Stephen Deas

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Stephen Deas
Born1968 (age 55–56)
OccupationNovelist
Genre Epic fantasy
Notable worksMemory of Flames

Stephen Deas, born in 1968 in Southeast England, is an English fantasy author. He is most famous for his fantasy opus, the Memory of Flames sequence, set in a fantasy world inhabited by dragons.

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Biography

Deas was raised in a town full of army veterans. He has a bachelor's degree in theoretical physics at Cambridge University and had a job at BAE Systems, doing "mathsy stuff". [1] He now lives in Essex, [2] writes full-time, and is married and has two children, Christopher Raphael Deas and Evan Alexander Deas. [3]

Works

Memory of Flames

  1. The Adamantine Palace (2009) [4]
  2. The King of the Crags (2010)
  3. The Order of the Scales (2011)

Thief-Taker's Apprentice

  1. The Thief-Taker's Apprentice (2010)
  2. The Warlock's Shadow (2011)
  3. The King's Assassin (2012)

Silver Kings

  1. Dragon Queen (2013)
  2. The Splintered Gods (2014)
  3. The Black Mausoleum (2012)
  4. The Silver Kings (2015)

Dominion

  1. The Moonsteel Crown (2021)
  2. The House of Cats and Gulls (2022)
  3. Herald of the Black Moon (coming in 2023)

(As SK Sharp)

  1. I Know What I Saw (2020)

(As Sam Peters)

  1. From Darkest Skies (2017)
  2. From Distant Stars (2018)
  3. From Divergent Suns (2019)

(As Nathan Hawke)

  1. The Crimson Shield (2013)
  2. Cold Redemption (2013)
  3. The Last Bastion (2013)

(As Gavin Deas, SF collaborations with SF author Gavin Smith)

  1. Elite: Wanted (2014)
  2. Empires: Infiltration (2014) [5]
  3. Empires: Extraction (2014) [5]

(As Sapper)

  1. Bulldog Drummond, Dead Man's Gate (2014) [6]
  2. Bulldog Drummond and the Faceless Men
  3. Bulldog Drummond and the Jaguar Mask

(As S. J. Deas)

  1. The Royalist (2014)
  2. The Protector (2015)

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References

  1. ↑ Stephen Deas biography Fantasy Book Review. May 30, 2015
  2. ↑ www.fantasticfiction.com Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  3. ↑ Stephen Deas Bio Page Stephendeas.com. May 30, 2015
  4. ↑ Ingham, Peter Science fiction and fantasy genre: review The Telegraph. May 30, 2015
  5. 1 2 Steele, Colin Best of quantum fiction: Colin Steele reviews book selection for Canberra fans Sydney Morning Herald. May 30, 2015
  6. ↑ STEPHEN DEAS - BULLDOG DRUMMOND - DEADMAN'S GATE PiqWiq. May 30, 2015
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