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Richard Pini
Author · 58 books

Richard Pini is one-half of a husband and wife team with Wendy Pini that created, most notably, the Elfquest series. He was raised in Orange, Connecticut with his three siblings. Richard began writing science fiction stories early in his childhood. In 1972, Richard and Wendy were married after a courtship of four years. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973 with a degree in Astrophysics. He worked at the Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science in Boston until 1975 and Taunton High School until 1979 when he began his career at IBM. In 1977, Richard and Wendy established a publishing company called Warp Graphics to publish their first Elfquest comic. Richard is credited as co-writer and editor on Elfquest, as well as handling all of the publishing and business aspects of Warp Graphics. Elfquest was self-published for 25 years and in 2003, licensed to DC Comics. The comic series has won several awards, including the Ed Aprill Award for Best Independent Comic, two Alley Awards, the Fantasy Festival Comic Book Awards for Best Alternative Comic, and the Golden Pen Award. Richard has also contributed writing for Worldpool, Futurequest, Rogue's Curse, and two Windkin stories. He has received the Small Press Writers and Artists Organization Award for Best Editor, the San Diego Comic Convention Inkpot Award, and the New York State Jaycees Distinguished Service Award. Richard and his wife currently reside in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Series

Books

Elfquest - New Blood book cover

Elfquest - New Blood

1993

Elfquest book cover

Elfquest

The Discovery

2006

Elfquest book cover

Elfquest

Journey to Sorrows End

1982

The Complete ElfQuest, Volume Five book cover

The Complete ElfQuest, Volume Five

2018

Elfquest Archives, Vol. 1 book cover

Elfquest Archives, Vol. 1

2003

The Complete Elfquest book cover

The Complete Elfquest

Book 3: Captives of Blue Mountain

1983

Elfquest book cover

Elfquest

The Final Quest #21

2017

Elfquest The Hidden Years book cover

Elfquest The Hidden Years

1992

Dreiging onder water book cover

Dreiging onder water

1992

Phoenix book cover

Phoenix

2002

De wolfrijders book cover

De wolfrijders

1978

Elfquest Archives, Vol. 2 book cover

Elfquest Archives, Vol. 2

2005

ElfQuest Integral, Tomo Uno book cover

ElfQuest Integral, Tomo Uno

2014

Quest's End book cover

Quest's End

1984

Høvdingeblod book cover

Høvdingeblod

1999

Wolfrider! book cover

Wolfrider!

1999

Rivalerne book cover

Rivalerne

1981

Elfquest book cover

Elfquest

The Final Quest #2

1985

Elfquest book cover

Elfquest

The Final Quest #9

2015

Elfquest book cover

Elfquest

The Final Quest Volume 1

2015

ElfQuest book cover

ElfQuest

The Final Quest #20

2017

Dreamtime book cover

Dreamtime

1998

Elfquest book cover

Elfquest

The Searcher And the Sword

2004

Rogue's Curse book cover

Rogue's Curse

2000

Elfquest book cover

Elfquest

The Final Quest #23

2017

Elfquest book cover

Elfquest

The Final Quest #7

2015

ElfQuest book cover

ElfQuest

The Grand Quest Volume 1

2004

Elf Quest book cover

Elf Quest

The Final Quest

2015

Elfquest book cover

Elfquest

The Final Quest #22

1987

The Cry from Beyond book cover

The Cry from Beyond

1991

ElfQuest #21 - Dear Scrapbook... book cover

ElfQuest #21 - Dear Scrapbook...

1985

ElfQuest book cover

ElfQuest

The Grand Quest Volume 2

2004

Chief's Howl book cover

Chief's Howl

2001

Xanth

Morning Becalms Electra

2025

Legacy book cover

Legacy

1998

Elfquest book cover

Elfquest

The Final Quest #1

2015

Skyward Shadow book cover

Skyward Shadow

1999

The Complete ElfQuest, Volume Six book cover

The Complete ElfQuest, Volume Six

2019

The Complete ElfQuest, Volume Four book cover

The Complete ElfQuest, Volume Four

2017

ElfQuest Bedtime Stories book cover

ElfQuest Bedtime Stories

1994

Elfquest book cover

Elfquest

Stargazer's Hunt #1

2019

De schreeuw van verre book cover

De schreeuw van verre

1994

ElfQuest book cover

ElfQuest

The Final Quest Volume 3

2017

ElfQuest New Blood #1 book cover

ElfQuest New Blood #1

1992

De intocht van Grohmul Djun book cover

De intocht van Grohmul Djun

1998

Elfquest book cover

Elfquest

The Final Quest #3

2015

Fire and Flight book cover

Fire and Flight

1981

Skår book cover

Skår

1997

Mindcoil book cover

Mindcoil

1999

De hereniging book cover

De hereniging

2002

Het net van de wraak book cover

Het net van de wraak

1992

The Forbidden Grove book cover

The Forbidden Grove

1982

ElfQuest book cover

ElfQuest

The Final Quest Volume 4

2018

Shards book cover

Shards

1998

Elfquest book cover

Elfquest

The Quest Begins

1996

Sten book cover

Sten

1999

Elfquest Book #09 book cover

Elfquest Book #09

Rogue's Challenge

1994

De terugkomst van Timmain book cover

De terugkomst van Timmain

1995

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