William King (author)

William King (born 1959) also known as "Bill King" is the writer of a number of successful science-fiction and fantasy books, most notably in Games Workshop's Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 series, all published by GW's fiction arm, The Black Library. His most memorable characters, Gotrek and Felix, have appeared in a series of novels, beginning with Trollslayer, a collection of previously published and new short stories. His next-most-famous character is Ragnar Blackmane, a Space Marine from the Warhammer 40,000 game setting universe (although the character was already in existence in the game and background material, King took him and expanded his history in the novel series). In 2010 he signed a three-book deal with Black Library that will focus on elven brothers Tyrion and Teclis.

Prior to moving to the Czech Republic, King spent a number of years as a designer for Games Workshop, contributing to their game universes (where much of his fiction is also set). He has also written a tetralogy of books featuring the Death's Angels which are currently available in the Czech Republic, Spain and Germany. He married his long-time girlfriend Radka on September 24, 2005 and currently lives in Prague with his family.

Bibliography

Novels

Gotrek and Felix Novels

• Trollslayer
• Skavenslayer
• Daemonslayer
• Dragonslayer
• Beastslayer
• Vampireslayer
• Giantslayer

Ragnar Blackmane Novels

• Space Wolf
• Ragnar’s Claw
• Grey Hunter
• Wolfblade

Terrarch Tetralogy

• Death's Angels
• Tower of Serpents
• The Queen's Assassin
• Armies of the Dead

Other Works

• Farseer
• Laughter of Dark Gods (short stories anthology)

Short stories

• "Green Troops"
• "Red Garden"
• "Visiting the Dead"
• "Skyrider"
• "The Price of Their Toys"
• "The Laughter of Dark Gods"
• "Geheimnisnacht"
• "Wolf Riders"
• "Dark Beneath the World"
• "Uptown Girl"
• "Deathwing" (with B. Ansell)
• "Devil’s Marauders"
• "Skaven's Claw"
• "Easy Steps to Posthumanity"
• "The Mutant Master"
• "In the Belly of the Beast"
• "Ulric’s Children"
• "Blood and Darkness"
• "The Mark of Slaanesh"
• "The Ultimate Ritual" (with N Jones)
• "The Wrath of Khârn"
• "Redhand's Daughter"
• "The Guardian of the Dawn"
• "The Servants of the Dark Master"

External links

• William King's official website
• William King's official blog
• The Black Library official website
• William King at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database