About the Author

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Piers Anthony was born in August, 1934, in England, and became an American citizen while serving in the U. S. Army in 1958. He has two grown daughters and lives with his wife, Carol, in Florida.

He sold his first story, after eight years of trying, in 1962; his first novel, Chthon, was published in 1967. Through 1995 he has had 102 books published, and translations have appeared in ten languages. Currently he writes three novels a year. He has had 21 books on The New York Times bestseller list in the span of ten years; and in one year, three of his novels placed on The New York Times bestseller list.

His first Xanth novel, A Spell for Chameleon, won the August Derleth Fantasy Award for the best novel in 1977, and the Spokane Public Library gave him the Golden Pen Award for being their favorite fantasy author in 1982.