Peter Morwood

Peter Morwood (born October 20, 1956 in Lisburn , Northern Ireland ) is a Northern Irish fantastic , science fiction and screenwriter who, mainly through his co-authorship of the screenplay for the successful Sat.1 miniseries Die Nibelungen and appeared in two novels from the Star Trek series that were translated into German .

Life

Robert Peter Smyth was born in Lisburn near Belfast and attended school there until 1975. He then took up studies in English , history and law at Belfast Queen's University , from which he graduated in 1979 with a bachelor 's degree. Employed by the customs authorities since 1980, he published the novel The Horse Lord in 1983 under his later officially adopted pseudonym Peter Morwood (his mother's maiden name) , which was followed by other novels in 1984 and 1986. Freelance writer since 1986, Morwood relocated to Los Angeles for a short time. He has been married to science fiction and fantasy writer Diane Duane since 1987 and lives with her in County Wicklow , Republic of Ireland .

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Novels

Book of Years

This fantastic sequence tells the story of a seemingly medieval empire called Alba, which is shaped by competing warrior clans.

• The Black Rider , 2009, ISBN 3-492-29159-7 , The Horse Lord , 1983, ISBN 0-88677-178-1
• The Black Demon , 2010, ISBN 3-492-29160-0 , The Demon Lord , 1984, ISBN 0-88677-204-4
• The Black Battle , 2012, ISBN 3-492-29161-9 , The Dragon Lord , 1986, ISBN 0-88677-252-4
• The Warlord's Domain, 1989, ISBN 0-88677-458-6

Two more volumes are in preparation.

Horse Lords

This series describes the rise of the warrior clans of Alba and thus the prehistory to Books of Years .

• Greylady , 1993, ISBN 0-09-926161-8
• Widowmaker , 1994, ISBN 0-09-931241-7

Volume 3 is in preparation.

Tales of Old Russia

In this series historical novels are linked with fantastic elements. It tells the story of a small empire in Russia at the time of the Golden Horde .

• Prince Ivan , 1990, ISBN 0-7126-3409-6
• Firebird , 1992, ISBN 0-7126-4704-X
• The Golden Horde , 1993, ISBN 0-09-926081-6

A fourth volume is in the works.

Star Trek

• The Romulans , 1992, ISBN 3-453-05831-3 , The Romulan Way. Rihannsu 2 , 1987, with Diane Duane , ISBN 3-453-05831-3
• Attack on Dekkanar , 1994, ISBN 3-453-07768-7 , Rules of Engagement , 1990, ISBN 3-453-07768-7
• The Bloodwing Voyages. Rihannsu , 2006 (with Diane Duane)

Guardians of the Three

• Keeper of the City , 1989 (with Diane Duane)

Space cops

(with Diane Duane)

• Mindblast , 1991
• Kill Station , 1992
• High Moon , 1992

SeaQuest DSV

• SeaQuest. Mission Under Water , 1993, ISBN 3-802-52283-4 , SeaQuest DSV , 1993 (with Diane Duane)

Morwood has written novels for several other franchises, including Spider-Man and X-Men .

Scripts

Morwood co-wrote the screenplay for the successful Sat.1 miniseries Die Nibelungen , which was broadcast in 2004.

Web links

• Literature by and about Peter Morwood in the catalog of the German National Library
• Peter Morwood in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Peter Morwood in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Works by and about Peter Morwood at Open Library
• Homepage