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Eric Nylund

(b.1964)
Husband of Syne Mitchell

Eric Nylund is a New York Times bestselling and World Fantasy Award nominated author of more than a dozen novels (including HALO: The Fall of Reach and THE RESISTERS series) that have sold over two and a half million copies.

Nylund's day job is making video games.

He attended the 1994 Clarion West Writer's Workshop and has a Bachelor's degree in chemistry and a Master's degree in theoretical chemical physics. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his family on a rain-drenched mountain

Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, GameLit, Fantasy

Series

Jack Potter
1. Signal to Noise (1998)
2. A Signal Shattered (1999)

Mortal Coils
1. Mortal Coils (2009)
2. All That Lives Must Die (2010)

Resisters
   1. The Resisters (2011)
   2. Sterling Squadron (2012)
   3. Titan Base (2013)
   4. Operation Inferno (2013)

Magical Families
1. The Enchanted Knot (2015)

Hero of Thera
1. Hero of Thera (2017)
2. A Thousand Drunken Monkeys (2019)

Novels

   Pawn's Dream (1995)
   A Game of Universe (1997)
   Dry Water (1997)
   Crimson Skies (2002)

Novellas and Short Stories

Guys Read: The Warlords of Recess (2013)

Series contributed to

HALO
   1. The Fall of Reach (2001)
   3. First Strike (2003)
   4. Ghosts of Onyx (2006)

HALO Collections
Evolutions (2009) (with others)

Books containing stories by Eric Nylund

Guys Read: Other Worlds (2013)
edited by
Jon Scieszka

Elemental (2006)
The Tsunami Relief Anthology
edited by
Alethis Kontis and Steven Savile

Award nominations

1998 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Dry Water

Eric Nylund recommends

Murphy's Gambit (2000)
Syne Mitchell
"Adamantine- hard science fiction with heart ... a ripping good read."

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