Rose Estes is the author of many fantasy and

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books, including full-length novels and multiple choice

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Career

As an employee of

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(TSR), Rose Estes came up with an idea for a new sort of game, which would become the ''

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''. Estes wrote the first four books in the series, beginning with ''Dungeon of Dread'' (1982). These first four ''Endless Quest'' books were on the Best Seller list for more than six months. TSR considered ''Endless Quest'' ultimately a fad, and worked to diversify its new mainstream publishing; Estes and James M. Ward thus formed an education department, which ultimately failed, due to TSR's decision not to hire educational sales staff. After contributing extensively to TSR's ''

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'' Endless Quest series (of which she wrote the first six, as well as others later down the line), she wrote her first full-length novel, ''Children of the Dragon'' (1985). After

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left TSR, Estes wrote new books in the "Greyhawk Adventures" series, starting with ''Master Wolf'' (1987) and ending with ''The Eyes Have it'' (1989). She continued to write for TSR by writing six volumes in a series of

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novels. She contributed to other series, but continued to write books and start series of her own that, like ''Children of the Dragon'', take place in a fantasy or science fiction world created by her own imagination. She also wrote the Golden Book Music Video ''Sing, Giggle and Grin''. Rose Estes began reading at the age of two, and as a child she was already imagining fantastic places. Before becoming a writer, she "''put in time as a hippie, a student, a newspaper reporter, and an advertising copy writer''." She has traveled extensively throughout the Americas. She has four children.

Books

Endless Quest

Books in the

series: * ''Dungeon of Dread'' (''Endless Quest Book'' 1) (1982) * ''Mountain of Mirrors'' (''Endless Quest Book'' 2) (1982) * ''Pillars of Pentegarn'' (''Endless Quest Book'' 3) (1983) * ''Return to Brookmere'' (''Endless Quest Book'' 4) (1982) * ''Revolt of the Dwarves'' (''Endless Quest Book'' 5) (1983) * ''Revenge of the Rainbow Dragons'' (''Endless Quest Book'' 6) (1983) * ''Hero of Washington Square'' (''Endless Quest Book'' 7) (1983) * Circus of Fear (''Endless Quest Book'' 10)(1983) * Dragon of Doom (''Endless Quest Book'' 13) (1983) ''Mountain of Mirrors'' was converted into an adventure for the computer game

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Find Your Fate

* ''Indiana Jones and the Lost Treasure of Sheeba'' (1984) * ''The Three Investigators — The Case of the Dancing Dinosaur'' (1985) * ''The Trail of Death'' (1985) * ''The Mystery of the Turkish Tattoo'' (1986)

Greyhawk Adventures

* ''Master Wolf'' (''Greyhawk Adventures'', Vol. 3) (1987) * ''The Price of Power'' (''Greyhawk Adventures'', Vol. 4) (1987) * ''The Demon Hand'' (''Greyhawk Adventures'', Vol. 5) (1988) * ''The Name of the Game'' (''Greyhawk Adventures'', Vol. 6) (1988) *Dragon in Amber (Greyhawk Adventure Series Vol. 7) (1988) * The Eyes Have It (A Greyhawk Adventures Series Vol. 8) (1989) Her novel ''The Eyes have It'' uses exactly the same cover artwork (a

Keith Parkinson Keith A. Parkinson (October 22, 1958 – October 26, 2005) was an American fantasy artist and illustrator known for book covers and artwork for games such as ''EverQuest'', ''Guardians'', ''Magic: The Gathering'', and '' Vanguard: Saga of Heroes ...

painting) as the first

''Crimson Crystal Adventures''

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, ''Riddle of the Griffon'' by Susan Lawson. In most instances, ''The Eyes Have It'' is given no volume number. It is not directly identified as part of the Greyhawk Adventures series on most websites, as well as official Dungeons and Dragons publications.

Hunter

* ''The Hunter'' (1990) * ''The Hunter: On Arena'' (1991) * ''The Hunter: Victorious'' (1992)

Katherine Sinclair

* ''Troll Quest'' (1995) * ''Troll Taken'' (1993)

Rune Sword Series

* ''Skryling's Blade'' (''Rune Sword'', No. 2) (1990) (with

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) * ''The Stone of Time'' (''Rune Sword'', No. 6) (1992)

Saga of the Lost Lands

* ''Saga of the Lost Lands: Blood of the Tiger'' (Vol. 1) (1987) * ''Saga of the Lost Lands:'' ''Brother to the Lion'' (Vol. 2) (1988) * ''Saga of the Lost Lands:'' ''Spirit of the Hawk'' (Vol. 3) (1988)

Other books

* ''Children of the Dragon'' (1985) * ''Elfwood'' (1992) * ''Iron Dragons: Mountains and Madness'' (1993) * ''The Case of the Dancing Dinosaur'' (1985) * ''The Chow Chow Club, Inc. Celebrates 100 Years: 1906-2006'' (2006) *''The West Highland White Terrier. Its History Through Word, Art and Vintage Photographs'' *''Vintage Photos of Terriers'' (2006) *

References

External links

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Bibliography
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