- William King (author)
William King (born 1959) also known as "Bill King" is the writer of a number of successful science-fiction and
fantasy books, most notably inGames Workshop 'sWarhammer andWarhammer 40,000 series, all published by GW's fiction arm, TheBlack Library . His most memorable characters,Gotrek and Felix , have appeared in a series of novels, beginning with "Trollslayer", a collection of previously published and new short stories. His next-most-famous character isRagnar Blackmane , a Space Marine from the "Warhammer 40,000 " game setting universe (although the character was already in existence in the game and background material, King took him and expanded his history in the novel series).Prior to moving to the
Czech Republic , King spent a number of years as a designer forGames Workshop , contributing to their game universes (where much of his fiction is also set). He has also written a trilogy of books featuring the Death's Angels which are currently available in theCzech Republic , Spain and Germany and is currently working on the fourth book in the Terrarch series furthering the adventures of Halfbreed and company.He married his long-time girlfriend Radka on
September 24 ,2005 and in July 2006 he relocated his family back to Scotland where they hope to settle.Bibliography
Novels
Gotrek and Felix Novels
*"Trollslayer"
*"Skavenslayer"
*"Daemonslayer"
*"Dragonslayer"
*"Beastslayer"
*"Vampireslayer"
*"Giantslayer"Ragnar Blackmane Novels
*"Space Wolf"
*"Ragnar’s Claw"
*"Grey Hunter"
*"Wolfblade"Terrarch Trilogy
*"Death's Angels"
*"Tower of Serpents"
*The Queen's Assassin"Other Works
*"Farseer"
*"Laughter of Dark Gods " (short stories anthology)hort stories
* "Green Troops"
* "Red Garden"
* "Visiting the Dead"
* "Skyrider"
* "The Price of Their Toys"
* "The Laughter of Dark Gods"
* "Geheimnisnacht"
* "Wolf Riders"
* "Dark Beneath the World"
* "Uptown Girl"
* "Deathwing" (with B. Ansell)
* "Devil’s Marauders"
* "Skaven 's Claw"
* "Easy Steps to Posthumanity"
* "The Mutant Master"
* "In the Belly of the Beast"
* "Ulric’s Children"
* "Blood and Darkness"
* "The Mark ofSlaanesh "
* "The Ultimate Ritual" (with N Jones)
* "The Wrath of Khârn"
* "Redhand's Daughter"
* "The Guardian of the Dawn"External links
* [http://www.trollslayer.net William King's official website]
* [http://www.blacklibrary.com The Black Library official website]
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