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J. Gregory Keyes (From the Random House web site) J. Gregory Keyes J. Gregory Keyes, the author of several fantasy novels and a graduate student in anthropology at the University of Georgia, was born in Meridian and spent his childhood in Mississippi and on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona. His immersion in Navajo culture at an early age, coupled with tales drawn from his own family’s partial Native American ancestry, led Keyes to his interest in linguistics, rituals, myths, and legends. His first novel, The Waterborn was released in 1996, and his second, The Blackgod, came out the following year. His third novel, Newton’s Cannon, launched his Age of Unreason series, an alternative-history fantasy in which Isaac Newton discovers the secrets of alchemy. Subsequent titles in the series are A Calculus of Angels (1999), Empire of Unreason (2000), and the final installment in the series, The Shadows of God (2001). He has also authored several books in the Star Wars: The New Jedi Order series, Edge of Victory I: Conquest and Edge of Victory II: Rebirth, under the name Greg Keyes (2001). His most recent novel, The Briar King (2003), is the first book in the Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series. (Article updated January 2003)

Publications

Fiction:

• The Waterborn. Chosen of the Changeling, Book One. New York: Ballantine, 1996.
• The Blackgod. Chosen of the Changeling, Book Two. New York: Ballantine, 1997.
• Newton’s Cannon: The Age of Unreason, Book One. New York: Ballantine, 1998.
• A Calculus of Angels: The Age of Unreason, Book Two. New York: Ballantine, 1999.
• Empire of Unreason: The Age of Unreason, Book Three. New York: Ballantine, 2000.
• The Shadows of God: The Age of Unreason, Book Four. New York: Ballantine, 2001.
• (as Greg Keyes) Edge of Victory I: Conquest. Staw Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book One. New York: Del Rey, 2001
• (as Greg Keyes) Edge of Victory II: Rebirth. Staw Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book Two. New York: Del Rey, 2001
• (as Greg Keyes) The Briar King. New York: Del Rey, 2003.

Bibliography

Book Reviews:

• Chuan, Elizabeth. Review of The Waterborn: Book One of Children of the Changeling. The Book Report (12 September 1997).
• Review of The Waterborn: Book One of Children of the Changeling. Publishers Weekly (17 June 1996).

Internet Resources

Publisher and Promotional web sites:

• Featured Author: J. GREGORY KEYES. Web site from Del Rey Books about Keyes, including information about the author, excerpts from his novels, and background information about the language, cultures, and characters in Keyes' novels.
• Dragon*Con Biography: (J. Gregory Keyes). Brief article about the author.
• Author: J. Gregory Keyes. Information and links to additional book and author information, from Bookwire

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