Rose Estes

Rose Estes is the author of many fantasy and science fiction books, including full-length novels and multiple choice gamebooks.

Early life

Rose Estes began reading at the age of two, and as a child she was already imagining fantastic places. Before becoming a writer, she "put in time as a hippie, a student, a newspaper reporter, and an advertising copy writer." She has traveled extensively throughout the Americas. She has four children.

Career

As an employee of Tactical Studies Rules (TSR), Rose Estes thought of the idea for the Endless Quest gamebook product line, and wrote the first four books in the series, starting with Dungeon of Dread (1982).: 14  The first four Endless Quest books, all released in January 1982, were on the Best Seller list for more than six months. TSR considered Endless Quest merely a fad, and moved to diversify the mainstream publishing it had begun; Estes and James M. Ward formed an education department for the company, but this failed because TSR did not hire any educational sales staff.: 14  Estes continued to contribute to Endless Quest, writing five additional books in the series through 1983. She wrote her first full-length novel, Children of the Dragon, in 1985.

After Gary Gygax left TSR, Estes wrote new novels in the "Greyhawk Adventures" series, beginning with Master Wolf (1987) and finishing with The Eyes Have It (1989).: 24  She continued to write for TSR by writing six volumes in a series of Greyhawk novels.

She contributed to other series, but continued to write books and start series of her own that, like Children of the Dragon, take place in a fantasy or science fiction world created by her own imagination. She also wrote the Golden Book Music Video Sing, Giggle and Grin.

In February 2026, Estes released a new interactive, Endless Quest-style novel, entitled Into Shadows Deep, published by Savage Realms Gamebooks / Savage Realms Press.[citation needed] It is the first book in her new interactive fiction series called Different: The Quest Continues.

Books

Endless Quest

Books in the Endless Quest series:

Mountain of Mirrors was converted into an adventure for the computer game Neverwinter Nights.

Find Your Fate

The Find Your Fate series licensed famous media franchises:

Greyhawk Adventures

Her novel The Eyes Have It uses the same cover artwork (a Keith Parkinson painting) as the first Endless Quest Crimson Crystal Adventures gamebook, Riddle of the Griffon by Susan Lawson. In most instances, The Eyes Have It is given no volume number. It is not directly identified as part of the Greyhawk Adventures series on most websites, nor in official Dungeons and Dragons publications.[citation needed]

Hunter

Katherine Sinclair

Rune Sword Series

Saga of the Lost Lands

Different: The Quest Continues

Other books

References

  1. 1 2 Estes, Rose (1985-06-12). Children of the Dragon. Random House. pp. 207–208. ISBN 9780394864334.
  2. 1 2 "Woof Gang: About Rose Estes and Gary Hauser". Hausergallery.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  3. 1 2 3 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  4. ↑ Estes, Rose (1982). Dungeon of Dread. TSR, Inc. ISBN 978-0935696868.
  5. ↑ Estes, Rose (1982). Mountain of Mirrors. TSR, Inc. ISBN 978-0935696875.
  6. ↑ Estes, Rose (1983-03-01). Pillars of Pentegarn. TSR, Inc. ISBN 978-0935696929.
  7. ↑ Estes, Rose (1982). Return to Brookmere. TSR, Inc. ISBN 978-0935696936.
  8. ↑ Estes, Rose (1983). Revolt of the Dwarves. TSR, Inc. ISBN 978-0880380201.
  9. ↑ Estes, Rose (1983-01-27). Revenge of the Rainbow Dragons. TSR, Inc. ISBN 978-0880380218.
  10. ↑ Estes, Rose (1983). Hero of Washington Square. TSR, Inc. ISBN 978-0880380225.
  11. ↑ Estes, Rose (1983). Circus of Fear. TSR, Inc. ISBN 978-0880380379.
  12. ↑ Estes, Rose (1983). Dragon of Doom. TSR, Inc. ISBN 978-0880381000.
  13. ↑ Dano, El (2019-11-16). "Mountain of Mirrors (Endless Quest Book Conversion) | The Neverwinter Vault". neverwintervault.org. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  14. ↑ Estes, Rose (1984-05-12). Indiana Jones and the Lost Treasure of Sheba. Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0345316646.
  15. ↑ Estes, Rose; Vicente, Ramon Gonzalez (1985-01-03). The Case of the Dancing Dinosaur. Random House. ISBN 978-0394864310.
  16. ↑ Estes, Rose; Adragna, Robert (1985-09-12). The Trail Of Death. Random House. ISBN 978-0394864327.
  17. ↑ Estes, Rose (1986-04-12). The Mystery of the Turkish Tattoo. Random House. ISBN 978-0394864341.
  18. ↑ Estes, Rose (1987-04-01). Master Wolf (Greyhawk Adventures). TSR, Inc. ISBN 978-0880384575.
  19. ↑ Estes, Rose (1987-08-01). The Price of Power (Greyhawk Adventures). TSR, Inc. ISBN 978-0880384582.
  20. ↑ Estes, Rose (1988-03-01). The Demon Hand (Greyhawk Adventures). TSR, Inc. ISBN 978-0880385428.
  21. ↑ Estes, Rose (1988-07-01). The Name of the Game (Greyhawk Adventures). TSR, Inc. ISBN 978-0880386142.
  22. ↑ Estes, Rose (1988-10-01). Dragon in Amber (Greyhawk Adventure Series). Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 978-0880386500.
  23. ↑ Estes, Rose (1989-09-01). The Eyes Have It (A Greyhawk Adventures Novel). TSR, Inc. ISBN 978-0880387552.
  24. ↑ Estes, Rose (1990-04-01). The Hunter. Questar Science Fiction. ISBN 978-0445209701.
  25. ↑ Estes, Rose (1991-04-01). Hunter: On Arena. Questar Science Fiction. ISBN 978-0446361361.
  26. ↑ Estes, Rose (1992-03-01). The Hunter: Victorious. Questar Science Fiction. ISBN 978-0446362245.
  27. ↑ Estes, Rose (1995-02-01). Troll Quest. Ace Books. ISBN 978-0441001453.
  28. ↑ Estes, Rose (1993-09-01). Troll Taken. Ace Books. ISBN 978-0441824144.
  29. ↑ "Clayton Emery's RuneSword". Claytonemery.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  30. ↑ Estes, Rose; Wham, Tom (1992-03-01). Stone of Time (Runesword, Vol. 6). Ace Books. ISBN 978-0441736997.
  31. ↑ Estes, Rose (1987-01-01). Saga of the Lost Lands: Blood of the Tiger. P.B. Publishing. ISBN 978-0553176773.
  32. ↑ Estes, Rose (1988-04-01). Saga of the Lost Lands: Brother to the Lion. Spectra. ISBN 978-0553272130.
  33. ↑ Estes, Rose (1988-08-01). Saga of the Lost Lands: Spirit of the Hawk. Spectra. ISBN 978-0553274080.
  34. ↑ Estes, Rose (2026-02-13). Into Shadows Deep. Savage Realms Gamebooks / Savage Realms Press. ISBN 979-8248210503.
  35. ↑ Estes, Rose (1985-06-12). Children of the Dragon. Random House. ISBN 978-0394864334.
  36. ↑ Estes, Rose; Fawcett, Bill (1992-12-01). Elfwood. Ace Books. ISBN 978-0441183760.
  37. ↑ Estes, Rose (1993-09-01). Iron Dragons: Mountains and Madness. Baen Books. ISBN 978-0671721909.
  38. ↑ Estes, Rose (1985-03-12). Case Of the Dancing Dinosaur. Random House. ISBN 978-0394864310.
  39. ↑ Estes, Rose (2006-01-01). The Chow Chow Club, Inc. Celebrates 100 Years. 1906-2006. The Wolfgang. ASIN B004B44V0Q.
  40. ↑ Estes, Rose (2009-01-01). The West Highland White Terrier. Its History Through Word, Art and Vintage Photographs. The Wolfgang. ISBN 978-1892076625.
  41. ↑ Estes, Rose (2006-01-01). Vintage Photos of Terriers : From the Collection of Rose Estes. The Wolfgang. ASIN B000MM4IR2.