Roland J. Green

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Roland James Green was an American science fiction and fantasy author and editor born September 2, 1944, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, and who died April 20, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois, at age 76. He graduated from Ypsilanti High School in 1962, earned a B.A. in Political Science from Oberlin College in 1966, and an M.A. in International Politics from the University of Chicago in 1968. Green worked as a full-time writer and reviewer for most of his career following the sale of his first novel, Wandor's Ride, in 1973, which launched his Wandor series of sword-and-sorcery fiction. He also wrote extensively under the house pseudonym Jeffrey Lord, contributing twenty-eight books to the Richard Blade series, and authored the Starcruiser Shenandoah and Peace Company science fiction series, along with Voyage to Eneh (2003) and several Conan novels published by Tor Books. He married fellow writer Frieda A. Murray in 1975, and the couple had one daughter, Violette Y. Green, born in 1984. Green was long active in science fiction fandom and the Society for Creative Anachronism, reflecting his deep engagement with both the literary and community sides of the genre throughout his career.

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Books

• Knights of the Crown (1995) · Dragonlance Expanded Canon
• Knights of the Rose (1995) · Dragonlance Expanded Canon
• Knights of the Sword (1995) · Dragonlance Expanded Canon
• The Wayward Knights (1997) · 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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