David B. Coe
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Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
novels and short stories
Short Stories
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Writing
He was the winner of the William L. Crawford AwardCrawford Award
The IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award is a literary award given to a writer whose first fantasy book was published during the preceding 18 months. It's one of several awards presented by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts , and is presented at the conference each...
for best first fantasy series, awarded at the International Conference on the Fantastic for Children of Amarid and The Outlanders, the first two novels of the LonTobyn Chronicles. His series, Winds of the Forelands
Winds of the Forelands
"The Winds of the Forelands" is a five-book fantasy series written by American author David B. Coe and consisting of "The Rules of Ascension", "Seeds of Betrayal", "Bonds of Vengeance", "Shapers of Darkness", and "Weavers of War".-Qirsi People:...
, began with Rules of Ascension and continued with Seeds of Betrayal, Bonds of Vengeance, and Shapers of Darkness. It concluded with Weavers of War.
Coe is one of the founding members of the blog, MagicalWords.net. Magical Words is dedicated to helping newer writers with all aspects of the craft and business of writing, and a book based on the blog, How To Write Magical Words: A Writer's Companion was published by Bella Rosa Books in 2011.
Coe has had short stories published on SciFi.com http://SciFi.com and is currently developing two new fantasy series: Blood of the Southlands and the Case Files of Justin Fearsson. He lives with his wife, Nancy Berner, and their two daughters on the Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Plateau
The Cumberland Plateau is the southern part of the Appalachian Plateau. It includes much of eastern Kentucky and western West Virginia, part of Tennessee, and a small portion of northern Alabama and northwest Georgia . The terms "Allegheny Plateau" and the "Cumberland Plateau" both refer to the...
in Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
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Winds of the ForelandsWinds of the Forelands"The Winds of the Forelands" is a five-book fantasy series written by American author David B. Coe and consisting of "The Rules of Ascension", "Seeds of Betrayal", "Bonds of Vengeance", "Shapers of Darkness", and "Weavers of War".-Qirsi People:...
- Rules of Ascension
- Seeds of Betrayal
- Bonds of Vengeance
- Shapers of Darkness
- Weavers of War
Blood of the Southlands
- The Sorcerers' Plague (December 2007)
- The Horsemen's Gambit (January 2009)
- The Dark-Eyes' War (2010)
External links
- sff.net entry
- Official forum at IBDoF
- Magical Words - Writing blog of Faith HunterFaith HunterGwendolyn Faith Hunter is an American fantasy and thriller author. She writes as Faith Hunter in the fantasy genre, and as Gwen Hunter in the thriller genre. She also collaborates on thrillers with Gary Leveille, under the name Gary Hunter...
, David B. Coe, Misty MasseyMisty MasseyMisty Massey is an American fantasy author. Her first novel, Mad Kestrel , was published in 2008 by Tor Books. It was given a three-star rating by Romantic Times. Massey has also published short stories in magazines....
, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund R. SchubertEdmund R. SchubertEdmund R. Schubert is an American author and editor best known for his work in the fields of science fiction and fantasy, though some of his short stories are mysteries, including one that was a preliminary nominee for an Edgar Award in 2006 for Best Short Story...