Richard Lee Byers

Richard Lee Byers at Gen Con Indy 2008
Born	Richard Lee Byers September 21, 1950 Columbus, Ohio
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	United States

Richard Lee Byers is an author of fantasy novels.

Biography

Richard Lee Byers holds a master's degree in Psychology.^[1] A resident of the Tampa Bay area, he worked in an emergency psychiatric facility for over a decade, then left the mental health field to become a writer.^[1] He has taught fiction writing at Hillsborough Community College.^[2] He is also a fencing and poker enthusiast.^[3] He is the author of over forty fantasy and horror novels, including many set in the Forgotten Realms universe.^[3] His recent projects include the eBook superhero series The Impostor.^[3]

Byers has also written for League Entertainment's comic book series Simon Vector, with illustrator Johnny Atomic.^[4]

Bibliography

• The Vampire's Apprentice (January 1992)^[5]
• Forbidden (February 2003)^[6]

Forgotten Realms

• The Halls of Stormweather (July 2000)
• The Shattered Mask (June 2001)^[7]
• Dissolution (July 2002)
• The Black Bouquet (September 2003)
• The Year of Rogue Dragons trilogy
  • The Rage (April 2004)
  • The Rite (January 2005)
  • The Ruin (May 2006)
• Queen of the Depths (August 2005)
• The Haunted Lands trilogy
  • Unclean (April 2007)
  • Undead (March 2008)
  • Unholy (early 2009)
• Brotherhood of the Griffon
  • The Captive Flame (April, 2010)
  • Whisper of Venom (November, 2010)
  • The Spectral Blaze (June, 2011)
  • The Masked Witches (February, 2012)
  • Prophet of the Dead (February, 2013)
• The Sundering
  • The Reaver (2013)^[8]

References

1. "Richard Lee Byers". Archived from the original on Feb 24, 2009.
2. Bullard, Jim (November 13, 1992). "Marketing a monster Series", St. Petersburg Times, p. 18.
3. "Guests: Richard Lee Byers" Odyssey Con 14 website
4. http://www.richardleebyers.com/bio.html Archived September 3, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
5. (December 6, 1992). "Holiday Gift Books: Bloodsuckers", St. Petersburg Times, p. 5D.
6. D'Ammassa, Don (May 2003). "Forbidden / The Madness of Priests", Chronicle 25 (4): 47.
7. D'Ammassa, Don (September 2001). "The Shattered Mask", Science Fiction Chronicle 22 (9): 44.
8. Ewalt, David M. (August 20, 2012). "What's Next With Dungeons And Dragons?". Forbes (Forbes publishing). Retrieved August 26, 2012.

External links

• Richard Lee Byers at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database