Tad Williams biography

Tad Williams portrait image

Tad Williams is a Californian born author of fantasy novels. He grew up around Stanford University in a town called Palo Alto and was encouraged to be creative by his parents.

Immediately after school Tad Williams began to work numerous menial jobs whilst still harbouring the ambition of becoming a writer.

It was with relief that the publishers DAW bought his novel Tailchaser's Song and he is very grateful for being able to do a job that he loves so much.

I am deliriously grateful every day that I get to do what I want to do for a living. Whenever the pressures of work and life start to make me cranky, I just remind myself of managing the art store next to the freeway (the owner was Basil Fawlty without Basil's good qualities, i.e. wit)

Tad Williams bibliography

Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn

  • The Dragonbone Chair - 1988
  • Stone of Farewell - 1990
  • To Green Angel Tower - 1993

Otherland

  • City of Golden Shadow - 1996
  • River of Blue Fire - 1998
  • Mountain of Black Glass - 1999
  • Sea of Silver Light - 2001

Otherland

  • Shadowmarch - 2006
  • Shadowplay - 2007
  • Shadowrise - TBA
Tailchaser's Song - 1985

Tad Williams interviews

An interview with Tad Williams at SFFWorld.com in which he talks about his Otherland series and how some of the events in his books have now occured in real-life.
Tad Williams interview

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News

Tad Williams relaunches website

I'm pleased to say that the official Tad Williams website has been relaunched. It's a good looking, blog-styled website featuring a message board, biography, bibliography and much more. The latest ...

Book review - The Dragonbone Chair

The Dragonbone Chair, the first book in the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy by Tad Williams has been reviewed on FantasyBookReview.co.uk. The book was rated as worthy of 8.4 out of 10 and this has pl...

Tad Williams added to FantasyBookReview.co.uk

Tad Williams, the American author of fantasy books has been added to the site and his page features a short biograaphy, bibliography and latest news section. As far as book reviews go, The Dragonbone ...