J. Robert King

J. Robert King
General Information
Born	Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Status	Inactive: Time Streams to The Secrets of Magic

J. Robert King is an American fantasy novelist and former editor and game designer. He wrote multiple stories and novels for Magic: The Gathering. From December 2000 to December 2001 he worked as Editor for Wizards of the Coast.

Description

King worked on a number of products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game; his design work includes the Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix II (1991), the Book of Crypts (1991) for Ravenloft, Unsung Heroes (1992) and Tales of the Lance (1992) for Dragonlance, and Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog (1992) for Forgotten Realms. He wrote his first novel, Heart of Midnight, for the Ravenloft setting, soon after his hiring at TSR; other novels include Carnival of Fear for Ravenloft, Vinas Solamnus for Dragonlance, and the Planescape Blood Wars Trilogy: Blood Hostages, Abyssal Warriors, and Planar Powers.

Magic bibliography

• Time Streams — Artifacts Cycle, book III
• The Thran — Invasion Cycle prequel
• Invasion Cycle
  • Invasion
  • Planeshift
  • Apocalypse
• Onslaught Cycle
  • Onslaught
  • Legions
  • Scourge
• Karn's Tale — in the Rath and Storm anthology
• Expeditions to the End of the World — in the The Colors of Magic anthology
• Phyrexian Creations — in the The Myths of Magic anthology
• Behold, the Fish — in the The Secrets of Magic anthology

As editor

• The Dragons of Magic
• The Monsters of Magic
• The Secrets of Magic

External links

• Official website (archived)
• J. Robert King on Wikipedia