About Dennis L. McKiernan

Dennis L. Mckiernan was born April 4, 1932, in Moberly, Missouri,where he lived until age eighteen, when he joined the U.S. Air Force, serving four years spanning the Korean War. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri in 1958 and an M.S. in the same field from Duke University in 1964. Dennis spent thirty-one years as one of AT&T Bell Laboratories whiz kids in research and development - in anti-ballistic missile defense systems, in software for telephone systems, and in various management think-tank activities - before changing careers to be a full-time writer.

Currently living in Tuscon, Arizona, Dennis began writing novels in 1977 while recuperating from a close encounter of the crunch kind with a 1967 red and black Plymouth Fury (Dennis lost: it ran over him: Plymouth 1, Dennis 0).

Among other hobbies, Dennis enjoys SCUBA diving, dirt-bike riding, and motorcycle touring - all enthusiasms shared by his wife. An internationally bestselling author, his critically acclaimed fantasy novels include Voyage of the Fox Rider, The Eye of the Hunter, Dragondoom, The Silver Call Duology, The Iron Tower Trilogy, and now the story collection Tales of Mithgar. Never one to sit idle too long, Dennis has also written The Vulgmaster (a graphic novel) and several short stories and novelettes which have appeared in various anthologies. He is presently working on his next opus.

(D. L. McKiernan has also recently written Caverns of Socrates, a SF/Fantasy novel)

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Other Short Stories by Dennis L. McKiernan

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Story TitleAnthology Title and InfoStraw Into Gold: Part IIDragon Fantastic, DAW Books, May '92 (co-authored w/Mark Kreighbaum)The OrnamentThe Magic of Christmas, ROC Books, November '92The Source of it AllAlien Pregnant by Elvis, DAW Books, June '94Alas Me Bleedin'...Weird Tales from Shakespeare, July '94I Sing the Dark RidersElf Fantastic, DAW Books, April '97The Lesser of...Highwaymen, DAW Books?, May '97?In the Service of MagesWizard Fantastic, DAW Books, November '97Of Tides and TimeWizard Fantastic, DAW Books, November '97The Divine ComedyOlympus, ?, ?