Line #58 Creator/CraigShawGardner


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2	->''"You have to enjoy what you are putting on paper before anybody else can."''
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4	Craig Shaw Gardner is a fantasy author whose early work is similar to Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' fantasy parodies.
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6	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.
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8	* Ebenezum
9	** ''A Malady of Magicks'' (1986)
10	** ''A Multitude of Monsters'' (1986)
11	** ''A Night in the Netherhells'' (1987)
12	*** ''Literature/TheExploitsOfEbenezum'', omnibus
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14	* Wuntvor
15	** ''A Difficulty with Dwarves'' (1987)
16	** ''An Excess of Enchantments'' (1988)
17	** ''A Disagreement with Death'' (1989)
18	*** ''Literature/TheWanderingsOfWuntvor'', omnibus
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20	* The Cineverse Cycle
21	** ''Slaves of the Volcano God'' (1989)
22	** ''Bride of the Slime Monster'' (1990)
23	** ''Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies'' (1990)
24	*** ''The Cineverse Cycle'' (1990), aka ''The Cineverse Cycle Omnibus'' (1992)
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26	* Arabian Nights
27	** ''The Other Sinbad'' (1991)
28	** ''A Bad Day for Ali Baba'' (1992)
29	** ''Scheherazade's Night Out'' (1992), aka ''The Last Arabian Night'' (1993)
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31	* Dragon Circle
32	** ''Dragon Sleeping'' (1994), aka ''Raven Walking''
33	** ''Dragon Waking'' (1995)
34	** ''Dragon Burning'' (1996)
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36	* The Changeling War (written as Peter Garrison)
37	** ''The Changeling War'' (1999)
38	** ''The Sorcerer's Gun'' (1999)
39	** ''The Magic Dead'' (2000)
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41	* Abbadon Inn
42	** ''Dark Whispers'' (2005), written as Chris Blaine
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44	* Temporary Magic Series
45	** ''Temporary Monsters'' (2017)
46	** ''Temporary Hauntings'' (2017)
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48	* Collections
49	* ''The Purple Book of Peculiar Stories'' (2004)
50	* ''A Cold Wind in July'' (2012)
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52	* Novelizations
53	** ''Film/TheLostBoys'' (1987)
54	** ''VideoGame/{{Wishbringer}}'' (1988)
55	** ''{{Film/Batman\|1989}}'' (1989)
56	** ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' (1989)
57	** ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'' (1990)
58	** ''Film/BatmanReturns'' with Sam Hamm and Daniel Waters (1992)
59	** ''VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest'' with Matthew J. Costello (1995)
60	** ''{{Leprechauns}}'' (1999)
61	** ''Series/JasonAndTheArgonauts'' (2000) (Unpublished)
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63	* Non-film novels based on licensed properties
64	** ''The ComicBook/{{Batman}} Murders'' (1990)
65	** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan: Wanted Dead or Alive'' (1998)
66	** ''Return to Chaos'' (''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' novel) (1998)
67	** ''Dark Mirror'' (''{{Series/Angel}}'' novel) (2004)

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