David Eddings
Born	July 7, 1931 (1931-07-07) (age 76) Spokane, Washington
Occupation	novelist
Genres	Fantasy
Notable work(s)	The Belgariad

David Eddings (born July 7, 1931) is an American author who has written several best-selling series of epic fantasy novels. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting The Belgariad is a five- Book Fantasy epic written by David Eddings. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the High fantasy, or epic fantasy, is a subgenre of Fantasy fiction that is set in invented or parallel worlds. David Eddings' wife, Leigh Eddings, is uncredited as co-author on many of his early books, but he has since acknowledged that she contributed to them all. She was a credited co-author starting in the mid-1990s.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 2.1 The Belgariad and The Malloreon 2.1.1 The Belgariad 2.1.2 The Malloreon 2.2 The Elenium and The Tamuli 2.3 The Dreamers and other works 2.4 Worldbuilding 2.5 Characters 3 Bibliography 3.1 The Belgariad series 3.2 The Malloreon series 3.3 Books related to The Belgariad and The Malloreon 3.4 The Elenium series 3.5 The Tamuli series 3.6 The Dreamers series 3.7 Standalone fantasy novels 3.8 Non-fantasy novels 4 References 5 External links

Biography

Born in Spokane, Washington, in 1931, Eddings grew up in Puget Sound. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Puget Sound (ˈpjuːʤᵻt is an arm of the Pacific Ocean, connected to the rest of the Pacific by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the Pacific Northwest In the ‘Rivan Codex,’ he described a good day in Seattle as ‘when it isn’t raining up;’ rain became a consequent feature in many of his novels. After graduating from high school in 1949, he worked for a year before majoring in speech, drama and English at junior college. David displayed an early talent for drama and literature, winning a national oratorical contest, and performing the male lead in most of his drama productions. He graduated with a BA from Reed College in 1954 and an MA from the University of Washington in 1961. Reed College is a private, independent Liberal arts college located in southeast Portland Oregon. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He wrote a novel for a thesis at Reed College before being drafted into the US army.

After several years as a college lecturer, a failure to receive a pay rise drove David to leave his job, move to Denver and seek work in another grocery store. He also began work on his first published novel ‘High Hunt,’ the story of four young men hunting deer. Like many of his later novels, it explores themes of manhood and coming of age. Convinced that being an author was his future career, David moved to Spokane where he once again relied on a job at a grocery shop for his funds. He worked on several unpublished novels, including ‘Hunseeker’s Ascent,’ a story about mountain climbing, which was later burned as David claimed it was, ‘a piece of tripe so bad it even bored me. ’ Most of his attempts followed the same vein as High Hunt, adventure stories and contemporary tragedies. ‘The Losers,’ tells the story of God and the Devil, cast in the roles of a one-eyed Indian and Jake Flood was not published until June 1992, well after David’s success as an author was established, although it was written in the seventies.

David’s call to the world of fantasy came from a doodled map he drew one morning before work. This doodle later became the geographical basis for the world of Aloria, but David did not realise it until several years later. Upon seeing a copy of Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ in a bookshop, he allegedly muttered, ‘Is this old turkey still floating around?’ and was shocked to learn that it was in its seventy-eighth printing. David realised that the world of fantasy might hold some promise for his talents, and immediately began to annotate his previously forgotten doodle.

He currently resides in Carson City, Nevada, in the southwest United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

On January 26, 2007 it was reported that Eddings accidentally burned about a quarter of his office, next door to his house, along with his Excalibur sports car, and the original manuscripts for most of his novels. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. He was flushing the fuel tank of the car with water when he lit a piece of paper and threw into the puddle to test if it was still flammable. ^[1]

On February 28, 2007, David Eddings' wife, Leigh Eddings(born Judith Leigh Schall), died following a series of strokes. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. She was 69. ^[2]

Works

The Belgariad and The Malloreon

Main article: The Belgariad

Main article: The Malloreon

The Belgariad is Eddings' first fantasy series; The Malloreon is the sequel. The Belgariad is a five- Book Fantasy epic written by David Eddings. The Malloreon is a five part Fantasy Book series written by David Eddings, which follows The Belgariad. The Belgariad is a five- Book Fantasy epic written by David Eddings. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting The Malloreon is a five part Fantasy Book series written by David Eddings, which follows The Belgariad. The books follow the adventures of Garion, Polgara, Belgarath, and their companions. Belgarion (also called Garion) is a Fictional character and the chief Protagonist in The Belgariad and The Malloreon Polgara the Sorceress is a Fantasy Novel by David and Leigh Eddings, and the twelfth in the setting of The Belgariad The Belgariad and the Malloreon are a two-part Fantasy epic written by David Eddings.

The Belgariad

The Belgariad if a five-book series:

1. Pawn of Prophecy
2. Queen of Sorcery
3. Magician's Gambit
4. Castle of Wizardry
5. Enchanters' End Game

The Malloreon

The Malloreon is also a five book series:

1. Guardians of the West
2. King of the Murgos
3. Demon Lord of Karanda
4. Sorceress of Darshiva
5. The Seeress of Kell published in the USA and UK by Bantam

The Elenium and The Tamuli

The Elenium and its sequel The Tamuli are set in a different universe to The Belgariad and The Malloreon. The Belgariad is a five- Book Fantasy epic written by David Eddings. The Belgariad is a five- Book Fantasy epic written by David Eddings. The Belgariad is a five- Book Fantasy epic written by David Eddings. The Belgariad is a five- Book Fantasy epic written by David Eddings. The Belgariad is a five- Book Fantasy epic written by David Eddings. The Belgariad is a five- Book Fantasy epic written by David Eddings. The Malloreon is a five part Fantasy Book series written by David Eddings, which follows The Belgariad. The Malloreon is a five part Fantasy Book series written by David Eddings, which follows The Belgariad. The Malloreon is a five part Fantasy Book series written by David Eddings, which follows The Belgariad. The Malloreon is a five part Fantasy Book series written by David Eddings, which follows The Belgariad. The Malloreon is a five part Fantasy Book series written by David Eddings, which follows The Belgariad. The Malloreon is a five part Fantasy Book series written by David Eddings, which follows The Belgariad. The Elenium is a series of Fantasy novels by David Eddings. The series consists of three volumes The Diamond Throne The Tamuli is a series of Fantasy novels by David Eddings. The series consists of three volumes Domes of Fire The They feature the Pandion Knight Sparhawk and his comrades. Knight is the English term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages. Sir Sparhawk is the central character of The Elenium and The Tamuli, a series of Fantasy novels by David Eddings.

Once again, the Elenium featured a magical jewel, in the form of the Bhelliom/Blue-rose, a quest and a form of magic although David made sure that Styric was extremely hard to master, as well as being extremely draining, to provide less evidence of his Superman Syndrome. The disgruntled Sparhawk is certainly not the archetypal hero, despite being the best knight in the world. There is no resident wizard, but rather close interaction with pagan Gods, one of whom eventually becomes Sparhawk’s daughter, Danae, in a stretch of the theological imagination.

After the initial success of the Elenium, it was obvious that a sequel would follow. Both David and his readers wanted to see how a man with no destiny would fare with a goddess for a daughter.

The Dreamers and other works

After the publication of his thriller, David decided to concentrate on fantasy once more and, with his wife, began work on ‘The Dreamers. ’ The final book of this saga was published in 2006, although many of David’s fans feel that it did not contain as much appeal as his previous books, and that the characters were too reminiscent of those in the Belgariad.

The Redemption of Althalus is a simple tale about a thief who mends his ways. Within this story, however, is a strange, twisted, fantasy world, unlike anything David and Leigh had created before. A group of people, with various unusual gifts, are all brought together into a house where time stands still and has doors to every conceivable place on the planet. Time and its effect on relationships between people are dealt with, within an adventurous quest. As the people in the house form bonds with each other, David wanted to explore what would happen if they found out that they were all related, the children of a goddess and her mortal lover. A theme previously dealt with in the Belgariad was how humans conceive form, that if a sentience was in an animal a human would not touch it, but if it were in the form of another human, one would happily fall in love with it.

Worldbuilding

When building a 'world' for his characters to inhabit, Eddings generally starts with a fictional map, sections off areas of that map, and populates each area with a different race. In generating races, Eddings will first pick a race or people from our history, then base his fictional race within his new 'world' almost directly on them (with some minor renaming). Examples of this can be seen throughout his fantasy output. A great deal of the sub-storyline elements depend on the tension that is created from these disparate races being forced together.

Characters

Individuals belonging to each race tend to be painted in broad strokes, and one or two distinct stereotypical characteristics are generally used to define them fully. For example, Chereks are warlike and drink heavily, Sendars are dependable and practical, etc. Cherek is a fictional nation in the David Eddings book series The Belgariad (and its sequel The Malloreon) located in the Cherek peninsula west of Sendaria is the land of the Sendar people in David Eddings Fantasy book series The Belgariad and its sequel The Malloreon Most characters are ultimately facets of the same basic personality, with one or two key character traits added. Some readers have expressed distaste at this approach, feeling that the constant stereotyping borders on racism,^[3] although interracial couples seem to crop up continually throughout all four major story-lines, and characters who go against their racial stereotypes also appear in both series (Beltira & Belkira, the gentle Alorns; Ontrose, the quick-witted Arend; and The Blind Prophet, a kindly Angarak). In the fictional series The Belgariad by David Eddings, Aloria was the name of the nation of the Alorns, which was broken up into Cherek, Arendia is the country of the people of the god Chaldan in the David Eddings book series The Belgariad and The Malloreon.

Bibliography

The Belgariad series

• Pawn of Prophecy (1982)
• Queen of Sorcery (1982)
• Magician's Gambit (1983)
• Castle of Wizardry (1984)
• Enchanters' End Game (1984)

The Malloreon series

• Guardians of the West (1987)
• King of the Murgos (1988)
• Demon Lord of Karanda (1988)
• Sorceress of Darshiva (1989)
• The Seeress of Kell (1991)

Books related to The Belgariad and The Malloreon

• Belgarath the Sorcerer (1995) (Prequel) with Leigh Eddings
• Polgara the Sorceress (1997) (Prequel) with Leigh Eddings
• The Rivan Codex (1998) with Leigh Eddings

The Elenium series

• The Diamond Throne (1989)
• The Ruby Knight (1990)
• The Sapphire Rose (1991)

The Tamuli series

• Domes of Fire (1992)
• The Shining Ones (1993)
• The Hidden City (1994)

The Dreamers series

• The Elder Gods (2003) with Leigh Eddings
• The Treasured One (2004) with Leigh Eddings
• Crystal Gorge (2005) with Leigh Eddings
• The Younger Gods (2006) with Leigh Eddings

Standalone fantasy novels

• The Redemption of Althalus (2000) with Leigh Eddings

Non-fantasy novels

• High Hunt (1986)
• The Losers (1992)
• Regina's Song (2000) with Leigh Eddings

References

External links

• Interview with David Eddings at sffworld.com
• Bibliography at SciFan
• Microsite hosted by HarperCollins publishers
• David Eddings at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Novel synopses, cover art, and reviews at FantasyLiterature.net

Persondata
NAME	Eddings, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American novelist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 7, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH	Spokane, Washington
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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