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Glen Cook

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in New York City, The United States

July 09, 1944

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Glen Cook was born in New York City, lived in southern Indiana as a small child, then grew up in Northern California. After high school he served in the U.S. Navy and attended the University of Missouri. He worked for General Motors for 33 years, retiring some years ago. He started writing short stories in 7th grade, had several published in a high school literary magazine. He began writing with malicious intent to publish in 1968, eventually producing 51 books and a number of short fiction pieces.
He met his wife of 43 years while attending the Clarion Writer's Workshop in 1970. He has three sons (army officer, architect, orchestral musician) and numerous grandchildren, all of whom but one are female. He is best known for his Black Company ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 292,627 ratings · 11,979 reviews · 145 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 53,975 ratings — published 1984 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicles of the Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1-3) 4.24 avg rating — 26,678 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The White Rose (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 21,180 ratings — published 1985 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadows Linger (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 21,129 ratings — published 1984 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow Games (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #4) 4.11 avg rating — 12,935 ratings — published 1989 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Books of the South (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #3.5-5) 4.28 avg rating — 12,186 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreams of Steel (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #5) 4.11 avg rating — 11,096 ratings — published 1990 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bleak Seasons (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #6) 3.93 avg rating — 9,897 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	She is the Darkness (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #7) 4.10 avg rating — 9,108 ratings — published 1997 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silver Spike (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #3.5) 3.96 avg rating — 9,341 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Chronicles of the Black Company (10 books)
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Les Annales de la Compagnie Noire (13 books)
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4.04 avg rating — 139,992 ratings

The Books of the North (3 books)
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4.08 avg rating — 125,219 ratings

The Books of the Glittering Stone (4 books)
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4.16 avg rating — 49,564 ratings

The Books of the South (2 books)
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4.12 avg rating — 45,604 ratings

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SERIES DISCUSSION: This poll determines which two series will move on to the run-off poll for our second official Beyond Reality Series Discussion!

The Wars of Light and Shadow - Janny Wurts

13 votes, 28.9%

Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny

10 votes, 22.2%

Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe

6 votes, 13.3%

The Chanur series - C.J. Cherryh

4 votes, 8.9%

Saga of Pliocene Exile / Intervention / Galactic Milieu - Julian May

3 votes, 6.7%

Chronicles of the Cheysuli - Jennifer Roberson

2 votes, 4.4%

The Dragaeran Books - Steven Brust

2 votes, 4.4%

The Shadowmarch series - Tad Williams

2 votes, 4.4%

The Recluce Saga - L.E. Modesitt Jr.

1 vote, 2.2%

Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever - Stephen R. Donaldson

1 vote, 2.2%

The Garrett, PI series - Glen Cook

1 vote, 2.2%

The Dragon Prince & Dragon Spawn trilogies - Melanie Rawn

0 votes, 0.0%

The Emberverse series - S.M. Stirling

0 votes, 0.0%

The Alvin Maker series - Orson Scott Card

0 votes, 0.0%

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