Fred Saberhagen was an American science fiction and fantasy author most famous for his ''Beserker'' and Dracula stories. Saberhagen also wrote a series of a series of post-apocalyptic mytho-magical novels beginning with his popular ''Empire of the East'' and continuing through a long series of ''Swords'' and ''Lost Swords'' novels. Saberhagen died of cancer, in Albuquerque, New Mexico Saberhagen was born in and grew up in the area of Chicago, Illinois. Saberhagen served in the [[U.S. Air Force]] during the Korean War while he was in his early twenties. Back in civilian life, Saberhagen worked as an It was while he was working for Motorola (after his military service) that Saberhagen started writing fiction seriously at the age of about 30. "Fortress Ship", his first "Berserker" short shory, was published in 1963. Then, in 1964, Saberhagen saw the publication of his first novel, ''The Golden People''. From 1967 to 1973, he worked as an editor for the Chemistry articles in the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' as well as writing its article on science fiction. He then quit and took up writing full-time. In 1975, he moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. He married fellow writer Joan Spicci in 1968. They had two sons and a daughter.
Series
Books
A Question of Time
1992
Stonecutter's Story
1988
The Golden People
1964
Berserker's Star
2003
Coinspinner's Story
1989
Empire of the East
1979
The White Bull
1988
Specimens
1976
The Lost Swords
The First Triad
1988
The Fourth Book of Lost Swords
Farslayer's Story
1988
Dancing Bears
1995
A Coldness in the Blood
2002
Gods of Fire and Thunder
2002
God of the Golden Fleece
2001
Thorn
1997
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
The Lost Swords
Endgame
1994
Berserker Lies
1991
Blind Man's Blade
2012
Berserker's Planet
1975
The Berserker Attack
1987
The Arms of Hercules
2000
The Broken Lands
1968
Seance for a Vampire
1994
The Mask of the Sun
1981
Earth Descended
1981
The Frankenstein Papers
1986
The Seventh Book of Lost Swords
Wayfinder's Story
1992
The Veils of Azlaroc
1978
Mindsword's Story
1990
Ardneh's Sword
2006
Berserker
1967
Ardneh's World
1973
A Sharpness on the Neck
1996
The First Book of Lost Swords
Woundhealer's Story
1986
Pyramids
1987
A Century of Progress
1983
The Third Book of Swords
1984
The Black Mountains
1971
The Water Of Thought
1965
An Old Friend of the Family
1979
Berserker Fury
1997
Berserker Kill
1993
The First Book of Swords
1983
Shiva in Steel
1998
Merlin's Bones
1995
Berserker Prime
2003
Ariadne's Web
2000
Brother Assassin
1969
Golden Reflections
2011
The Arrival
1999
The Holmes-Dracula File
1978
The Book of Saberhagen
1975
The Face of Apollo
1998
Rogue Berserker
2005
The Dracula Tape
1975
A Matter of Taste
1990
The Second Book of Lost Swords
Sightblinder's Story
1987
The Ultimate Enemy
1979
Love Conquers All
1974
Berserker
Blue Death
1985
The Lost Swords
The Second Triad
1994
Of Berserkers, Swords and Vampires
A Saberhagen Retrospective
2009
After the Fact
1988
The Berserker Throne
1985
Shieldbreaker's Story
1994
Berserker Man
1979
Dominion
1982
