Dan Willis is an American

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novels in the ''

Dragonlance ''Dragonlance'' is a shared universe created by Laura Hickman, Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived ''Dragonlance'' whil ...

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Margaret Weis Margaret Edith Weis (; born March 16, 1948) is an American fantasy and science fiction author, of dozens of novels and short stories. At TSR, Inc., she teamed with Tracy Hickman to create the ''Dragonlance'' role-playing game (RPG) world. She is ...

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Tracy Hickman Tracy Raye Hickman (born November 26, 1955) is an American fantasy author. He wrote the ''Dragonlance'' novels with Margaret Weis. He also wrote role playing game material while working for TSR and has cowritten novels with his wife, Laura Hick ...

. He lives in

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Biography

His Dragonlance fantasy novels were his first books published by a major publisher, and his first young adult works as well. All three of his ''Dragonlance: The New Adventures'' books are on the accelerated reading list for a junior high school in Utah. Willis lives in Utah with his wife and four children. In addition to writing, Willis is a web designer and columnist, and a computer programmer.

Bibliography

Novels

'' Dragonlance: The New Adventures'' series
Written for readers age 10 and up. * ''The Dragon Well'' (vol.3), , September 1, 2004. ''The Dragon Well'' was Willis's first young adult novel. * ''Dragon Knight'' (vol.7), , May 3, 2005 * ''Wizard's Return'' (Trinistyr Trilogy vol.3), , May 9, 2006 ''The Anvil of Time'' series * ''The Survivors'' (vol.2), , November 4, 2008Dragonlance: The Survivors
on LDS Fiction. ''The Shattered West'' series * ''The Flux Engine'' (vol.1), , April 16, 2013 ''Arcane Casebook'' series
''Dead Letter'', a prequel to the series, was released in December 2018. # ''In Plain Sight'' (December 2018, ) # ''Ghost of a Chance'' (March 2019, ) # ''The Long Chain'' (September 2019, ) # ''Mind Games'' (February 2020, ) # ''Limelight'' (May 2020, ) # ''Blood Relations'' (October 2020, ) # ''Capital Murder'' (April 2021, ) # ''Hostile Takeover'' (forthcoming, April 2022)

Short works

*"Lake of Death", pp. 127–152, collected in ''The Search for Power: Dragons from the War of Souls'', edited by

, , 2004-05-01 Sources:

Critical reception

''Dragon Knight'', the seventh volume in an eight-volume series, has been described as the best in the series. Both ''The Dragon Well'' and ''Dragon Knight'' have a 3.8 out of 5 rating on Goodreads.com. ''The Dragon Well'' was given a 2Q (out of 3Q) by Geri Diorio of the ''

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