Deborah Chester (born 1957) is an American

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of over 40 books, primarily

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and fantasy novels. She currently holds the John Crain Presidential

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ship at the

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, teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses on writing style and structure in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Chester began her career penning

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s but eventually moved into a variety of genres including adult fiction, science fiction, and fantasy. She has written novels based on popular science fiction television series such as

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's ''Alien Chronicles'' and '' Earth 2''.

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released Chester's newest novel, ''The Pearls'', on November 27, 2007.

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, author of ''

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'', has named her as his primary mentor.

Bibliography

Ruby Throne

# Reign of Shadows (1996) # Shadow War (1996) # Realm of Light (1997)

Alien Chronicles

# The Golden One (1997) # The Crimson Claw (1998) # The Crystal Eye (1999)

Nether and Mandria

Dain

# Dain: The Queen's Gambit (2002) # Dain: The King Betrayed (2003) # Dain: The Queen's Knight (2004) # Dain: The King Imperiled (2005)

The Sword, the Ring and the Chalice

# The Sword (2000) # The Ring (2000) # The Chalice (2001)

The Pearls and the Crown

# The Pearls (2007) # The Crown (2008)

Anthi

# The Children of Anthi (1985 - as Jay D. Blakeney) # Requiem for Anthi (1990 - as Jay D. Blakeney)

Operation Starhawks

# Space Hawks (1990 - as Sean Dalton) # Code Name Peregrine (1990 - as Sean Dalton) # Beyond the Void (1991 - as Sean Dalton) # The Rostma Lure (1991 - as Sean Dalton) # Destination Mutiny (1991 - as Sean Dalton) # The Salukan Gambit (1992 - as Sean Dalton)

Time-Trap

* Time Trap (1992 - as Sean Dalton) * Showdown (1992 - as Sean Dalton) * Pieces of Eight (1992 - as Sean Dalton) * Restoration (1994 - as Sean Dalton) * Turncoat (1994 - as Sean Dalton) * Termination (1995 - as Sean Dalton)

Earth 2

* Puzzle (1995 - as Sean Dalton)

Other novels

* A Love So Wild (1979) * French Slippers (1981) * The Sign of the Owl (1981) * Royal Intrigue (1982) * Summer's Rapture (1983) * Hearts Desire (1983) * Burning Secrets (1984) * Sweet Passions (1985) * The Omcri Matrix (1987 - as Jay D. Blakeney) * Captured Hearts (1989) * The Goda War (1989 - as Jay D. Blakeney)

Short fiction

* "The Street that Forgot Time" short story in '' Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary'' (2009)

References

Sources

* http://www.ou.edu/content/gaylord/home/main/faculty_staff/deborah_chester.html * http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/deborah-chester/ * http://www.deborahchester.com/bibliography.html

External links

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