Christopher B. Rowley
born Lynn, Massachusetts: 1948
Christopher Rowley is an American author of science fiction (primarily military SF) and fantasy, TV screenwriter and former journalist.
His first published works, and best-known works, were in his War for Eternity/Fenrille series, beginning with The War for Eternity (1983), The Black Ship (1985), The Founder (1989) and To a Highland Nation (1993), concerning a war that takes place mostly within Earth’s solar system.
The Vang series continues this war into interstellar space against a deadly alien threat, with Starhammer (1986), The Vang: The Military Form (1988) and The Vang: The Battlemaster (1990).
He wrote the non-fiction book, Star Wars, Return of the Jedi: Heroes, Villains, Creatures & Droids (1983) (co-authored with George Snow).
He then wrote fantasy with his Bazil Broketail/Battle Dragons series, beginning with Bazil Broketail (1992) and including Dragon Ultimate (1999); and his Arna series, beginning with The Ancient Enemy: The First Book of Arna (2000) and ending with Doom's Break: The Third Book of Arna (2002).
He has also written graphic novels, within the H.P. Lovecraft mythos with Arkham Woods (2009); Heavy Metal pulp noir thrillers with the Netherworld series, Pleasure Model (2020), Bloodstained Man (2010) and Money Shot (2010).
The standalone, Golden Sunlands (1987), concerns a human colony planet who are kidnapped and trained for war in a Dyson sphere but who discover another species already there.
He was also co-screenwriter on two TV animated series in the 1980’s and’90’s, The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers and Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders.
He is another author who has occasionally appeared as an answer to a query in our SFF Chronicles Book Search forum.
A list of his works is to be found here: Summary Bibliography: Christopher Rowley
Wikipedia page: Christopher Rowley - Wikipedia
born Lynn, Massachusetts: 1948
Christopher Rowley is an American author of science fiction (primarily military SF) and fantasy, TV screenwriter and former journalist.
His first published works, and best-known works, were in his War for Eternity/Fenrille series, beginning with The War for Eternity (1983), The Black Ship (1985), The Founder (1989) and To a Highland Nation (1993), concerning a war that takes place mostly within Earth’s solar system.
The Vang series continues this war into interstellar space against a deadly alien threat, with Starhammer (1986), The Vang: The Military Form (1988) and The Vang: The Battlemaster (1990).
He wrote the non-fiction book, Star Wars, Return of the Jedi: Heroes, Villains, Creatures & Droids (1983) (co-authored with George Snow).
He then wrote fantasy with his Bazil Broketail/Battle Dragons series, beginning with Bazil Broketail (1992) and including Dragon Ultimate (1999); and his Arna series, beginning with The Ancient Enemy: The First Book of Arna (2000) and ending with Doom's Break: The Third Book of Arna (2002).
He has also written graphic novels, within the H.P. Lovecraft mythos with Arkham Woods (2009); Heavy Metal pulp noir thrillers with the Netherworld series, Pleasure Model (2020), Bloodstained Man (2010) and Money Shot (2010).
The standalone, Golden Sunlands (1987), concerns a human colony planet who are kidnapped and trained for war in a Dyson sphere but who discover another species already there.
He was also co-screenwriter on two TV animated series in the 1980’s and’90’s, The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers and Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders.
He is another author who has occasionally appeared as an answer to a query in our SFF Chronicles Book Search forum.
A list of his works is to be found here: Summary Bibliography: Christopher Rowley
Wikipedia page: Christopher Rowley - Wikipedia
