Author · 1945–2023
David Drake
David Drake was an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature (1945–2023). Born in Dubuque.
Our catalogue lists 8 books by David Drake, mostly stage-magic fiction, historical fantasy and alternate history. They span 1979 to 2021. The most-read is An Oblique Approach (1998).
Books by David Drake
An Oblique Approach
David Drake
Birds of Prey
David Drake
The Dragon Lord
David Drake
The Legions of Fire
David Drake
Monsters of the Earth
David Drake
Loose Cannon
David Drake
Lest Darkness Fall & Timeless Tales Written in Tribute
L. Sprague De Camp, Frederik Pohl
Out of the Waters
David Drake
Awards
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 1976 — Best Short Fiction, The Barrow Troll (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards — Overall (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1998 — Best Fantasy Novel, Lord of the Isles (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1981 — Best Short Story, Men Like Us (nominee)
Biography
The Army took David Drake from Duke Law School and sent him on a motorized tour of Viet Nam and Cambodia with the 11th Cav, the Blackhorse. He learned new skills, saw interesting sights, and met exotic people who hadn’t run fast enough to get away. Dave returned to become Chapel Hill’s Assistant Town Attorney and to try to put his life back together through fiction making sense of his Army experiences. Dave describes war from where he saw it: the loader’s hatch of a tank in Cambodia. His military experience, combined with his formal education in history and Latin, has made him one of the foremost writers of realistic action SF and fantasy. His bestselling Hammer’s Slammers series is credited with creating the genre of modern Military SF. He often wishes he had a less interesting background. Dave lives with his family in rural North Carolina. http://david-drake.com/2011/biographies/