Clayton Emery (born December 26, 1953 in Bethesda, Maryland) is a mystery and

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author and a screenwriter.

Works

Clayton Emery has been a blacksmith, dishwasher, schoolteacher in Australia, carpenter, zookeeper, farmhand, land surveyor, volunteer firefighter, award-winning and technical writer. Clayton Emery wrote the

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novels ''Sword Play'' (May 1996), ''Dangerous Games'' (November 1996), ''Mortal Consequences'' (January 1998), and ''Star of Cursrah'' (February 1999), and the stories "Forged in Fire" for the anthology ''Realms of the Deep'' (March 2000) and "Night School" for the anthology ''The Halls of Stormweather'' (July 2000). His novels based on '' Magic: The Gathering'' include ''Whispering Woods'', '' Shattered Chains'', and '' Final Sacrifice'' in 1995, ''Johan'' and ''Jedit'' in 2001, and ''Hazezon'' in 2002. Emery wrote the "Robin and Marian" medieval stories and "Joseph Fisher" stories in '' Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine'' and ''Muzzleloader Magazine''. He wrote the book ''Father-Daughter Disaster!'' in 1997 based on ''

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'', and also ''The Tale of the Campfire Vampires'' for the ''

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'' book series. His other work includes ''Tales of Robin Hood''. In the mid-1990s, Emery wrote two '' Shadow World'' books, ''The Burning Goddess'' and ''City of Assassins'', under the pseudonym Ian Hammell. Clayton Emery wrote the screenplay for the television pilot, "The Republic", directed by Ken Penders.

Personal life

Emery is married with a son. He lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Emery, Clayton 1953 births 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American novelists American fantasy writers American male novelists Living people People from Bethesda, Maryland