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Glen Cook
Author · 63 books

Glen Cook was born in New York City, lived in southern Indiana as a small child, then grew up in Northern California. After high school he served in the U.S. Navy and attended the University of Missouri. He worked for General Motors for 33 years, retiring some years ago. He started writing short stories in 7th grade, had several published in a high school literary magazine. He began writing with malicious intent to publish in 1968, eventually producing 51 books and a number of short fiction pieces. He met his wife of 43 years while attending the Clarion Writer's Workshop in 1970. He has three sons (army officer, architect, orchestral musician) and numerous grandchildren, all of whom but one are female. He is best known for his Black Company series, which has appeared in 20+ languages worldwide. His other series include Dread Empire and and the Garrett, P.I. series. His latest work is Working God’s Mischief, fourth in the Instrumentalities of the Night series. http://us.macmillan.com/author/glencook

Series

Books

Warlock book cover

Warlock

1985

Ceremony book cover

Ceremony

1986

The Swordbearer book cover

The Swordbearer

1982

The Sword & Sorcery Anthology book cover

The Sword & Sorcery Anthology

2012

Whispering Nickel Idols book cover

Whispering Nickel Idols

2005

Lord of the Silent Kingdom book cover

Lord of the Silent Kingdom

2007

Wicked Bronze Ambition book cover

Wicked Bronze Ambition

2013

All Darkness Met book cover

All Darkness Met

1980

The Books of the South book cover

The Books of the South

2002

Deadly Quicksilver Lies book cover

Deadly Quicksilver Lies

1994

Working God's Mischief book cover

Working God's Mischief

2014

Chronicles of the Black Company book cover

Chronicles of the Black Company

1986

Darkwar book cover

Darkwar

2010

Passage at Arms book cover

Passage at Arms

1985

Angry Lead Skies book cover

Angry Lead Skies

2002

Port of Shadows book cover

Port of Shadows

2018

Water Sleeps book cover

Water Sleeps

1999

Gilded Latten Bones book cover

Gilded Latten Bones

2010

The Return of the Black Company book cover

The Return of the Black Company

1997

Sung In Blood book cover

Sung In Blood

1992

Shadow Games book cover

Shadow Games

1989

An Ill Fate Marshalling book cover

An Ill Fate Marshalling

1988

With Mercy Toward None book cover

With Mercy Toward None

1985

Doomstalker book cover

Doomstalker

Book One of The Darkwar Trilogy

1985

The Silver Spike book cover

The Silver Spike

1989

Petty Pewter Gods book cover

Petty Pewter Gods

1995

The Heirs of Babylon book cover

The Heirs of Babylon

1972

October's Baby book cover

October's Baby

1980

The Best of Glen Cook book cover

The Best of Glen Cook

2019

The Black Company book cover

The Black Company

1984

An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat book cover

An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat

2008

The Fire in His Hands book cover

The Fire in His Hands

1984

Reap the East Wind book cover

Reap the East Wind

1987

A Matter of Time book cover

A Matter of Time

1985

Faded Steel Heat book cover

Faded Steel Heat

1999

Stars' End book cover

Stars' End

1982

Surrender to the Will of the Night book cover

Surrender to the Will of the Night

2009

The Starfishers Trilogy book cover

The Starfishers Trilogy

2017

A Path to Coldness of Heart book cover

A Path to Coldness of Heart

2012

ANNALES DE LA COMPAGNIE NOIRE (LES) T.13 book cover

ANNALES DE LA COMPAGNIE NOIRE (LES) T.13

SOLDATS DE PIERRE, DEUXI?ME PARTIE by GLEN COOK

2000

She is the Darkness book cover

She is the Darkness

1997

Dread Brass Shadows book cover

Dread Brass Shadows

1990

Shadows Linger book cover

Shadows Linger

1984

Sladkozvuchnyj serebryanyj blyuz. Zolotye serdtsa s chervotochinkoj book cover

Sladkozvuchnyj serebryanyj blyuz. Zolotye serdtsa s chervotochinkoj

1999

The White Rose book cover

The White Rose

1985

Red Iron Nights book cover

Red Iron Nights

1991

A Cruel Wind book cover

A Cruel Wind

A Chronicle of the Dread Empire

2006

Cruel Zinc Melodies book cover

Cruel Zinc Melodies

2008

Sweet Silver Blues book cover

Sweet Silver Blues

1987

Shadowline book cover

Shadowline

1982

Bleak Seasons book cover

Bleak Seasons

1996

Starfishers book cover

Starfishers

1982

The Dragon Never Sleeps book cover

The Dragon Never Sleeps

1988

Soldiers Live book cover

Soldiers Live

2000

The Many Deaths of the Black Company book cover

The Many Deaths of the Black Company

2009

Shadow Thieves book cover

Shadow Thieves

2023

Dreams of Steel book cover

Dreams of Steel

1990

The Tyranny of the Night book cover

The Tyranny of the Night

Book One of the Instrumentalities of the Night

2010

Bitter Gold Hearts book cover

Bitter Gold Hearts

1988

Cold Copper Tears book cover

Cold Copper Tears

1988

Old Tin Sorrows book cover

Old Tin Sorrows

1989

Tower of Fear book cover

Tower of Fear

1989

Winter's Dreams book cover

Winter's Dreams

2012

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