Lawrence Watt-Evans is one of the pseudonyms of American science fiction and fantasy author Lawrence Watt Evans (another pseudonym, used primarily for science fiction, is Nathan Archer). Born in Arlington Massachusetts as the fourth of six children, he made his first attempts at professional writing when he was eight.
After graduating from Bedford High School in Bedford, MA, he attended Princeton University but left without a degree. By the rules of Princeton, he could not re-apply for a year, and he resolved to use it to become a writer & began to seriously try to sell his writing, but sold nothing significant until he produced The Lure of the Basilisk in 1978 (published 1980) and thereupon began writing full time. Despite having sold a short story and several articles under his real name, he initially submitted his first novel under a pseudonym; it was the editor of that novel, Lester Del Rey, who first demanded he use his real name and then added the hyphen to create the name Lawrence Watt-Evans. Evans had insisted on including his middle name to avoid confusion with a contemporary non-fiction writer also named Lawrence Evans, and del Rey had then added the hyphen "to make it more distinctive" .
After graduating from Bedford High School in Bedford, MA, he attended Princeton University but left without a degree. By the rules of Princeton, he could not re-apply for a year, and he resolved to use it to become a writer & began to seriously try to sell his writing, but sold nothing significant until he produced The Lure of the Basilisk in 1978 (published 1980) and thereupon began writing full time. Despite having sold a short story and several articles under his real name, he initially submitted his first novel under a pseudonym; it was the editor of that novel, Lester Del Rey, who first demanded he use his real name and then added the hyphen to create the name Lawrence Watt-Evans. Evans had insisted on including his middle name to avoid confusion with a contemporary non-fiction writer also named Lawrence Evans, and del Rey had then added the hyphen "to make it more distinctive" .
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Horror
Series
Lords of Dus
1. The Lure of the Basilisk (1980)
2. The Seven Altars of Dusarra (1981)
3. The Sword of Bheleu (1982)
4. The Book of Silence (1983)
1. The Lure of the Basilisk (1980)
2. The Seven Altars of Dusarra (1981)
3. The Sword of Bheleu (1982)
4. The Book of Silence (1983)
War Surplus
1. The Cyborg and the Sorcerers (1982)
aka The Cyborg and the Sorceress
2. The Wizard and the War Machine (1987)
1. The Cyborg and the Sorcerers (1982)
aka The Cyborg and the Sorceress
2. The Wizard and the War Machine (1987)
Legend of Ethshar
1. The Misenchanted Sword (1985)
2. With a Single Spell (1987)
3. The Unwilling Warlord (1989)
4. The Blood of a Dragon (1991)
5. Taking Flight (1993)
6. The Spell of the Black Dagger (1993)
7. Night of Madness (2000)
8. Ithanalin's Restoration (2002)
9. The Spriggan Mirror (2006)
10. The Vondish Ambassador (2008)
11. The Unwelcome Warlock (2012)
12. The Sorcerer's Widow (2013)
13. Relics of War (2014)
14. Stone Unturned (2018)
The Nightmare People (1990)
Tales of Ethshar (2012)
1. The Misenchanted Sword (1985)
2. With a Single Spell (1987)
3. The Unwilling Warlord (1989)
4. The Blood of a Dragon (1991)
5. Taking Flight (1993)
6. The Spell of the Black Dagger (1993)
7. Night of Madness (2000)
8. Ithanalin's Restoration (2002)
9. The Spriggan Mirror (2006)
10. The Vondish Ambassador (2008)
11. The Unwelcome Warlock (2012)
12. The Sorcerer's Widow (2013)
13. Relics of War (2014)
14. Stone Unturned (2018)
The Nightmare People (1990)
Tales of Ethshar (2012)
Harry's All-Night Hamburgers
1. Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers [short story] (1987)
2. A Flying Saucer with Minnesota Plates (1992)
1. Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers [short story] (1987)
2. A Flying Saucer with Minnesota Plates (1992)
Three Worlds
1. Out of This World (1994)
2. In the Empire of Shadow (1995)
3. The Reign of the Brown Magician (1996)
1. Out of This World (1994)
2. In the Empire of Shadow (1995)
3. The Reign of the Brown Magician (1996)
Annals of the Chosen
1. The Wizard Lord (2006)
2. The Ninth Talisman (2007)
3. The Summer Palace (2008)
1. The Wizard Lord (2006)
2. The Ninth Talisman (2007)
3. The Summer Palace (2008)
Adventures of Tom Derringer
1. Tom Derringer and the Aluminum Airship (2014)
2. Tom Derringer in the Tunnels of Terror (2017)
3. Tom Derringer and the Steam-Powered Saurians (2020)
1. Tom Derringer and the Aluminum Airship (2014)
2. Tom Derringer in the Tunnels of Terror (2017)
3. Tom Derringer and the Steam-Powered Saurians (2020)
Novels
The Chromosomal Code (1984)
Shining Steel (1986)
Denner's Wreck (1988)
aka Among the Powers
The Rebirth of Wonder (1992)
Split Heirs (1993) (with Esther Friesner)
Touched by the Gods (1997)
Spirit Dump (1998)
The Spartacus File (2005) (with Carl Parlagreco)
One-Eyed Jack (2011)
Shining Steel (1986)
Denner's Wreck (1988)
aka Among the Powers
The Rebirth of Wonder (1992)
Split Heirs (1993) (with Esther Friesner)
Touched by the Gods (1997)
Spirit Dump (1998)
The Spartacus File (2005) (with Carl Parlagreco)
One-Eyed Jack (2011)
Collections
Crosstime Traffic (1992)
aka Vika's Avenger
Celestial Debris (2002)
The Final Folly of Captain Dancy (2011)
In the Blood (2011)
The Wildside Book of Fantasy (2012) (with Lin Carter, Paul Di Filippo, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Robert E Howard, Clive Jackson, Tanith Lee, Fritz Leiber, E Hoffmann Price, Thomas Burnett Swann and Gene Wolfe)
Hazmat & Other Toxic Stories (2016)
The Lawrence Watt-Evans Fantasy MEGAPACK (2017)
aka Vika's Avenger
Celestial Debris (2002)
The Final Folly of Captain Dancy (2011)
In the Blood (2011)
The Wildside Book of Fantasy (2012) (with Lin Carter, Paul Di Filippo, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Robert E Howard, Clive Jackson, Tanith Lee, Fritz Leiber, E Hoffmann Price, Thomas Burnett Swann and Gene Wolfe)
Hazmat & Other Toxic Stories (2016)
The Lawrence Watt-Evans Fantasy MEGAPACK (2017)
Novellas
Dead Things Don't Move (2011)
The Ghost Taker (2011)
Heart of Stone (2011)
Hearts and Flowers (2011)
Parade (2011)
Stab (2011)
Jim Tuckerman's Angel (2011)
The Ghost Taker (2011)
Heart of Stone (2011)
Hearts and Flowers (2011)
Parade (2011)
Stab (2011)
Jim Tuckerman's Angel (2011)
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by Lawrence Watt-Evans
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984)
Amazing Stories (1991)
Dead End - City Limits (1991)
Predators (1993)
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite (1993)
Quest to Riverworld (1993)
Aliens and UFO's (1993)
Deathport (1993)
The Ultimate Zombie (1993)
Alien Pregnant by Elvis (1994)
Deals with the Devil (1994)
Superheroes (1995)
Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens (1995)
Fantastic Alice (1995)
The Book of Kings (1995)
More Phobias (1995)
Chicks in Chainmail (1995)
Adventures in the Twilight Zone (1995)
How to Save the World (1995)
The Ultimate Alien (1995)
Cthulhu 2000 (1995)
The Best New Horror 6 (1995)
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories (1995)
Castle Fantastic (1996)
The Shimmering Door (1996)
Rivals of Dracula (1996)
Robert Bloch's Psychos (1997)
Chicks 'n Chained Males (1999)
Prom Night (1999)
Catfantastic V (1999)
Alien Abductions (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Ten (1999)
Flights of Fantasy (1999)
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)
Far Frontiers (2000)
Graven Images (2000)
Amazing Stories (1991)
Dead End - City Limits (1991)
Predators (1993)
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite (1993)
Quest to Riverworld (1993)
Aliens and UFO's (1993)
Deathport (1993)
The Ultimate Zombie (1993)
Alien Pregnant by Elvis (1994)
Deals with the Devil (1994)
Superheroes (1995)
Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens (1995)
Fantastic Alice (1995)
The Book of Kings (1995)
More Phobias (1995)
Chicks in Chainmail (1995)
Adventures in the Twilight Zone (1995)
How to Save the World (1995)
The Ultimate Alien (1995)
Cthulhu 2000 (1995)
The Best New Horror 6 (1995)
100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories (1995)
Castle Fantastic (1996)
The Shimmering Door (1996)
Rivals of Dracula (1996)
Robert Bloch's Psychos (1997)
Chicks 'n Chained Males (1999)
Prom Night (1999)
Catfantastic V (1999)
Alien Abductions (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Ten (1999)
Flights of Fantasy (1999)
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)
Far Frontiers (2000)
Graven Images (2000)
Short stories
Beneath the Tarmac | |||
Paranoid Fantasy #1 (1975) | |||
A Flying Saucer with Minnesota Plates (1991) | |||
The Name of Fear (1991) | |||
Paradise (1991) | |||
Pickman's Modem (1992) | |||
Dead Things Don't Move [short story] (1993) | |||
Larger than Life (1993) | |||
Old Soldiers (1993) | |||
The Bride of Bigfoot (1994) | |||
Dead Babies (1994) | |||
For Value Received (1994) | |||
How I Maybe Saved the World Last Tuesday Before Breakfast (1994) | |||
One of the Boys (1994) | |||
Choice (1995) | |||
The Final Challenge (1995) | |||
The Guardswoman (1995) | |||
Impostor Syndrome (1995) | |||
My Mother and I Go Shopping (1995) | |||
The Pick-Up (1995) | |||
Revised Edition (1995) | |||
Something to Grin About (1995) | |||
Worthy of His Hire (1995) | |||
The Bloodstone (1996) | |||
The Garrison (1996) | |||
Grandpa's Head (1997) | |||
Upstairs (1998) | |||
Chaperone (1999) | |||
In for a Pound (1999) | |||
Night Flight (1999) | |||
Throwback (1999) | |||
Trixie (1999) | |||
Heart of Stone [short story] (2000) | |||
The Last Bastion (2000) |
Awards
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Lawrence Watt-Evans recommends

Hellspark (1988)
Janet Kagan
"A wealth of unique imagery and rich characterization makes Hellspark a thoroughly satisfying book."

Fangs and Angel Wings (2003)
Karen E Taylor
"Karen Taylor writes about the basics, love and death and sex, and about the ways they intersect, and she somehow does it simultaneously more directly, more subtly, and more elegantly than just about anyone else."

Chains of Redemption (2004)
(Chains, book 3)
Selina Rosen
"A rip-snorting space adventure the likes of which we don't see often enough these days!"

Phoenix Rising (2012)
(Balanced Sword , book 1)
Ryk E Spoor
"Exciting, adventure, scary monsters, strange gods, and wondrous magic."

An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (2017)
(Risen Kingdoms, book 1)
Curtis Craddock
"A setting fabulous and strange, heroes to cheer for, villains to detest, a twisty, tricky plot ? I love this novel!"

Black Chamber (2018)
(Alternate World War, book 1)
S M Stirling
"Black Chamber is one mighty fine readsexy, action-filled adventure in a thoughtful alternate history. Enjoy!"
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