Nancy Varian Berberick

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Nancy Varian Berberick, born July 23, 1951, is an American fantasy novelist who devoted much of her writing career to the Dragonlance universe set within the Dungeons & Dragons shared world. Her bibliography spans twelve novels and numerous short stories published by Wizards of the Coast, Ace Books, and Wildside Press between 1988 and 2005. Her debut novel, Stormblade (1988), was followed by The Jewels of Elvish (1989) and Shadow of the Seventh Moon (1991), establishing her as a recurring contributor to the Dragonlance line. Later works include The Panther's Hoard (1994), Dalamar the Dark (2000), The Inheritance (2001), The Lioness (2002), and Prisoner of Haven (2004). She also contributed short stories to various Dragonlance anthologies and to collaborative sourcebooks exploring the setting's world-building. Her writing is noted for centering complex characters, including morally ambiguous figures from Dragonlance lore, and for expanding on the personal histories of established characters within the wider Krynn setting.

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Books

• Stormblade (1988) · Dragonlance Expanded Canon
• Tears of the Night Sky (1998) · Dragonlance Expanded Canon
• The Lioness (2002) · Dragonlance Expanded Canon
• Prisoner of Haven (2004) · 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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