Craig Shaw Gardner

Craig Shaw Gardner (born July 2, 1949 in Rochester , New York ) is an American fantasy author .

Life

Gardner was best known for his "Demonology" series, a series of novels about the magician Ebenezum with a magic allergy and his incompetent apprentice Wuntvor, and his fairy tales - Persiflage from 1001 Nights . He also adapted film and television templates such as the Back to the Future trilogy or the Batman films by Tim Burton and the computer game Wishbringer as novels. Partly Gardner also published under the pseudonym Peter Garrison .

From 1990 to 1992 Gardner was President of the Horror Writers of America , now the Horror Writers Association (HWA).

Works

Wuntvor saga

• A Malady of Magicks, 1986
• A Mage in Monsterland, 1989 (A Multitude of Monsters, 1986)
• A Night in the Netherhells, 1987
• Dwarf dispute in Monsterland, 1991 (A Difficulty with Dwarves, 1987)
• Hexenhatz im Monsterland, 1991 (An Excess of Enchantment, 1988)
• Dance of Death in Monsterland, 1992 (A Disagreement with Death, 1989)

Stories from 1001 nights

• The other Sindbad (The other Sindbad, 1990)
• A Bad Day For Ali Baba, 1991
• Scheherazade makes stories (The Last Arabian Night / Sheherazade's night out, 1993)

Cineverse cycle

• Slaves of the Volcano God (1989)
• Bride of the Slime Monster (1990)
• Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies (1990)
• The Cineverse Cycle (1991)

Battlestar Galactica

• The Secret of the Cylons (2007)

Others

• Wishbringer (1988)

Web links

• Literature by and about Craig Shaw Gardner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Visit posters (Engl.)
• A list of works written by Gardner ( Memento February 14, 2005 on the Internet Archive )