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Ed Greenwood is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction. He is responsible for the Forgotten Realms, a fictional world that gained notoriety when it was assimilated by Dungeons and Dragons.
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Order of Forgotten Realms: Cities Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The City of Ravens | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Temple Hill | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Jewel of Turmish | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The City of Splendors | 2005 | Description / Buy |
Order of Forgotten Realms: Cormyr Saga Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Cormyr | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Beyond The High Road | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Death of the Dragon | 2000 | Description / Buy |
Order of Forgotten Realms: Double Diamond Triangle Saga Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Abduction (Short Story) | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Paladins | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Mercenaries (Short Story) | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Errand of Mercy (Short Story) | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
5 | An Opportunity for Profit (Short Story) | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Conspiracy | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Uneasy Alliances | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Easy Betrayals (Short Story) | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Diamond (Short Story) | 1998 | Description / Buy |
Order of Forgotten Realms: Elminster Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Elminster: The Making of a Mage | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Elminster in Myth Drannor | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Temptation of Elminster | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Elminster in Hell | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Elminster's Daughter | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Elminster Ascending | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Spellstorm | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Death Masks | 2016 | Description / Buy |
Order of Forgotten Realms: The Harpers Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Parched Sea | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Elfshadow | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Red Magic | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Night Parade | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Ring of Winter | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Crypt of the Shadowking | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Soldiers of Ice | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Crown of Fire | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Masquerades | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Curse of the Shadowmage | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
11 | The Veiled Dragon | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Stormlight | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Finder's Bane | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Rise of the Blade | 1998 | Description / Buy |
Order of Forgotten Realms: Knights of Myth Drannor Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Swords of Eveningstar | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Swords of Dragonfire | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Sword Never Sleeps | 2008 | Description / Buy |
Order of Forgotten Realms: Pathfinder Tales Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hell's Pawns | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Lost Pathfinder (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Noble Sacrifice (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Prince of Wolves | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Certainty (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Secret of the Rose and Glove (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Winter Witch | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Plague of Shadows | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Ghosts of Broken Blades (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Lord of Penance (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Two Pieces of Tarnished Silver | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Master of Devils | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
13 | The Illusionist (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
14 | A Lesson in Taxonomy (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Husks | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Death's Heretic | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Faithful Servants | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
18 | A Passage to Absalom (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Plow and Sword (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
20 | The Perfumer's Apprentice (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Krunzle the Quick (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Song of the Serpent | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Mother Bears | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
24 | City of the Fallen Sky | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
25 | Hell or High Water (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Nightglass | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
27 | A Tomb of Winter's Plunder | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Fingers of Death—No, Doom! (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Queen of Thorns | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Called to Darkness | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Liar's Blade | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Bastard, Sword (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
33 | Pirate's Honor | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
34 | Stargazer (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
35 | The Wizard's Mask | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
36 | Best Served Cold | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
37 | King of Chaos | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
38 | The Fencing Master | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
39 | Stalking the Beast | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
40 | In Red Rune Canyon (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
41 | Killing Time (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
42 | Proper Villains (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
43 | Misery's Mirror (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
44 | The Dagger of Trust | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
45 | Skinwalkers | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
46 | The Redemption Engine | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
47 | Boar and Rabbit | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
48 | The Tides of Blood! | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
49 | The Crusader Road | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
50 | Reign of Stars | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
51 | Nightblade | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
52 | Pirate's Promise | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
53 | Firesoul | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
54 | Forge of Ashes | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
55 | Lord of Runes | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
56 | Liar's Island | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
57 | Beyond the Pool of Stars | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
58 | Pirate's Prophecy | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
59 | Hellknight | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
60 | Liar's Bargain | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
61 | Starspawn | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
62 | Shy Knives | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
63 | Reaper's Eye | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
64 | Through The Gate in the Sea | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
65 | Gears of Faith | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
66 | The Shroud of Four Silences (Short Story) | 2021 | Description / Buy |
Order of Forgotten Realms: Sage Of Shadowdale Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Elminster Must Die | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Bury Elminster Deep | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Elminster Enraged | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Forgotten Realms: Shadow Of The Avatar Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shadows of Doom | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Cloak of Shadows | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
3 | All Shadows Fled | 1995 | Description / Buy |
Order of Forgotten Realms: Shandril's Saga Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Spellfire | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Crown of Fire | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Hand Of Fire | 2002 | Description / Buy |
Order of Forgotten Realms: Sundering Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Adversary | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Godborn | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Reaver | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Sentinel | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Herald | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of Forgotten Realms: The Sundering Adventure Modules Series by R.A. Salvatore
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Murder in Baldur's Gate (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Legacy of the Crystal Shard (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy |
Order of Forgotten Realms Stand-alone Books
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Pool of Radiance (Short Story) | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Into the Void | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Pools of Darkness | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Prince of Lies | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Pool of Twilight | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Once Around the Realms | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Murder in Halruaa | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Escape from Undermountain | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Mage in the Iron Mask | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
10 | The Council of Blades | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Evermeet: Island of Elves | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
12 | The Shadow Stone | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Silverfall | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Pool of Radiance | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
15 | We Three Dragons | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Sandstorm | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Prince of Ravens | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
18 | The Rose of Sarifal | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
19 | The Rose of Sarifal | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Venom in Her Veins | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Forgotten Realms: Anthologies Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Realms of Valor | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Realms of Magic | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Realms of the Underdark | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Realms of the Arcane | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Realms of Mystery | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Realms of the Dragons | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Realms of the Dragons II | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Realms of the Elves | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Realms of War | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Realms of the Dead | 2010 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Best of the Realms Series with R.A. Salvatore, Elaine Cunningham, J. Robert King
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Best of the Realms | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Best of the Realms 2 | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Best Of The Realms Book III | 2007 | Description / Buy |
Order of Forgotten Realms Game Books
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Magister (Short Story) | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Lords of Darkness | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Ruins of Undermountain | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Halls of the High King (Short Story) | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Volo's Guide to the North | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Volo's Guide to Cormyr | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Volo's Guide to the Dalelands | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Volo's Guide to All Things Magical (Short Story) | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Prayers from the Faithful (Short Story) | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Secrets of the Magister (Short Story) | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate (Short Story) | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Silver Marches | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Serpent Kingdoms | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
15 | A Player's Guide to Castlemourn (Short Story) | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Ed Greenwoods Castlemourn Campaign Setting | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shadowdale/FRE 1 (Short Story) | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Tantras (Short Story) | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Waterdeep FRE3 | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Haunted Halls of Eveningstar (Short Story) | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Ruins of Myth Drannor | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Code of the Harpers (Short Story) | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Seven Sisters | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Pages from the Mages (Short Story) | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The City of Ravens Bluff | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Band of Four Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Kingless Land | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Vacant Throne | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
3 | A Dragon's Ascension | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Dragon's Doom | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Silent House: A Chronicle of Aglirta | 2004 | Description / Buy |
Order of Falconfar Saga Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dark Lord | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Arch Wizard | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Falconfar | 2010 | Description / Buy |
Order of Gazetteer Series by Aaron Allston
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Grand Duchy of Karameikos | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Dwarves of Rockhome | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Five Shires | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Dawn of the Emperors | 1989 | Description / Buy |
Order of A Novel of Niflheim Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dark Warrior Rising | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Dark Vengeance | 2008 | Description / Buy |
Order of Platter of Surprises Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A Modest Gallimaufry of Brief Tales (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy |
Order of Platter Of Surprises Short Stories
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Ostrond File (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Walking the Kings Skull (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
3 | A Nice Silky Merlot (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ed Greenwood Standalone Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Iron Assassin | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Awakened Modern | 2017 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ed Greenwood Short Stories
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shadowsfall Legends (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ed Greenwood Non-Fiction Books
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Castlemorn Players Guide (Short Story) | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Grand History of the Realms | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide | 2008 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ed Greenwood Game Books
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Geanavue | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Loona, Port of Intrigue (Short Story) | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Quests of Doom 4 | 2018 | Description / Buy |
Order of Dungeons & Dragons Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dungeon Master's Guide | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Player's Handbook | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Diablo II (Short Story) | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Monster Compendium (Short Story) | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Psionics Handbook | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Tome and Blood (Short Story) | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Heart of Nightfang Spire | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Monster Manual III | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Miniatures Handbook | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Player's Guide to Faerûn | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Expanded Psionics Handbook | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Planar Handbook | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Frostburn | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Hyperconscious | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Shining South | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Libris Mortis | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Complete Arcane | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Sharn | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Grasp of the Emerald Claw (Short Story) | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Lost Empires of Faerûn | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Sandstorm | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Weapons of Legacy | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
23 | City of Splendors | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Stormwrack | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
25 | Magic of Incarnum | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Heroes of Horror | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Champions of Valor | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
28 | The Doom Of Listonshire (Short Story) | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
29 | The Red Hand of Doom (Short Story) | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Power of Faerûn | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Tome of Magic | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Complete Psionic | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
33 | Tome of Battle | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
34 | Dragon Magic | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
35 | Complete Mage | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
36 | Dungeonscape | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
37 | Cormyr | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
38 | Ruins of the Wild | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
39 | The Sinister Spire (Short Story) | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
40 | Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
41 | Keep on the Shadowfell | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
42 | Draconomicon | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
43 | Open Grave | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
44 | Premium 3.5 Edition Dungeons & Dragons Spell Compendium | 2013 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons Series with R.A. Salvatore, James Lowder, Richard A. Knaak
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons, Volume 1 (Short Story) | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons, Volume 2 (Short Story) | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons Volume 3 (Short Story) | 2009 | Description / Buy |
Order of Dungeons & Dragons Companion Modules
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Endless Stair | 1987 | Description / Buy |
Order of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Faiths & Avatars | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Lands of Intrigue (Short Story) | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Calimport (Short Story) | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Demihuman Deities | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark (Short Story) | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Wyrmskull Throne (Short Story) | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Faiths and Pantheons | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Races of Faerûn | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Dragons of Faerun | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Expedition to Undermountain | 2007 | Description / Buy |
Ed Greenwood Anthologies
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Realms of Valor | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Realms of Infamy | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Realms of Magic | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Book of All Flesh | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Realms of Shadow | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Summoned to Destiny | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Catopolis | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Lilith Unbound | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Pathfinder Chronicles: Campaign Setting | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Pathfinder Adventure Path #32: Rivers Run Red | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
11 | When the Hero Comes Home | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
12 | When the Villain Comes Home | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
13 | The New Hero | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
14 | The Awakened | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
15 | By Faerie Light: Volumes 1+2 | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Pathfinder Module: The Emerald Spire Superdungeon | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Arcane Synthesis: A Blended-Genre Anthology | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Champions of Aetaltis | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Women in Practical Armor | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
20 | The Awakened II | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Digital Science Fiction Series One Anthology Bundle | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Art of War | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Grimmer Tales: Volume One | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Dungeons & Dragons Library Collection, Vol. 2 | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Born in 1959, Greenwood spent his childhood in Don Mills, an upscale Toronto Suburb. When he created the Forgotten Realms, the author had no idea that it would go on to become one of the most beloved fictional settings in RPG history.
Greenwood was a voracious reader. He started reading adult-level stories when he was four. His interest in writing was actually sparked by his hunger for reading. A young Ed Greenwood would read the books in his father’s den.
And whenever he found a novel he particularly liked, he would go hunting for a sequel only for his father to tell him that the author had died and there were no more books to be found in that particular series.
Greenwood’s father would end such conversations by telling the boy to go write his own sequels if he was so determined to continue the stories that had grabbed him. It is unclear as to whether the older man actually intended for his son to take this advice to heart or if he was simply being sarcastic.
Either way, Greenwood listened and acted accordingly. At four years of age, he started writing. By the time he was 6, Greenwood was a published author, though he would have been the first person to tell you that everything he wrote in those early years was dreadful.
The novelist was more than happy to see the first person space operas and romance stories of his youth disappear. That being said, the experimentation of his childhood wasn’t a complete waste.
Greenwood was still a child when he started producing stories within the Forgotten Realms. At the time, the author just wanted a platform within which he could set all the swords and sorcery stories swirling around in his mind.
He took great pleasure in adding detailed backstories to the various corners of the Forgotten Realms universe. In 1975, when the boy discovered Dungeons and Dragons, he started setting all his campaigns in the Forgotten Realms.
The players who participated in the author’s campaigns were always thirsty for more detail and he met their demands by giving the Forgotten Realms as much life as any real-world setting.
As luck would have it, a magazine called The Dragon agreed to publish short articles from Ed Greenwood that explored the facets of the Forgotten Realms. These articles drew the interest of TSR, the company behind Dungeons and Dragons.
They sent Jeff Grubb to prod Greenwood. Upon learning that the Forgotten Realms was truly his own distinct creation, they did not hesitate to add it as a campaign to the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Game.
They also brought Ed Greenwood onboard, tasking him with writing novels and short stories for the Dungeons and Dragons version of the Forgotten Realms.
Today, the Forgotten Realms is celebrated both in Literary Fantasy Fiction and in the arena of Role-Playing Games. Despite his busy schedule as a writer, Greenwood finds the time to work as a library clerk.
Ed Greenwood Awards
Greenwood is a member of the Gamers Choice Hall of Fame. He also joined the Academy of Adventure Gaming’s Hall of Fame in the early 2000s.
Best Ed Greenwood Books
Greenwood has been commended for creating a fictional RPG setting that is epic in scope whilst also offering opportunities for localized, grounded storytelling, with some of the best books in his bibliography including:
The Making of a Mage: Times are hard. Dragons rule the sky. Evil sorcerers walk the land and barbarians abound. But none of that matters to Elminster. After all, he’s just a simple shepherd boy, or at least he was. Then a mage lord swept down on the back of a dragon and changed everything.
Myth Drannor: Elminster is a powerful and enigmatic figure in the Forgotten Realms. This book continues the exploration of his life, specifically delving into the events that brought him to Cormanthor, the nature of his education under many mighty mages and the steps he took to put his magic to good use in a world saturated with evil sorcerers, wicked dragons and barbarians.
When Does The Next Ed Greenwood book come out?
Ed Greenwood doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is Quests of Doom 4 and was released on June, 1st 2018. It is the newest book in the Ed Greenwood Game Books.