British fantasy novelist Robert Holdstock was best known for his popular Ryhope Wood series that began with the 1981 World Fantasy Award-winning novella Mythago Wood. The series also included the novels including Lavondyss (1988), The Bone Forest (1991), The Hollowing (1993), Merlin’s Wood (1994), Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn (1997), and Avilion (2009).
Holdstock was born in Hythe, Kent, England, on August 2, 1948. He began writing short-stories in the late 1960s, and penned his first novel, Eye of the Blind, in 1977.
He wrote the novelization for the horror film Legend of the Werewolf in 1976, and adapted the unfilmed screenplay for The Satanists in 1977, both under the pseudonym Robert Black. He penned the Berserker trilogy – Shadow of the Wolf (1977), The Bull Chief (1979), and The Horned Warrior (1979) – under the name Chris Carlsen.
Writing as Richard Kirk, he teamed with Angus Wells to create the 5-volume Raven series in 1978. He also wrote several novels in The Professionals series under the house penname Ken Blake,...
Holdstock was born in Hythe, Kent, England, on August 2, 1948. He began writing short-stories in the late 1960s, and penned his first novel, Eye of the Blind, in 1977.
He wrote the novelization for the horror film Legend of the Werewolf in 1976, and adapted the unfilmed screenplay for The Satanists in 1977, both under the pseudonym Robert Black. He penned the Berserker trilogy – Shadow of the Wolf (1977), The Bull Chief (1979), and The Horned Warrior (1979) – under the name Chris Carlsen.
Writing as Richard Kirk, he teamed with Angus Wells to create the 5-volume Raven series in 1978. He also wrote several novels in The Professionals series under the house penname Ken Blake,...
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