John Maddox Roberts

John Maddox Roberts (born June 25, 1947 in Ohio) is an author who has written many science fiction and fantasy novels, including his successful historical fiction, such as the SPQR series and Hannibal's Children.

He published his first book in 1977, The Strayed Sheep of Charum.

In 1989, Roberts published his first mystery The King's Gambit, set in ancient Rome. The book was nominated for the Edgar Award as best mystery of year.
. The King's Gambit is the first in Maddox's SPQR series of mysteries.

Personal

He has lived in various places in the United States as well as in Scotland, England and Mexico. He was in the US Army 1967-70, and did a tour in Vietnam. After he returned, he became a Green Beret.

He lives with his wife in Estancia, New Mexico.

Bibliography

Cingulum series

• The Cingulum (1985)
• Cloak Of Illusion
• The Sword, The Jewel, and The Mirror (1988)

Act Of God series

• Act Of God (1985) (with Eric Kotani)
• The Island Worlds (1987) (with Eric Kotani)
• Between The Stars (1988) (with Eric Kotani)
• Delta Pavonis (1990) (with Eric Kotani)

Conan series

• Conan the Valorous (1985)
• Conan the Champion (1987)
• Conan the Marauder (1988)
• Conan the Bold (1989)
• Conan the Rogue (1991)
• Conan and the Manhunters (1994)
• Conan and the Treasure of Python (1994)
• Conan and the Amazon (1995)

Dragonlance series

Dragonlance Universe

• Murder In Tarsis (1996)

Falconer Series

An action series telling the story of a Crusader returning to Europe to seek vengeance on his father's killers (each written under the pen name of Mark Ramsay)

• The Falcon Strikes
• The Black Pope
• The Bloody Cross (1982)
• The King's Treasure (1983)

Gabe Treloar series

• A Typical American Town (1994)
• Ghosts of Saigon (1996)
• Desperate Highways (1997)

Space Angel series

• Space Angel (1979)
• Spacer: Window of the Mind (1988)

SPQR series

Mystery series set in Ancient Rome

• SPQR (1990) (also SPQR I: The King's Gambit)
• The Catiline Conspiracy (1991)
• The Sacrilege (1992)
• The Temple Of The Muses (1999)
• Saturnalia (1999)
• Nobody Loves A Centurion (2001)
• The Tribune's Curse (2003)
• The River God's Vengeance (2004)
• The Princess and the Pirates (2005)
• A Point of Law (2006)
• Under Vesuvius (2007)
• Oracle of the Dead (December 9, 2008)
• The Year of Confusion (February 16, 2010)

Stormlands series

• The Islander (1990)
• The Black Shields (1991)
• The Poisoned Lands (1992)
• The Steel Kings (1993)
• Queens of Land and Sea (1994)

Hannibal series

• Hannibal's Children (2002)
• The Seven Hills (2005)

Individual novels

• Cestus Dei (1983)
• The Strayed Sheep Of Charun (1977)
• King Of The Wood (1983)
• The Enigma Variations (1989)
• Delta Pavonis (with Eric Kotani) (1990)
• Legacy of Prometheus (2000)
• Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams (2000)

External links

• John Maddox Roberts at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database