michael Chabon and the writing team of Alfred Gough and Miles ...

'' (2004 novelization) by Peter David ;''StarFist'' : Fourteen '' StarFist'' novels (1997–2009) and three StarFist: Force Recon novels (2005-2008) by

and

;''Southern Victory'' : Eleven ''

Southern Victory The ''Southern Victory'' series or Timeline-191 is a series of eleven alternate history novels by author Harry Turtledove, beginning with '' How Few Remain'' (1997) and published over a decade. The period addressed in the series begins during th ...

'' novels (1997–2007) by

;''Star Wars'' : Many ''Star Wars'' novels by various authors. ;''Tarzan'' : '' Time's Last Gift'' (1977 revised edition) by

: '' Tarzan: The Epic Adventures'' (1996) by R. A. Salvatore : '' The Dark Heart of Time'' (June 1999) by Philip José Farmer ;''Temeraire'' :Nine Temeraire novels (2006-2016) by

, published by Del Rey books in the US. ;''X-Men'' # ''

X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the team first appeared in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963). Although initial ...

'' (2000 novelization) by

Kristine Kathryn Rusch Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born June 4, 1960) is an American writer and editor. She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and mainstream. Rusch won the Hugo Award for Best Nove ...

and

Dean Wesley Smith Dean Wesley Smith (born November 10, 1950) is an American writer of science fiction, mystery, and fantasy. Smith has published nearly 200 novels and hundreds of short stories. Smith has also written novels for various media franchises includi ...

# '' X-Men 2'' (2003 novelization) by

Chris Claremont Christopher S. Claremont (; born November 25, 1950) is an English-born American comic book writer and novelist. Claremont is best known for his 16-year stint on ''Uncanny X-Men'' from 1975 to 1991, far longer than that of any other writer,Clarem ...

# '' X-Men: The Last Stand'' (2006 novelization) by Chris Claremont

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