William King (author)
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Career
King wrote Trollslayer (1999), the first novel for the Black Library label.[1]
His most memorable characters, Gotrek and Felix, have appeared in a series of novels, beginning with Trollslayer, a collection of previously published and new short stories. His next-most-famous character is Ragnar Blackmane, a Space Marine from the Warhammer 40,000 game setting universe (although the character was already in existence in the game and background material, King took him and expanded his history in the novel series).
In 2010, he signed a three-book deal with Black Library that will focus on elven brothers Tyrion and Teclis.[2]
Prior to moving to the Czech Republic, King spent a number of years as a designer for GW, contributing to their game universes (where much of his fiction is also set). He has also written a tetralogy of books featuring the Death's Angels which are available in the Czech Republic, Spain and Germany.
He married his long-time girlfriend, Radka, on 24 September 2005, and lives in Prague with his family.
King is currently working on World of Warcraft: Illidan for Blizzard Entertainment, to be released in March 2016.[3]
Bibliography
Novel series
- Gotrek and Felix series
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- Trollslayer (1999)
- Skavenslayer (1999)
- Daemonslayer (1999)
- Dragonslayer (2000)
- Beastslayer (2001)
- Vampireslayer (2001)
- Giantslayer (2003)
- Tyrion and Teclis trilogy
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- Blood of Aenarion (2011)
- Sword of Caledor (2012)
- Bane of Malekith (2013)
- Macharian Crusade trilogy
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- Angel of Fire (2012)
- Fist of Demetrius (2013)
- Fall of Macharius (2014)
- Ragnar Blackmane series
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- Terrarch tetralogy
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Short stories
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- "Green Troops"
- "Red Garden"
- "Visiting the Dead"
- "Skyrider"
- "The Price of Their Toys"
- "The Laughter of Dark Gods"
- "Geheimnisnacht"
- "Wolf Riders"
- "Dark Beneath the World"
- "Uptown Girl"
- "Deathwing" (with B. Ansell)
- "Devil’s Marauders"
- "Skaven's Claw"
- "Easy Steps to Posthumanity"
- "The Mutant Master"
- "In the Belly of the Beast"
- "Ulric’s Children"
- "Blood and Darkness"
- "The Mark of Slaanesh"
- "The Ultimate Ritual" (with N Jones)
- "The Wrath of Khârn"
- "Redhand's Daughter"
- "The Guardian of the Dawn"
- "The Servants of the Dark Master"
Other works
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- Farseer
- Laughter of Dark Gods (short stories anthology)
- The Inquiry Agent (a Victorian mystery)
References
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External links
- William King's official website
- William King's official blog
- The Black Library official website
- William King at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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- 20th-century British novelists
- 21st-century British novelists
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- British fantasy writers
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- Living people
- People from Prague
- Scottish fantasy writers
- Scottish science fiction writers
- Warhammer Fantasy writers
- Warhammer 40,000 writers