Roland James Green (September 2, 1944 - April 20, 2021) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor. He wrote as Roland Green and Roland J. Green; and had 28 books in the Richard Blade series published under the

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'Jeffrey Lord'.

Biography

Green was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, in 1944. A resident of Michigan since 1947, he was graduated from Ypsilanti High School in Ypsilanti in 1962. He received a B.A. from

Oberlin College Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational liberal arts college in the United S ...

in 1966 in Political Science, then moved to Chicago to attend the University of Chicago from which he received an MA in

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in 1968. While there, he became active in science fiction fandom and in the Society for Creative Anachronism (under the '' persona'' "Roland de Tour Gris"). He married fellow writer

Frieda A. Murray Frieda Adelle Murray (born September 17, 1948) is an American fantasy writer whose works are generally written in collaboration with Roland J. Green. Life Murray was born September 17, 1948, in Waco, Texas, the daughter of Samuel Stevenson Murra ...

in 1975; their one daughter Violette Y. Green was born in 1984. Green worked as a full-time writer and reviewer most of the time since selling his first novel, ''Wandor's Ride'', in 1973. While his earliest published novels were the "Wandor"

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series, Green's most prominent works are his military action adventures of the future, including the ''Starcruiser Shenandoah'' series, the ''Peace Company'' series, and ''Voyage to Eneh'' (2003). He also wrote a number of Conan novels published by Tor Books and co-authored several novels as well. He pseudonymously wrote all but one of the Richard Blade series books from number 9 up to the end of the series. Roland Green died on April 20, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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