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Stephen Donaldson

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The Resume

    (May 13, 1947- )
    Birth name is Stephen Reed Donaldson
    Wrote 'The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever,' 'Mordant's Need' and 'The Gap Cycle'
    Won a British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel (1979)
    Won a John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (1979)
    Won two Balrog Fantasy Awards for Best Novel (1981, 83)
    Won a Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1983)
    Won a Balrog Fantasy Award for Best Collection (1985)
    Won two Science Fiction Book Club Awards for Best Book of the Year (1988, 89)
    Won The College of Wooster Distinguished Alumni Award (1989)
    Won a Julia Verlanger Award (1990)
    Won WIN/WIN Popular Fiction Readers Choice Award for Favorite Fantasy Author (1991)
    Won Atlanta Fantasy Fair Award for Outstanding Achievement (1992)
    Won The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts President's Award (1997)
    Won a World Fantasy Award (2000)

Why he might be annoying:

    His works are often compared to J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.
    He wrote five novels bearing the title 'The Man Who..............' under the name Reed Stephens.
    His stories range from 'space opera' to 'sword and sorcery.'
    He wrote poetry.
    He dropped out of his Ph.D program at Kent State to pursue writing fiction in New Jersey.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He attended College of Wooster and Kent State University.
    He's a black-belt in Shotokan Karate.
    He served in the Vietnam War as an Assistant Dispatcher.
    His stories are influenced by William Shakespeare, Mervyn Peake and the operas of Richard Wagner.
    He said: 'I'm a storyteller, and my number one priority is always to tell the best possible story.'

Credit: Jeff


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 82.61% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 64 Votes: 64.06% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 103 Votes: 63.11% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 166 Votes: 53.01% Annoying