Janny Wurts

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Janny Wurts (born December 10, 1953 in Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania ) is an American fantasy writer and illustrator .

Life

The author reveals next to nothing about her life. On her homepage Janny Wurts has a page called “Biography”, but there she actually only talks about her work.

Janny Wurts attaches great importance to her two activities and even combines them: most of the covers and the illustrations in her books are pictures she has painted herself. She also works in this area with her husband, the fantasy artist Don Maitz.

She has received the Chesley Award three times for her cover pictures . Her greatest success as a writer was with the Kelewan saga, written in collaboration with Raymond E. Feist. The books of the Nebelgeist universe are also bestsellers.

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The Kelewan saga

The author wrote the Kelewan saga with Raymond E. Feist .

The Wars of Light and Shadow

Janny Wurts divides her books, which are set in the Nebelgeist universe, into various “arcs” (story arcs or sub-cycles), but numbering the books. It speaks synonymously, for example, of the 5th volume of the entire cycle and the 2nd volume of the 3rd story arc.

Since the German language needs more words than the English, the books in the German version were divided into two volumes.

The Curse of the Mist Spirit 1–2 (The Wars of Light and Shadow - Arc I)

  • Vol. 1 (I-1): The Curse of the Mistwraith , 1993
Volume 1: Master of the Shadows , Bastei-Lübbe, 1998, ISBN 3-404-20342-9
Volume 2: Lord of the Light , Bastei-Lübbe, 1998, ISBN 3-404-20349-6

The Wars of Light and Shadow - Arc II

  • Vol. 2 (II-1): The Ships of Merior , 1994
Volume 3: The ships of Merior , Bastei-Lübbe, 1999, ISBN 3-404-20355-0
Volume 4: The seeds of discord , Bastei-Lübbe, 1999, ISBN 3-404-20361-5
  • Vol. 3 (II-2): Warhost of Vastmark , 1995
Volume 5: The Armed Forces of Vastmark , Bastei-Lübbe, 1999, ISBN 3-404-20366-6
Volume 6: The ship of hope , Bastei-Lübbe, 1999, ISBN 3-404-20370-4

The Wars of Light and Shadow - Arc III

In retail, this story arc is known as the "Alliance of Light".

  • Vol. 4 (III-1): Fugitive Prince , 1997
Volume 1: The return of the fog spirit , Bastei-Lübbe, 2002, ISBN 3-404-20436-0
Volume 2: Hunters and Hunted , Bastei-Lübbe, 2002, ISBN 3-404-20440-9
  • Vol. 5 (III-2): Grand Conspiracy , 1999
Volume 3: The Conspiracy of Light , Bastei-Lübbe, 2002, ISBN 3-404-20448-4
Volume 4: Game of Shadows , Bastei-Lübbe, 2003, ISBN 3-404-20458-1
  • Vol. 6 (III-3): Peril's Gate , 2001
  • Vol. 7 (III-4): Traitor's Knot , 2005
  • Vol. 8 (III-5): Stormed Fortress , 2007

(Sword of the Canon - Arc IV)

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The cycle of fire (the circle of fire)

This series is self-contained and independent of the Nebelgeist universe. The title of the English-language original edition is given in brackets.

  • Volume 1: Sturmwächter , Bastei-Lübbe, 2000, ISBN 3-404-20395-X (Vol. 1: Stormwarden , 1984)
  • Volume 2: Schlüsselhüter , Bastei-Lübbe, 2000, ISBN 3-404-20396-8 (Vol. 2: Keeper of the Keys , 1988)
  • Volume 3: Schattentempel , Bastei-Lübbe, 2000, ISBN 3-404-20397-6 (Vol. 3: Shadowfane , 1988)
  • Published in English only: Vol. 1–3: Cycle of Fire , 1999 (anthology)

Single novels

  • Sorcerer's Legacy , 1982
  • Master of Whitestorm , also: (The) Master of White Storm , 1992
  • To Ride Hell's Chasm , 2004

Anthology

  • That Way Lies Camelot , 1996, contains:
    • Wayfinder , 1995
    • The Antagonist , 1988
    • Tale of the Snowbeast , 1986
    • The Crash , 1996
    • The Firefall , 1996
    • Silverdown's Gold , 1991
    • Double Blind , 1989
    • The Snare , 1996
    • Dreamsinger's Tale , 1988
    • Triple-Cross , 1990
    • Dreambridge , 1993
    • Song's End , 1989
    • The Renders , 1981
    • No Quarter , 1991
    • That Way Lies Camelot , 1992

Other short stories

  • Looking Forward (excerpt from The Master of White Storm ), 1992
  • Grand Conspiracy (excerpt), 2001
  • Moebius Trip , 2006
  • Finder's Keeper , 2006

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personal data
SURNAME Wurts, Janny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American fantasy writer and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania