Robert Paul "Tad" Williams (born March 14, 1957 in San Jose, California) is an American fantasy author based in California. His works, which span epic fantasy, science fiction, urban fantasy, comics, and scripts, have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide and significantly influenced a generation of writers. Williams is known for his genre-defining and genre-blending contributions to literature, including his breakthrough novel Tailchaser's Song, the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series, the Otherland series, and The War of the Flowers.
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Fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, fantasy, epic, Magic, American Fantasy fiction, Twins, fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Otherland (Imaginary place), Otherland (imaginary place), fiction, Angels, Children's fiction, Demonology, Dragons, Fate and fatalism, German language materials, Gods, Good and evil, Imaginary wars and battles, Science fiction, Short stories, Twins, American literature, Amerikanisches EnglischTime
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- OLID: OL292141A
- Amazon ID: B000AQ3HBI
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- GoodReads: 6587
- ISNI: 0000000071407423
- IMDb: nm4796255
- Library of Congress Names: n87839643
- LibraryThing: williamstad
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- Wikidata: Q368224
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- Williams, Tad
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