David B. Coe

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You have reached the new and improved website of David B. Coe, the Crawford Award-winning fantasy author of The LonTobyn Chronicle, Winds of the Forelands, and Blood of the Southlands. Here you'll find information about David and his books (all of which are published by Tor Books) including his latest novels, Rules of Ascension, Seeds of Betrayal, Bonds of Vengeance, Shapers of Darkness, and Weavers of War the five volumes of Winds of the Forelands, his most recent release, The Sorcerers' Plague, Book I of Blood of the Southlands, and his upcoming release, The Horsemen's Gambit, the second book of Blood of the Southlands. You'll also find sample chapters from every book he has written, as well as heaps of other neat stuff!

So have a look around, read a chapter or two. Feeling lucky? Check out David's latest trivia contest! You might win a free book. Have a question about David's books? Interested in picking his brain about writing issues in general? Visit his Author Forum. Want to find David at a convention or a bookstore? Desperate to learn the very latest about his releases? Check out the "News and Events" page. Want to see his latest blog entry? You get the picture.

Again, welcome! And enjoy.

Latest News

(For more News and Events, click here)

David recently gave an interview with Travis Heermann, of The Write Line, who he met at WorldCon in Denver. That interview is now up and can be found here. Check it out, and enjoy!

Fall 2008 Update: A few bits of news to report. First, some disappointing news: David will not be attending World Fantasy Convention in October/November as originally planned. Rising airfares and similar concerns have made the trip impossible. David offers his sincere apologies to the organizers of WFC and any fans who had been looking forward to seeing him there. Second, this website has been updated and now includes pages for his next release, The Horsemen's Gambit, book II of Blood of the Southlands. Read sample chapters from the book here. See the jacket art here. Preorder the book from Amazon here (It will be released in January 2009).

Late summer, and David is back from WorldCon in Denver, where he had a great time. He has just finished the third and final volume of his Blood of the Southlands trilogy, and he's beginning to make preparations for the January 2009 release of The Horsemen's Gambit, book II in the series and the sequel to The Sorcerers' Plague. Along those lines, please check out David's latest contest. Not only can you win a free book, but you might also wind up selecting the title for the third Southlands book. Check it out!

LibertyCon in Chattanooga, where David was a special guest, was a huge success and great fun. One thing to come out of it was a podcast of a panel David did with Toni Weisskopf, of Baen Books, and the con's literary guest of honor, Harry Turtledove. The panel on future trends in publishing was moderated by Stephen Euin Cobb, host of "The Future and You," and a podcast of the panel can be found here on Stephen's site.

Happy Summer, everyone! July 4th is right around the corner, and this seemed like a good time for an update on current goings on. David has a new short story out in the summer issue of Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show. It's called "Cassie's Story, and it's a bit of a departure from his usual work. Hope you enjoy it. On Wednesday July 2 David blogged with his agent, Lucienne Diver at her blogsite. They batted around issues relating to the agent-author relationship and how it works, how to make the most of it, etc. Check it out!

In addition to the 2008 highlights mentioned below, David has also sold two short stories so far this year. One, called "Cassie's Story," will be appearing in the summer issue of Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show. The other, "The Lost Children," will be published in Black Gate Magazine later this year. More details as they become available.

An interview David did a few years back has resurfaced on the web. The book credits are outdated, but otherwise it's a pretty good interview. Click here.

2008 has been a great year so far. The Sorcerers' Plague, book I of Blood of the Southlands was released in December '07 (sample chapters), and has been selling well. January saw the paperback re-release of Weavers of War (sample chapters), the fifth and final book of Winds of the Forelands. David has already appeared at Chattacon, RavenCon, the Virginia Festival of the Book, and at ConCarolinas, where he was a Special Guest. In July, he will be a Special Guest at LibertyCon in Chattanooga, Tennessee. For a complete listing of David's scheduled appearances please check here.

David has yet another blog to tell you about: this one is a group effort with fellow fantasy writers Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, and C. E. Murphy. Together they have recently started a group blog devoted to writing issues. It's called "Magical Words." Come take a look, leave them a comment; let them know what you think. Oh, and those cool photos cycling through the title banner? Those are David's.

As always David is posting to his blogs at Wordpress.com and LiveJournal.com, answering questions on his author forum, and posting to his Amazon Direct blog. He is also a member of SFNovelists.com, an online community of science fiction and fantasy writers, where he will be blogging occasionally.

Library Journal has reviewed The Sorcerers' Plague, calling it a "saga of high drama and personal heroism that should please fans of epic fantasy." Yay! Another good review to go with the ones from Publisher's Weekly, Booklist, and Romantic Times. Read them all here.

David B. Coe is a member of SFF.NET and the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA).

He is represented by:

Lucienne Diver
The Knight Agency
570 East Avenue
Madison, Georgia 30650
(404) 538-2030

P.O. Box 2659
Land O Lakes, Florida 34639
(813) 996-5901

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