William R Forstchen

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William R Forstchen

(1950 - )

About William R Forstchen

William R. Forstchen was born in New Jersey in 1950. He was educated by Benedictine monks and graduated from Rider College in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He taught history for ten years and ran workshops on creative writing in Maine. In 1989 he returned to graduate school at Purdue University, where he gained an MA in European history. He is currently finishing a Ph.D, specializing in nineteenth-century American military history.

His first novel, Ice Prophet, was published in 1983, and since then he has written many others. He has also written numerous short stories, fiction for young adults, science articles and a number of guest editorials, including a publication with the Chicago Tribune.

He has always enjoyed travelling and has ventured to Russia and visited a fair part of Europe. Other interests include scuba-diving, cycling, travel by train, pinball machines, classical music and historical re-enactment as a private with the 20th Maine Volunteer Regiment.

Series

Ice Prophet
1. Ice Prophet (1983)
2. The Flame Upon the Ice (1984)
3. A Darkness upon the Ice (1985)

Gamester Wars
1. The Alexandrian Ring (1987)
2. The Assassin Gambit (1988)
3. The Napoleon Wager (1993)

Crystal (with Greg Morrison)
1. The Crystal Warriors (1988)
2. The Crystal Sorcerers (1991)

Lost Regiment
1. Rally Cry (1990)
2. The Union Forever (1991)
3. Terrible Swift Sword (1992)
4. Fateful Lightning (1993)
5. Battle Hymn (1997)
6. Never Sound Retreat (1998)
7. A Band of Brothers (1999)
8. Men of War (1999)
9. Down to the Sea (2000)

Star Voyager
1. Star Voyager Academy (1994)
2. Article 23 (1998)
3. Prometheus (1999)

Legends of the Riftwar (with Raymond E Feist)
1. Honoured Enemy (2001)

Gettysburg
1. Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War (2003) (with Newt Gingrich)
2. Grant Comes East (2004) (with Newt Gingrich)
3. Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory (2005) (with Newt Gingrich)
4. The Battle of the Crater (2011) (with Newt Gingrich and Albert S Hanser)
aka To Make Men Free

Pacific War (with Newt Gingrich)
1. Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th (2007)
2. Days of Infamy (2008)

George Washington
1. To Try Men's Souls (2009) (with Newt Gingrich)
2. Valley Forge (2010) (with Newt Gingrich and Albert S Hanser)
3. Victory at Yorktown (2012) (with Newt Gingrich and Albert S Hanser)

Novels

Into the Sea of Stars (1986)
The Gamester Wars (1995)
1945 (1995) (with Newt Gingrich)
The Four Magics (1996) (with Larry Segriff)
We Look Like Men of War (2001)
At The Water's Edge (2005)
Firestorm (2005)
Valley Of The Shadow (2005)
One Second After (2009)
Pillar to the Sky (2014)

Novellas

Doctors of the Night (2011)

Series contributed to

Wing Commander
2. End Run (1993) (with Christopher Stasheff)
3. Fleet Action (1994)
4. Heart of the Tiger (1995) (with Andrew Keith)
The Price of Freedom (1996) (with Ben Ohlander)
Action Stations (1997)
False Colors (1998) (with Andrew Keith)

Magic The Gathering
1. Arena (1994)

Shattered Light (with Jaki Demarest)
3. Catseye (1998)

Star Trek : The Next Generation
57. The Forgotten War (1999)

Non fiction

It Seemed like a Good Idea...: A Compendium of Great Historical Fiascoes (1988) (with Bill Fawcett)
Hot Shots: America's First Jet Aces (2000) (with Jennie E Chancey)
Honor Untarnished: A West Point Graduate's Memoir of World War II (2003) (with Donald V Bennett)

Anthologies containing stories by William R Forstchen

Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear (1996)

Short stories

Would You? (1996)

William R Forstchen recommends

The Spirit of Thunder (2002)
(Fallen Cloud, book 2)
Kurt R A Giambastiani
"A rising star."

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