Jeff Sampson

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-08-06

Jeff Sampson was born on July 15, 1982, in Nuremberg, Germany, on a U.S. military base. He began his professional writing career at age eighteen and published his first novel at twenty-two as part of the Dragonlance fantasy series, including entries in the Suncatcher and Trinistyr trilogies. Sampson has since built a career as a young adult and children's author working across fantasy, science fiction, and children's literature, often publishing under pen names. As Christopher Holt he wrote the four-book Last Dogs series (2012-2014), and as Lukas Ritter he wrote the Monster Slayers series for Wizards of the Coast. Under his own name he is known for the Vesper (Deviants) trilogy (2011-2013), a young adult series blending horror and the supernatural. His books have been published by major houses including HarperCollins Children's Books, Little, Brown, and Wizards of the Coast. He currently resides in Seattle, Washington, and continues to write across multiple genres for younger readers.

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Books

• Dragon Spell (2005) · Dragonlance Expanded Canon
• The Ebony Eye (2006) · Dragonlance Expanded Canon
• The Wayward Wizard (2006) · Dragonlance Expanded Canon
• Wizard's Betrayal (2006) · Dragonlance Expanded Canon
• The Stolen Sun (2007) · Dragonlance Expanded Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 17 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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