Gerald Morris is an American

United States

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 author. Morris is known for his series of stories for preteen and teen readers based in the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...

 during the time of King Arthur

King Arthur

King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and...

. Collectively called "The Squire's Tales", the series includes The Squire's Tale, The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady

The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady

The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady is a book written by Gerald Morris. Its prequel is The Squire's Tale, also written by Gerald Morris.This book tells the tale of Gawain and Terence's journey to the fabled Green Chapel, the home of the Green Knight...

, The Savage Damsel and The Dwarf, Parsifal's Page, The Ballad of Sir Dinadan, The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung Cart Knight, The Lioness and Her Knight, The Quest of the Fair Unknown, The Squire's Quest, and The Legend of the King. The books at the start of the series focus somewhat on Gawain, but primarily on Terence, his squire. These two characters remain in the series, whereas main characters from the other books are only mentioned or reappear briefly later in the series. His new series, "The Knights' Tales" is for younger readers and began with The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great, published in 2008, followed by "The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short" in the same year. His most recently published book from this series is "The Adventures of Sir Gawain the True", published in 2011.

Morris was born in Riverside, California

Riverside, California

Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River, it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, 4th largest inland California...

 in 1963, the son of Russell A. Morris. He was educated at the Oklahoma Baptist University

Oklahoma Baptist University

Oklahoma Baptist University is a co-educational Christian liberal arts university located in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and owned by the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma. Established in 1910, OBU is ranked No.2 among baccalaureate colleges in the western region in the 2010 U.S...

 and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary , located in Louisville, Kentucky, is the oldest of the six seminaries affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention . The seminary was founded in 1859, at Greenville, South Carolina. After being closed during the Civil War, it moved in 1877 to Louisville...

. He married Rebecca Hughes, has 3 children, and now lives in Wausau, Wisconsin

Wausau, Wisconsin

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. He also lived for a short time in Oklahoma. Apart from writing, Morris teaches theology and serves as a pastor for a church.

The Young Adult Library Services Association

Young Adult Library Services Association

The Young Adult Library Services Association , established in 1957, is a division of the American Library Association. The mission of YALSA is to advocate, promote and strengthen service to young adults as part of the continuum of total library service, and to support those who provide service to...

, a division of the American Library Association, included:

• The Squire, His Knight, & His Lady in their 2000 list of Best Books for Young Adults and their 2003 list of Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
• The Savage Damsel and The Dwarf in their 2001 list of Best Books for Young Adults

Published work

• Prophecy, Poetry and Hosea (1996), ISBN 185075599X
• The Squire's Tale (1998), ISBN 0395869595
• The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady (1999), ISBN 0395912113
• The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf (2000), ISBN 0395971268
• Parsifal's Page (2001), ISBN 0618055096
• The Ballad of Sir Dinadan (2003), ISBN 0618190996
• The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung Cart Knight (2004), ISBN 0618378235
• The Lioness and Her Knight (2005), ISBN 0618507728
• The Quest of the Fair Unknown (2006), ISBN 0618631526
• The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great (2008), ISBN 0618777148
• The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short (2008), ISBN 0618777156
• The Squire's Quest (2009), ISBN 0547144245
• The Legend of the King (2010), ISBN 0547144202
• The Adventures of Sir Balin the Ill-Fated (2012)

External links

• Gerald Morris at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt