James D. Macdonald
1 universe Last reviewed 2026-11-01
James D. Macdonald was born on February 22, 1954, in White Plains, New York, and lives in New Hampshire. An American author and critic, he writes fantasy, science fiction, mystery and media tie-ins, and has published professionally since the early 1990s. He has written some thirty-five novels, most of them with his wife, Debra Doyle, who died in 2020. Their joint work includes the Mageworlds space opera series, first published in the 1990s and reissued as e-books in 2012, and the fantasy novel Knight's Wyrd, which won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature. Macdonald is also known for Yog's Law, the maxim that money should flow toward the author, named after his online nickname, Yog Sysop.
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- Core Canon books: 1
- Current rank: #697 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 3.85
- Award recognitions: 1 won
Books
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- Total Core Canon books across all universes: 1 book
- Award recognitions across all universes: 1 (1 won)
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Knight's Wyrd (1992) · Knight's Wyrd Core Canon