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Glen Cook


Born
in New York City, The United States
July 09, 1944

Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy


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 · 294,303 ratings · 12,101 reviews · 156 distinct works • Similar authors
The Black Company (The Chro...
3.93 avg rating — 54,324 ratings — published 1984 — 18 editions
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Chronicles of the Black Com...
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The White Rose (The Chronic...
4.20 avg rating — 21,322 ratings — published 1985 — 37 editions
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Dreams of Steel (The Chroni...
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Bleak Seasons (The Chronicl...
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The Black Company Shadows Linger The White Rose Shadow Games Dreams of Steel Bleak Seasons She is the Darkness
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“Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.”
― Glen Cook, Sweet Silver Blues
tags: morning, waking-up
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“Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.”
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“More evil gets done in the name of righteousness than any other way.”
― Glen Cook, Dreams of Steel
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