R A Salvatore

R A SalvatoreR A Salvatore, is a fantasy author best known for his Forgotten Realms Novels and The DemonWars Saga.  Born January 20, 1959, in Leominster, Massachusetts Robert Anthony Salvatore.

R A Salvatore was born in Leominster, Massachusetts. He was the youngest of a family of seven. A graduate of Leominster High School, Salvatore has credited Scott Hay, his high school English teacher, with being instrumental in his development as a writer. During his time at Fitchburg State College, he became interested in fantasy after reading J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, given to him as a Christmas gift. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications and later a Bachelor of Arts in English. Before taking up writing full time he worked as a bouncer.

In 1982 R A Salvatore  started writing more seriously, developing a manuscript he titled Echoes of the Fourth Magic. He went on to publish several series of books in the Forgotten Realms campaign world, while lately his popularity surged due to his Demon Wars sagas and his two Star Wars books.

One of his most popular characters is Drizzt Do'Urden, a drow, or dark elf, portrayed against the stereotypes of his race, who fights for what he believes is right.
In addition to his novels, R A Salvatore wrote the story for the PS2, Xbox and PC video game Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone (2004), working with the design team at Stormfront Studios. The game was published by Atari and was nominated for awards by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences and BAFTA. He also wrote the bot chat lines for the Quake III bots.

Selected Bibliography
Complete Bibliography


Series

  • Chronicles of Ynis Aielle
    • 1 Echoes of the Fourth Magic (1990)
    • 2 The Witch's Daughter (1991)
    • 3 Bastion of Darkness (2000)
  • Demon Wars Universe
    • R. A. Salvatore's Demon Wars Gazeteer (2004) with Jonathan Cassie and Jason Hardy and Tim Kidwell and Bryan Salvatore and Geno Salvatore and James M. Ward
    • Demon Wars
      • 1 The Demon Awakens (1997)
      • 2 The Demon Spirit (1998)
      • 3 The Demon Apostle (1999)
      • 4 Mortalis (2000)
    • Demon Wars Comics
      • 1 An Eye for An Eye (2004) with Scott Ciencin
    • Demon Wars Prequels
      • The Highwayman (2004)
    • Second Demon Wars Saga
      • 1 Ascendance (2001)
      • 2 Transcendence (2003)
      • 3 Immortalis (2003)
  • Forgotten Realms Universe
    • Forgotten Realms: Dark Elf
      • 1 Homeland (1990)
      • 2 Exile (1990)
      • 3 Sojourn (1991)
    • Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow
      • Legacy of the Drow (2001) [O]
      • 1 The Legacy (1992)
      • 2 Starless Night (1993)
      • 3 Siege of Darkness (1994)
      • 4 Passage to Dawn (1996)
    • Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness
      • 1 The Silent Blade (1998)
      • 2 The Spine of the World (1999)
      • 3 Servant of the Shard (2000)
      • 4 Sea of Swords (2001)
    • Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet
      • 1 Canticle (1991)
      • 2 In Sylvan Shadows (1992)
      • 3 Night Masks (1992)
      • 4 The Fallen Fortress (1993)
      • 5 The Chaos Curse (1994)
    • Forgotten Realms: The Hunter's Blades
      • 1 The Thousand Orcs (2002)
      • 2 The Lone Drow (2003)
      • 3 The Two Swords (2004)

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