Ian Cameron Esslemont

Ian Cameron Esslemont

Ian Cameron Esslemont (born 1962) is a Canadian writer. He was trained and has worked as an archaeologist. He is best-known for his contributions to the Malazan Book of the Fallen epic fantasy series popularised by his friend and collaborator, Steven Erikson. Esslemont is the co-creator of the Malazan world.

Biography

Ian Cameron Esslemont was born in Winnipeg, Canada. He has lived and worked in South-East Asia, including four years spent in Thailand and Japan. He is currently completing a Ph.D in Literature and lives in Alaska with his wife, novelist Gerri Brightwell, and their three sons [ [http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/catalog/author.htm?authorID=50676 Ian C. Esslemont's biography at Bantam UK.] ] .

Works

Esslemont and Erikson co-created the Malazan world in 1982 as a backdrop for role-playing games. In 1991 they collaborated on a feature film script set in the same world, entitled "Gardens of the Moon". When the script did not sell, Erikson greatly expanded the story and turned it into a novel. The two writers agreed to both write books set in the same world. However, it took a further eight years before "Gardens of the Moon" was published by Bantam UK and Erikson agreed to write a further nine novels set in the same world. Life and work commitments delayed Esslemont's own entries to the series until 2005, when his first novel, "Night of Knives", was published as a limited edition by PS Publishing (a mass-market release by Bantam UK followed in 2007). This book was a prequel to the main Malazan sequence. His second novel, "Return of the Crimson Guard", takes place within the main Malazan sequence, shortly after the events of the sixth book, "The Bonehunters". It was published by PS Publishing in May 2008 and by Bantam UK later that year. Both "Night of Knives" and "Return of the Crimson Guard" have now been bought by Tor for publication in the United States.

Esslemont is currently working on his third novel, with the working title "Stonewielder". He expects to write up to three more novels set in the Malazan world.

Bibliography

*"Night of Knives" (2005)
*"Return of the Crimson Guard" (2008)
*"Stonewielder" (forthcoming)

Interviews

* [http://www.wotmania.net/fantasymessageboardshowmessage.asp?MessageID=136834 Interview with Ian Cameron Esslemont on wotmania.com]
* [http://www.sffworld.com/interview/185p0.html Interview with Ian Cameron Esslemont] at [http://www.sffworld.com SFFWorld]

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