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Tad Williams

1957 - Today

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Robert Paul "Tad" Williams (born March 13, 1957) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. He is the author of the multivolume Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series, Otherland series, Shadowmarch series, and The Bobby Dollar series, as well as the standalone novels Tailchaser's Song and The War of the Flowers. Most recently, Williams published three novels in his series The Last King of Osten Ard, with the final novel The Navigator's Children set to be published in 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tad Williams has received more than 654,532 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Tad Williams is the 3,994th most popular writer (down from 3,984th in 2019), the 5,223rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,393rd in 2019) and the 426th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Stone of Farewell
1990
Otherland
Virtual reality, Conspiracy, Fiction
1991
Tailchaser's Song
Cats, Fiction, Fantasy
Fifteen years ago, a young author surprised and enchanted readers with his first novel—the story of Fritti Tailchaser, a courageous tom cat in a world of whiskery heroes and villains, of feline gods and strange, furless creatures called M'an. The book was Tailchaser's Song, the author was Tad Williams. The legend was born.
1985
To Green Angel Tower
Fantasy, Fiction, Magic
A novel of vast scope, detail, and complexity, To Green Angel Tower is the momentous tour-de-force finale of a ground-breaking series. Replete with war, deception, adventure, sorcery, and romance, To Green Angel Tower brings to a stunning and surprising conclusion Tad Williams' monumental tale of a magical conflict which fractures the very fabric of time and space, turning both humans and Sithi against those of their own blood. As the evil minions of the undead Sithi Storm King prepare for the kingdom-shattering culmination of their dark sorceries and King Elias is drawn ever deeper into their nightmarish, spell-spun world, the loyal allies of Prince Josua desperately struggle to rally their forces at The Stone of Farewell. And with time running out, the remaining members of the now-devastated League of the Scroll have also gathered there to unravel mysteries from the forgotten past. For if the League can reclaim these age-old secrets of magic long-buried beneath the dusts of time, they may be able to reveal to Josua and his army the only means of striking down the unslayable foe. But whether or not the League is successful in its quest, the call of battle will lead the valiant followers of Josua Lackhand across storm tossed seas brimming with bloodthirsty kilpa...through forests swarming with those both mind- and soul-lost... through ancient caverns built by legendary Dwarrows...to the haunted halls of Asu'a itself—the Sithi's greatest stronghold!
1993
The Dragonbone chair
Fiction, Castles, Fantasy
A story of honorable kings, and brutal warlords; of castle scullions, and the forgotten dead.
1988
1991

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tad Williams ranks 3,994 out of 7,302. Before him are Maxwell Anderson, Ralph Ellison, Sarah Kirsch, Alexander Neckam, Mary Norton, and Jan Wolkers. After him are Eleanor Hibbert, Grigol Abashidze, Anne-Cath. Vestly, Eduard von Keyserling, Antonio Muñoz Molina, and Jacob of Edessa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Tad Williams ranks 187. Before him are Eric S. Raymond, Evelyn Ashford, Kevin Pollak, Željko Ivanek, Mirjana Karanović, and Adri van Tiggelen. After him are Carlos Renato Frederico, Fulvio Collovati, Isaach de Bankolé, Gamal Al-Ghandour, Alaa Al Aswany, and Timothy Treadwell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tad Williams ranks 5,223 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen A. Douglas (1813), Kristen Wiig (1973), Anita Page (1910), Bill Nieder (1933), Lester Allan Pelton (1829), and Albert Gutterson (1887). After him are Brian Krause (1969), Evan Peters (1987), Eddie Slovik (1920), Richard Burgi (1958), Kendall Jenner (1995), and Clifton Webb (1889).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Tad Williams ranks 426. Before him are James Thurber (1894), John Norman (1931), Susanna Kaysen (1948), Pauline Kael (1919), Maxwell Anderson (1888), and Ralph Ellison (1914). After him are Melissa Mathison (1950), Lloyd Alexander (1924), Syd Field (1935), Elbert Hubbard (1856), Murray Leinster (1896), and Russell Banks (1940).

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