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->''"You have to enjoy what you are putting on paper before anybody else can."''

Craig Shaw Gardner is a fantasy author whose early work is similar to Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' fantasy parodies.

Most famous for his comic fantasy series about Ebenezum ''(Literature/TheExploitsOfEbenezum)'', a wizard cursed with an allergy to magic and his apprentice Wuntvor ''(Literature/TheWanderingsOfWuntvor)'', "The Eternal Apprentice", Gardner has also written more serious fantasy work and more recently has written a number of tie-in novels to various comic and film properties including ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''{{Series/Angel}}'' and novelisations of films such as the 1989 ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' film and the second and third ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' films. Gardner has written the following novels.

* Ebenezum
** ''A Malady of Magicks'' (1986)
** ''A Multitude of Monsters'' (1986)
** ''A Night in the Netherhells'' (1987)
*** ''Literature/TheExploitsOfEbenezum'', omnibus

* Wuntvor
** ''A Difficulty with Dwarves'' (1987)
** ''An Excess of Enchantments'' (1988)
** ''A Disagreement with Death'' (1989)
*** ''Literature/TheWanderingsOfWuntvor'', omnibus

* The Cineverse Cycle
** ''Slaves of the Volcano God'' (1989)
** ''Bride of the Slime Monster'' (1990)
** ''Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies'' (1990)
*** ''The Cineverse Cycle'' (1990), aka ''The Cineverse Cycle Omnibus'' (1992)

* Arabian Nights
** ''The Other Sinbad'' (1991)
** ''A Bad Day for Ali Baba'' (1992)
** ''Scheherazade's Night Out'' (1992), aka ''The Last Arabian Night'' (1993)

* Dragon Circle
** ''Dragon Sleeping'' (1994), aka ''Raven Walking''
** ''Dragon Waking'' (1995)
** ''Dragon Burning'' (1996)

* The Changeling War (written as Peter Garrison)
** ''The Changeling War'' (1999)
** ''The Sorcerer's Gun'' (1999)
** ''The Magic Dead'' (2000)

* Abbadon Inn
** ''Dark Whispers'' (2005), written as Chris Blaine

* Temporary Magic Series
** ''Temporary Monsters'' (2017)
** ''Temporary Hauntings'' (2017)

* Collections
* ''The Purple Book of Peculiar Stories'' (2004)
* ''A Cold Wind in July'' (2012)

* Novelizations
** ''Film/TheLostBoys'' (1987)
** ''VideoGame/{{Wishbringer}}'' (1988)
** ''{{Film/Batman|1989}}'' (1989)
** ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' (1989)
** ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'' (1990)
** ''Film/BatmanReturns'' with Sam Hamm and Daniel Waters (1992)
** ''VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest'' with Matthew J. Costello (1995)
** ''{{Leprechauns}}'' (1999)
** ''Series/JasonAndTheArgonauts'' (2000) (Unpublished)

* Non-film novels based on licensed properties
** ''The ComicBook/{{Batman}} Murders'' (1990)
** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan: Wanted Dead or Alive'' (1998)
** ''Return to Chaos'' (''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' novel) (1998)
** ''Dark Mirror'' (''{{Series/Angel}}'' novel) (2004)
** ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}: The Cylons' Secret'' (2006)