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Robert Paul "Tad" Williams (born March 14, 1957, San Jose, California) is the author of several fantasy and science fiction novels, including Tailchaser's Song, the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series, the Otherland series, and The War of the Flowers.

Williams is currently writing the Shadowmarch series, the first volume of which was published in November of 2004. The second volume, Shadowplay, was published in March 2007.

In July 2006, Williams started publishing a new six issue comic mini-series called The Next through DC Comics. A second series for DC Comics called The Factory is currently in planning stages. In addition, Tad is writing Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis for DC Comics starting with issue #50, a project which began in March 2007 and will end with issue #57 since the comic has been cancelled by DC.

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn 1.2 Otherland 1.3 Shadowmarch 1.4 Standalone Novels 1.5 Collections 1.6 Comic Books 2 External links

• Book 1 - The Dragonbone Chair (Hardcover 1988, Paperback 1989)
• Book 2 - Stone of Farewell (Hardcover 1990, Paperback 1991)
• Book 3 - To Green Angel Tower (Hardcover 1993)
  • Book 3 was split into 2 parts for paperback publication (1994):
    • To Green Angel Tower, Part 1 and To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 (US Edition)
    • To Green Angel Tower: Siege and To Green Angel Tower: Storm (UK edition)

• Book 1 - City of Golden Shadow (Hardcover 1996, Paperback 1998)
• Book 2 - River of Blue Fire (Hardcover 1998, Paperback 1999)
• Book 3 - Mountain of Black Glass (Hardcover 1999, Paperback 2000)
• Book 4 - Sea of Silver Light (Hardcover 2001, Paperback 2002)

• Book 1 - Shadowmarch (Hardcover 2004, Trade Paperback 2005, Mass-Market Paperback 2006)
• Book 2 - Shadowplay (Hardcover, March 2007, Trade Paperback forthcoming in March 2008)
• Book 3 - Shadowrise (working title, originally Shadowfall; Hardcover, forthcoming).

• Tailchaser's Song (Hardcover 1985, Paperback 1986)
• Child of an Ancient City (Paperback 1992, written with Nina Kiriki Hoffman)
• Caliban's Hour (Hardcover 1994)
• The War of the Flowers (Hardcover 2003, Paperback 2004)

• Rite: Short Work (Hardcover, 2006) Subterranean Press. Published in January 2007. A trade paperback reprint is forthcoming from Subterranean Press under their new imprint, Far Territories.

• Tad Williams' Mirrorworld 2 issues. Series was cancelled after two issues because the publisher went out of business.
• The Next 6 issue mini-series published by DC Comics. Published between July and December 2006.
• Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis published by DC Comics. Williams replaced writer Kurt Busiek with issue #50 in March of 2007. His run lasted till issue #57 when the comic was cancelled.
• The Helmet of Fate; Ibis the Invincible, 2007 one-shot for DC.

• Tad Williams' US website
• Tad Williams' UK website
• Shadowmarch website
• Interview (several) with Tad Williams at SFFWorld.com
• Tad Williams at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Interview: Tad Williams - The Next by Rajan Khanna, July 2006.

v • d • e Works by 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)
Shadowmarch	Shadowmarch (2004) • Shadowplay (2007) • Shadowrise (forthcoming)
Standalone novels	Tailchaser's Song (1985) • Child of an Ancient City (1992) • Caliban's Hour (1994) • The War of the Flowers (2003)
Short story collection	Rite: Short Work (2007)