Mel Odom

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Melvin Lewis Odom, III (* 16th December 1957 in California ) is an American science fiction - and fantasy - writer .

biography

Odom graduated from Byng High School in Byng, Oklahoma in May 1976 and later graduated from East Central University in Ada , Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in English. He teaches undergraduate courses at Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication in the Professional Writing Program at the University of Oklahoma . He lives in Moore , Oklahoma with his wife and five children. In 1998 he started playing an AD&D campaign with the two oldest children.

Career

Odom sold his first book in January 1988 and wrote dozens more books over the next decade. He wrote two novels as part of the fictional universe of the FREELancers for TSR and their Top Secret RPG. A first novel followed in 1998, The Lost Library of Cormanthyr as part of the Forgotten Realms , and his trilogy Threat from the Sea played in the same world .

Odom has written dozens of novels in a variety of fields - action adventure, computer game strategy guides, fantasy, horror, teen novels, film adaptations, science fiction, and comics. He became known through his series The Rover and Left Behind Apocalypse . He wrote novels for the television series Roswell , Sabrina - Totally Verhext! and Buffy the Vampire Slayer .

One of his best known fantasy novels is The Rover (2001), which won an Alex Award in 2002 . This award is given by the American Library Association to adult novels that also appeal to young readers. Since then, three sequels have been released from this High Fantasy series: Destruction of the Books (2004), Lord of the Libraries (2005) and The Quest for the Trilogy (2007).

He is known to have written under several aliases, including Jordan Gray. Odom has also written several novels for The Mafia Killer , an action-adventure series, under the pseudonym for Don Pendleton .

On February 7th, 2015 it was announced that Odom would write the new companion novel for the upcoming game Shadowrun: Hong Kong . The novel should appear at the same time as the game in December 2015. Shadowrun: Hong Kong is the third crowdfunding game set in the Shadowrun universe of the game development studio Harebrained Schemes .

Bibliography (selection)

Novels

Shadowrun

  • On the prowl . Heyne, 1997, ISBN 3-453-11900-2 (American English: Preying for Keeps . 1996.).
  • Headhunters . Heyne, 1998, ISBN 3-453-13996-8 (American English: Headhunters . 1997.).
  • Runners die quickly . Heyne, 2001, ISBN 3-453-17954-4 (American English: Run Hard, Die Fast . 1999.).
  • A perfectly normal job . Pegasus, 2017, ISBN 978-3-95789-139-6 (American English: Deniable Assets . 2015.).

BattleTech

FREELancers

  • Not published in German . (American English: FREELancers . 1995.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: FREEFall . 1996.).

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel

  • Not published in German . (American English: Unnatural Selection . 1999.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Redemption . 2000.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Revenant . 2001.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Bruja . 2001.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Silent Screams . 2001.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Crossings . 2002.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Image . 2002.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Cursed . 2003.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Ch'ing Shih . 2003.).

Might and Magic

  • Not published in German . (American English: The Sea of ​​Mist . 2003.).

The Rover

  • The halflings . Blenvalet, 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-24498-0 (American English: The Rover . 2001. Translated by Hans Link).
  • The companions of the halflings . Blenvalet, 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-36959-1 (American English: Lord of the Libraries . 2005. Translated by Hans Link).
  • The book of halflings . Blenvalet, 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-36958-4 (American English: Destruction of the Books . 2004. Translated by Hans Link).
  • The fate of the halflings . Blenvalet, 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-36960-7 (American English: The Quest for the Trilogy . 2007. Translated by Hans Link).

Identity trilogy

  • Not published in German . (American English: Android: Golem . 2011.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Android: Mimic . 2012.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Android: Rebel . 2014.).

Diablo

  • Dablo: The dark path . Panni, 2003, ISBN 3-8332-1268-3 (American English: Diablo: The Black Road . 2002. Translated by Ralph Sander).

Hunter's League

  • Not published in German . (American English: A Conspiracy Revealed . 2005.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: The Mystery Unravels . 2005.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: The Secret Explodes . 2005.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: His Legacy Avenged . 2006.).

Rogue Angel

as Alex Archer

  • Not published in German . (American English: Destiny . 2006.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: The Spider Stone . 2006.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Forbidden City . 2007.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: God of Thunder . 2007.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Serpent's Kiss . 2008.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Gabriel's Horn . 2008.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Magic Lantern . 2012.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: The Third Caliph . 2013.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Clockwork Doomsday . 2013.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: The Pretender's Gambit . 2014.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Mystic Warrior . 2015.).

Hellgate: London

  • Hellgate London: Exodus . Panini, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8332-1646-6 (American English: Hellgate London: Exodus . 2007. Translated by Mick Schnelle).
  • Hellgate London: Goetia . Panini, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8332-1746-3 (American English: Hellgate London: Goetia . 2008. Translated by Mick Schnelle).
  • Hellgate London: Alliance . Panini, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8332-1784-5 (American English: Hellgate London: Covenant . 2008. Translated by Mick Schnelle).

Forgotten Realms

  • Not published in German . (American English: The Lost Library of Cormanthyr . 1998.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Rising Tide . 1998.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Under Fallen Stars . 1999.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Realms of the Deep . 2000.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: The Sea Devil's Eye . 2000.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: The Jewel of Turmish . 2002.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Realms of War . 2008.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Wrath of the Blue Lady . 2009.).

Gamma World

  • Not published in German . (American English: Sooner Dead . 2011.).

Deathlands

as James Axler

  • Not published in German . (American English: Bitter Fruit . 1997.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: The Mars Arena . 1997.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Way of the Wolf . 1998.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Bitter Fruit . 1997.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: The Mars Arena . 1997.).
  • Not published in German . (American English: Starfall . 1999.).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Author Mel Odom . Library Thing. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  2. ^ Gaylord College Faculty . Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Mel Odom . Archived from the original on February 24, 2009.
  4. ↑ a b c d e Stephen Kenson : Profiles: Mel Odom . In: Wizards of the Coast (Ed.): Dragon . No. # 255, Renton, Washington , Jan. 1, 1999.
  5. ↑ Adventures in Writing: STOLEN by Jordan Gray . August 2010. 
  6. ↑ Kickstarter announcement
personal data
SURNAME Odom, Mel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Odom, Melvin Lewis III (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction and fantasy writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH California