Walter Jon Williams

Walter Jon Williams
Walter Jon Williams in 2017
Born (1953-10-28) October 28, 1953 (age 73)
Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
EducationUniversity of New Mexico (BA)
OccupationWriter
Writing career
Period1981–present
GenresScience fiction
Nautical fiction (as Jon Williams)
Notable awardsNebula Award
Websitewalterjonwilliams.net

Walter Jon Williams (born October 28, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Previously he wrote nautical adventure fiction under the name Jon Williams, in particular, Privateers and Gentlemen (1981–1984), a series of historical novels set during the Age of Sail.

Career

Writing as Jon Williams, he designed the war game Tradition of Victory and role-playing game Promotions and Prizes, which were republished by Fantasy Games Unlimited as Heart of Oak (1982) and Privateers and Gentlemen (1983).: 74  A role-playing game sourcebook for Cyberpunk called Hardwired (1989) was licensed by R. Talsorian Games, based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Williams.: 209 

Bibliography

Novels

Short fiction

Collections
Stories
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected Notes
The Tang Dynasty underwater pyramid 2004 Sci Fiction (Aug 4, 2004) Novelette

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Walter Jon (28 October 2007). "Geezer Test". Walter Jon Williams. Retrieved 20 May 2021. Since it's now my birthday, and the whole day is entirely about me—making it not unlike other days, actually—it's only appropriate that I devise a test to discover if you guys are as wise as I am.
  2. 1 2 "The Nautical Fiction List" (T–Z). An Annotated Bibliography of Novels based in part on the work of John Kohnen (part 9). California Maritime Academy (csum.edu). Retrieved 2014-08-02.
  3. 1 2 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  4. ↑ Williams, Walter Jon (15 February 2022). Lord Quillifer. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1481490030.
  5. ↑ Short stories unless otherwise noted.