R.A. Salvatore
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born
January 20, 1959
gender
male
place of birth
Leominster, The United States
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Science Fiction & Fantasy
influences
Ian Fleming, Arthur Conan Doyle, Fritz Leiber, and of course, J.R.R. Tolkien
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As one of the fantasy genre’s most successful authors, R.A. Salvatore enjoys an ever-expanding and tremendously loyal following. His books regularly appear on The New York Times best-seller lists and have sold more than 10,000,000 copies. Salvatore’s most recent original hardcover, The Two Swords, Book III of The Hunter’s Blade Trilogy (October 2004) debuted at # 1 on The Wall Street Journal best-seller list and at # 4 on The New York Times best-seller list. His books have been translated into numerous foreign languages including German, Italian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, Croatian, Bulgarian, Yiddish, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Czech, and French.
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"No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith."
— R.A. Salvatore (Streams of Silver)
— R.A. Salvatore (Streams of Silver)
"How many people long for that "past, simpler, and better world," I wonder, without ever recognizing the truth that perhaps it was they who were simpler and better, and not the world about them?"
— R.A. Salvatore (Streams of Silver)
— R.A. Salvatore (Streams of Silver)
"Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division"
— R.A. Salvatore
— R.A. Salvatore
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| SciFi and Fantasy...: * Master Fantasy Book List | 19 | 197 | Apr 06, 2008 10:37AM | |
| SciFi and Fantasy...: Who is your favorite character from sci-fi and fantasy? | 142 | 274 | Feb 19, 2009 12:06PM | |
| SciFi and Fantasy...: What do we know about elves etc. | 12 | 131 | Feb 25, 2009 05:54AM | |
| Novel Ladies: Rachael's TBR Challenge 2009 | 2 | 21 | Feb 26, 2009 12:52PM | |
| Fantasy Book Club: Ask the Author | 26 | 44 | Apr 15, 2009 03:28PM | |
| The Rory Gilmore ...: Any good books? | 39 | 242 | Jun 13, 2009 05:55PM | |
| Reading from the ...: Last Letter Game (Writers/Authors) | 324 | 207 | Jul 25, 2009 07:53PM | |
| Fantasy Book Club: Hack n Slash or High Fantasy? | 55 | 212 | Aug 04, 2009 07:14AM | |
| Fantasy Junkies: Tolkien | 46 | 61 | Aug 05, 2009 11:26PM | |
| The Next Best Boo...: The Last Letter Game | 1263 | 1142 | Aug 20, 2009 12:29PM |


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