Salvatore’s first published novel, The Crystal Shard from TSR in 1988, became the first volume of the acclaimed Icewind Dale Trilogy and introduced an enormously popular character, the dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden. His books have been translated into numerous foreign languages including German, Italian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, Croatian, Bulgarian, Yiddish, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Czech, and French. Salvatore’s 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 regularly appear on The New York Times best-seller lists and have sold more than 10,000,000 copies.

Salvatore enjoys an ever-expanding and tremendously loyal following. He is currently working on more novels set in Corona for his DemonWars series.As one of the fantasy genre’s most successful authors, R.A.

Of late, they have been playing the new game R.A.designed with Bryan Salvatore and Geno Salvatore, 'DemonWars: Reformation', a role-playing game set in the World of Corona. His gaming group still meets on Sunday nights to play games.

He spends his “free time” coaching and playing softball on a team made up of family and close friends. Salvatore makes his home in Massachusetts, with his wife, Diane and their two dogs, Ivan and Dexter. When I got back to school, I changed my major from math to communications.” Tolkien’s The Hobbit, which I read while house-bound. With the zeal of a religious convert, he talks about the virtues of reading and the ultimate appeal, “it is fun.” He remembers his return to reading when he was in college, “The blizzard of 1978 shut down my college for a week. Salvatore spends a good deal of time speaking to schools and library groups, encouraging people, particularly young people, to read. By 1990 his third book, 'The Halfling’s Gem', had made the New York Times bestseller list. He penned his first manuscript in 1982, in a spiral notebook, writing by candlelight while listening to Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk album.īob’s first published novel, 'The Crystal Shard', was released in February of 1988. Salvatore, began writing shortly after receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Communications/Media from Fitchburg State College. With over 20 million books sold worldwide, more than four dozen book and numerous game credits Salvatore has become one of the most important figures in modern epic fantasy.Ī lifelong resident of Massachusetts, R.A. Leominster, Massachusetts is known for four things: Johnny Appleseed, a thriving plastics industry, Robert Cormier, and New York Times bestselling author R.A.

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