R.A. Salvatore

Author · 148 books

As one of the fantasy genre’s most successful authors, R.A. Salvatore enjoys an ever-expanding and tremendously loyal following. His books regularly appear on The New York Times best-seller lists and have sold more than 10,000,000 copies. Salvatore’s original hardcover, The Two Swords, Book III of The Hunter’s Blade Trilogy (October 2004) debuted at # 1 on The Wall Street Journal best-seller list and at # 4 on The New York Times best-seller list. His books have been translated into numerous foreign languages including German, Italian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, Croatian, Bulgarian, Yiddish, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Czech, and French. Salvatore’s first published novel, The Crystal Shard from TSR in 1988, became the first volume of the acclaimed Icewind Dale Trilogy and introduced an enormously popular character, the dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden. Since that time, Salvatore has published numerous novels for each of his signature multi-volume series including The Dark Elf Trilogy, Paths of Darkness, The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy, and The Cleric Quintet. His love affair with fantasy, and with literature in general, began during his sophomore year of college when he was given a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings as a Christmas gift. He promptly changed his major from computerscience to journalism. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications from Fitchburg State College in 1981, then returned for the degree he always cherished, the Bachelor of Arts in English. He began writing seriously in 1982, penning the manuscript that would become Echoes of the Fourth Magic. Salvatore held many jobs during those first years as a writer, finally settling in (much to our delight) to write full time in 1990. The R.A. Salvatore Collection has been established at his alma mater, Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, containing the writer’s letters, manuscripts, and other professional papers. He is in good company, as The Salvatore Collection is situated alongside The Robert Cormier Library, which celebrates the writing career of the co-alum and esteemed author of young adult books. Salvatore is an active member of his community and is on the board of trustees at the local library in Leominster, Massachusetts. He has participated in several American Library Association regional conferences, giving talks on themes including “Adventure fantasy” and “Why young adults read fantasy.” Salvatore himself enjoys a broad range of literary writers including James Joyce, Mark Twain, Geoffrey Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dante, and Sartre. He counts among his favorite genre literary influences Ian Fleming, Arthur Conan Doyle, Fritz Leiber, and of course, J.R.R. Tolkien. Born in 1959, Salvatore is a native of Massachusetts and resides there with his wife Diane, and their three children, Bryan, Geno, and Caitlin. The family pets include three Japanese Chins, Oliver, Artemis and Ivan, and four cats including Guenhwyvar. When he isn't writing, Salvatore chases after his three Japanese Chins, takes long walks, hits the gym, and coaches/plays on a fun-league softball team that includes most of his family. His gaming group still meets on Sundays to play. http://us.macmillan.com/author/rasalv...

Series

Books

The Ancient

Gauntlgrym

The Ghost King

Trial By Fire

To Legend He Goes

By R. A. Salvatore - The Crystal Shard (Forgotten Realms) (New Edition) (1905-06-25) [Paperback]

Boundless

Путь темного эльфа

Child of a Mad God

Mather's Blood

One-Eyed Jax

If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair

Der dritte Sohn

Canticle

Promise of the Witch King

The Demon Apostle (1 of 3)

The Orc King

Ascendance (2 of 2)

Streams of Silver

Starless Night

The Demon Spirit (2 of 3)

The Dowery

Sojourn

Homeland

Tarzan

Mortalis (1 of 3)

El elfo oscuro

Servant of the Shard

Dungeons & Dragons

Starless Night

The Color of Dragons

Maestro

The Lone Drow

Ascendance

Night Masks

Dungeons & Dragons

The Demon Awakens

Der magische Stein

Spearwielder's Tale

The Dao of Drizzt

The Legend of Drizzt

The Legacy

Bastion of Darkness

Streams of Silver

Archmage

The Dragon's Dagger

The Chaos Curse

Immortalis (2 of 3)

The Woods Out Back

Dragonslayer's Return

Pinquickle's Folly

The Crystal Shard

The Hunter's Blades Collector's Edition

The Demon Apostle

That Curious Sword

LA LEYENDA DE DRIZZT

Echoes of the Fourth Magic

Dungeons and Dragons The Legend of Drizzt Visual Dictionary

Rise of the King

Reckoning of Fallen Gods

Betwixt Two Worlds

The Pirate King

Dungeons & Dragons

The Bear

Dragons

Legacy of the Crystal Shard

Dungeons & Dragons

Timeless

Night of the Hunter

The Icewind Dale Trilogy Collector's Edition

Immortalis

The Witch of Whispervale

The Witch's Daughter

Neverwinter

Charon's Claw

Exile

Relentless

Passage to Dawn