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Margaret Weis

Born

in Independence, Missouri, The United States

March 16, 1948

Website

http://www.margaretweis.com/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences

Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Alexandre Dumas, Chaim Potok, Mary Renau ...more

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Margaret Edith Weis is an American fantasy and science fiction author of dozens of novels and short stories. At TSR, Inc., she teamed with Tracy Hickman to create the Dragonlance role-playing game (RPG) world. She is founding CEO and owner of Sovereign Press, Inc and Margaret Weis Productions, licensing several popular television and movie franchises to make RPG series in addition to their own.
In 1999, Pyramid magazine named Weis one of The Millennium's Most Influential Persons, saying she and Hickman are "basically responsible for the entire gaming fiction genre". In 2002, she was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in part for Dragonlance. ...more

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Doom of the Dragon

Hi, all,

You can read an excerpt from the last in the Dragonship's series, Doom of the Dragon. The book is due out January, 2016.

http://torforgeblog.com/2015/11/03/sn...

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	Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1) by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 123,163 ratings — published 1984 — 104 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
	Dragons of Spring Dawning (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #3) by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 61,565 ratings — published 1985 — 91 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
	Dragons of Winter Night (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #2) by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman (Goodreads Author), Andrew Dabb 4.15 avg rating — 55,004 ratings — published 1985 — 5 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
	Time of the Twins (Dragonlance: Legends, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 39,013 ratings — published 1986	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
	War of the Twins (Dragonlance: Legends, #2) by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 32,647 ratings — published 1986 — 5 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
	Test of the Twins (Dragonlance: Legends, #3) by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 31,842 ratings — published 1986 — 57 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
	Dragon Wing (The Death Gate Cycle, #1) by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 29,951 ratings — published 1990 — 28 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
	Dragonlance Chronicles (Dragonlance, #1-3) by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 22,115 ratings — published 1985 — 40 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
	Serpent Mage (The Death Gate Cycle, #4) by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 22,494 ratings — published 1992 — 38 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
	Into the Labyrinth (The Death Gate Cycle, #6) by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 21,469 ratings — published 1993 — 4 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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Dragonlance: Legends (3 books)
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DragonLance Legender (6 books)
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Tracy Hickman (Goodreads Author)

4.18 avg rating — 39,135 ratings

Dragonlance: The War of Souls (3 books)
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3.94 avg rating — 31,670 ratings

Dragonlance: The Second Generation (4 books)
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