William King (Author)

William King

William King (* 7. December 1959 in Stranraer in Scotland ), also known as Bill King , a British Fantasy - and science fiction - author .

Life

William King was born on December 7, 1959 in Stranraer, Scotland, the oldest of five children. He attended Dalrymple Primary School and Stranraer Academy before starting to study English at the University of Edinburgh in 1977 . There he got to know pen & paper role-playing games and tabletops , which were to have a significant impact on his further professional career.

After working in various industries - even in a chocolate factory - King joined the game manufacturer Games Workshop in 1989 , the distributor of the Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 tabletop systems . Since then, William King has worked as an author for the Games Workshop subsidiary Black Library , his novels are thematically set in the Warhammer universe. The characters Gotrek & Felix and Ragnar Schwarzmähne , which he created, are known .

King lived in Prague for a long time , where he married his wife Radka in September 2005. In 2006 the family returned to Scotland and now live in Glasgow .

Works

William King's works are published in Germany by the Heyne and Piper publishers.

Gotrek & Felix

→ Main article : Gotrek and Felix

The Gotrek & Felix novel cycle takes place in the Warhammer Fantasy world and is about the adventures of the dwarf Gotrek Gurnisson and his human companion Felix Jaegar .

• Fateful companions , 2001, ISBN 3-492-29131-7 , Trollslayer , 1999
• The Gray Prophet , 2001, ISBN 3-492-29132-5 , Skavenslayer , 1999
• The Chaos Desert , 2002, ISBN 3-492-29133-3 , Daemonslayer , 1999
• The Dragon's Lair , 2002, ISBN 3-492-29134-1 , Dragonslayer , 2000
• Demon Warrior , 2003, ISBN 3-492-29135-X , Beastslayer , 2001
• Vampire Warrior , 2003, ISBN 3-492-29136-8 , Vampire Slayer , 2001
• Giant Warriors , 2004, ISBN 3-492-29137-6 , Giantslayer , 2003

The series was first continued by Nathan Long and later by other authors.

Space Wolf cycle

The Space Wolf cycle takes place in the Warhammer 40,000 world and is about the Space Marine Ragnar Blackmane (German: Ragnar Black Mane ).

• Space Wolf , 2011, ISBN 3-453-53390-9 , Space Wolf, the First Omnibus , 2007 (anthology, includes the following three books)
• Wolfskrieger , 2002, ISBN 3-453-21318-1 , Space Wolf , 1999
• Ragnar's Mission , 2003, ISBN 3-453-86356-9 , Ragnar's Claw , 2000
• The Gray Hunter , 2003, ISBN 3-453-87535-4 , Gray Hunter , 2002
• Wolfsschwert , 2004, ISBN 3-453-52011-4 , Wolfblade , 2003

The novel series is continued by Lee Lightner .

Eldar

Also set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

• Runic Priest , 2004, ISBN 3-453-87949-X , Farseer , 2002

The legend of the Terrach

• The demon god , 2007, ISBN 3-492-29173-2 , Death's Angel , 2005
• The Serpent Tower , 2007, ISBN 3-492-29182-1 , The Serpent Tower ,
• The Blood Warrior , 2008, ISBN 3-492-75003-6 , The Queen 'Assassin , 2007

World of Warcraft

• Illidan: World of Warcraft , 2016, ISBN 978-1785652417

Web links

• Literature by and about William King in the catalog of the German National Library
• William King at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• William King in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about William King at Open Library
• Trollslayer.net - the official William King website
• Article about William King in the Warhammer Wiki Lexicanum