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About Me

Hello,I'm Paul S. Kemp, NY Times bestselling author of fantasy fiction, much of it set in the Forgotten Realms setting from Wizards of the Coast. I'd characterize my fiction as a cross between dark fantasy and sword and sorcery fiction. Moorcock and Leiber are my touchstones, though (like many authors) I've been influenced strongly by David Gemmell, H.P. Lovecraft, and Steven Brust (particularly his Vlad Taltos novels).My most popular fiction features Erevis Cale, a one-time assassin turned priest who finds himself caught up in the schemes of dark men and still darker gods. It's a fun ride. Here's a link to all my novels and stories .Folks sometimes ask me where to start with the Cale stories. That's an easy one. Start with either Twilight Falling , book one of The Erevis Cale Trilogy, or Shadowbred , book one of The Twilight War. Either is a good place to start the Cale stories.If you're interested in trying out my work for free, I've posted big chunks of it on my website as free pdf downloads. You can download the the first five chapters of Twilight Falling or the the first five chapters of Shadowbred . Have a read. See if you enjoy them.A list of my novels (well, most of them) is in the slideshow below. I look forward to meeting you. Please leave me a comment or drop me a message... Amazon.com Widgets ..

My Interests

Forgotten Realms, Erevis Cale, Cigars, Wine (only red, though), Scotch, Writing, Fantasy Fiction, Politics, Economics

I'd like to meet:

Fellow writers and readers of fantasy and speculative fiction.The picture below is me with my sons. They were two then. Now they're three and have started pre-school. Man, does time fly. :-)

Music:

Audioslave, Soundgarden, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Screaming Trees, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, most classical (but especially Schubert), Sting, The Police, Peter Murphy, etc.

Movies:

The Usual Suspects, The Matrix (there were no sequels), Star Wars, Star Trek, Payback, Blade Runner, Memento, Serenity, Garden State, The Crow

Television:

Homicide: Life on the Street, NYPD Blue, Survivorman, Heroes, Arrested Development, Babylon 5

Books:

Moorcock's Elric work, Tolkien, Leiber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouster, Brust's Taltos novels, and anything by Michael Chabon and Don Delillo usually leaves me shaking my head with admiration.

Heroes:

Abraham Lincoln

My Blog

Short Story gets honorable mention in Years Best

My short story, "The Signal," published in Horrors Beyond II, from Elder Signs Press, gets an Honorable Mention in the The Years Best Fantasy and Horror, edited by Datlow, Link, and Grant. Kewl beans...
Posted by Paul S. Kemp on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:42:00 PST

Paul S. Kemp to write Star Wars novel

You can read the announcement here.
Posted by Paul S. Kemp on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:22:00 PST

September Shadowrealm Snippet

I've posted another snipped from Shadowrealm on my blog. Have a read.
Posted by Paul S. Kemp on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:27:00 PST

Early Spoiler-free Review of Shadowrealm

I provided the Beezer Review with an advance copy of Shadowrealm, book three of the Twilight War. You can read the spoiler-free review here, if you're so inclined. My thanks to Andrew at the Rev...
Posted by Paul S. Kemp on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:17:00 PST

Shadowrealm Print Galley Giveaway

I am going to give away two copies of the unbound print galley of Shadowrealm, the third and final book in The Twilight War, signed by me, and with my scrawled corrections thereon, to two randomly ch...
Posted by Paul S. Kemp on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:13:00 PST

GenCon Schedule for Paul S. Kemp

Here is my GenCon schedule. I hope those of you in attendance will find me at one or another of these events and say hey-ho-howdy. I'm really very nice and I might, just might, wear a chainmail bikini...
Posted by Paul S. Kemp on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:13:00 PST

In which I am introduced

Fellow fantasist and all around nice fellow Joshua Palmatier rents me a venue on his blog for an author introduction. Thanks, Joshua. For those of you who may not know, Joshua is the author of the T...
Posted by Paul S. Kemp on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:42:00 PST

Some Free Flash Fiction

I've posted a flash fiction horror piece on my livejournal. Have a read, if you're so inclined.
Posted by Paul S. Kemp on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:06:00 PST

Another Shadowrealm Snippet

Continuing the countdown to the December release, Another snippet from Shadowrealm is available on my livejournal right here. I hope you enjoy. Paul...
Posted by Paul S. Kemp on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:00:00 PST

Change to GenCon Schedule

My Author's Alley signing at GenCon will not take place at 10:00AM but will instead occur at 4:00PM on Saturday, August 16th. The time change will allow me to attend the 10-12 Forgotten Realms 4E semi...
Posted by Paul S. Kemp on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:20:00 PST