Liane Merciel is the pseudonym of an American

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author. Merciel is of Korean and European ancestry. She grew up in

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, and other locations in a military family. A graduate of

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and the

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Law School, she is a practicing attorney in

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

. Liane Merciel is the author of the ongoing ''Ithelas'' series of fantasy novels. She has also written one novel for the ''

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'' fantasy franchise, and three novels (''Nightglass'', ''Nightblade'' and ''Hellknight'') for

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's Pathfinder Tales series, set in the

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roleplaying game world of Golarion. As part of the 'Pathfinder War of Immortals Meta-Event', Paizo revealed ''Pathfinder: Godsrain'' a novel written by Merciel, which set to be released in November 2024.

Bibliography

*''The River King's Road'' (2010) *''Heaven's Needle'' (2011) *''Nightglass'' (2012) *'' Dragon Age: Last Flight'' (2014) *''Nightblade'' (2014) *''Pathfinder Tales: Hellknight'' (2016) *''Pathfinder: Godsrain'' (2024)

References

External links

Official website
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