Mark Anthony is an American author who lives and writes in Colorado.

Career

Anthony wrote a number of novels based on ''

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'' published worlds,

Forgotten Realms ''Forgotten Realms'' is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a ...

Dragonlance ''Dragonlance'' is a shared universe created by 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'' while driving in t ...

, and

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. His first such novel was ''

Crypt of the Shadowking ''Crypt of the Shadowking'' is a fantasy novel by Mark Anthony (writer), Mark Anthony, set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. It is the sixth novel in "The Harpers" series. It was publi ...

'' in The Harpers series, and he has written several short stories as well. Anthony was commissioned by TSR to write a novel about

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called ''The Shores of Dusk'' by the time

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had purchased TSR; however, Wizards declined to publish Anthony's completed novel in favor of bringing back

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to write about Drizzt, starting with ''

The Silent Blade ''The Silent Blade'' is the first book of the Legend of Drizzt grouping Paths of Darkness. It is the eleventh book in the ever expanding Legend of Drizzt series and is followed by ''The Spine of the World'' which came out the next year. It was rel ...

'' (1998). Anthony is best known for '' The Last Rune'' series, which he developed to explore the idea that reason and wonder need not exist in conflict. Recently he has written a trilogy under the pseudonym Galen Beckett, beginning with a novel ''The Magicians and Mrs. Quent'', whose blurb, similarly to ''The Last Rune'', claims that the book was written to given an answer to the question "what if there was a fantastical cause underlying the social constraints and limited choices confronting a heroine in a novel by Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte?".SFSite
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Partial bibliography

The Last Rune series

* ''Beyond the Pale'' (1998) * ''The Keep of Fire'' (1999) * ''The Dark Remains'' (2001) * ''Blood of Mystery'' (2002) * ''The Gates of Winter'' (2003) * ''The First Stone'' (2004)

The Magicians and Mrs. Quent series

* ''The Magicians And Mrs. Quent'' (2008) (as Galen Beckett) * ''The House on Durrow Street'' (2010) (as Galen Beckett) * ''The Master of Heathcrest Hall'' (2012) (as Galen Beckett)

Forgotten Realms novels

* ''

'' (1993) * ''

Curse of the Shadowmage ''Curse of the Shadowmage'' is a fantasy novel by Mark Anthony (writer), Mark Anthony, set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. It is the 11th novel published in the series "The Harper ...

'' (1995) * ''

Escape from Undermountain ''Escape from Undermountain'' is a fantasy novel by Mark Anthony, set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. It is the third novel published in the series "The Nobles ''The Nobles'' is ...

'' (1996)

Dragonlance novels

* '' Kindred Spirits'' (with Ellen Porath) (1991)

Ravenloft novels

* ''

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'' (1994)

References

External links

Mark Anthony's official website
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Galen Beckett's official website
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