For those writing reviews or articles, here is a handy reference of graphics and biographic information.
Biographic Information:
- Born: 1961 (Detroit, Michigan)
- Current Residence: Luray, VA - inside the Shenandoah Valley
- Married: 1984 Robin Sullivan
- Children: Rebecca Sullivan (1987), Sarah Sullivan (1989), James Sullivan (1994)
- Parents: Anna Mae Berels (deceased) , James Francis Sullivan (deceased)
- Siblings: John Patrick Sullivan, Colleen Savatora, Noreen Allen (deceased)
Writing Stats:
- Writing Degree: None
- Age when writing started: 9
- Full-time author: Since 2011
- Number of books sold when self-publishing: 90,000+ (70,000 paid for)
- Number of books sold in traditional publishing: 2 million+
- Number of Goodreads Choice Award Nominations: 9
- Number of Years on Amazon's Bestselling Fantasy Author list: 6.25
- Number of novels written novels: 32
- Number of "trunk novels": 13
- Number of books in print: 18
- Number of books out of print: 6
- Number of works written waiting for publication: 1
- Number of big-five contracts: 3 (11 books)
- Number of independent press contracts: 2 (1 book each)
- Number of self-published books: 14
- Number of foreign language translations: 100+
Publishers
- 2008: Aspirations Media Inc. (small press)
- 2009 - 2012: Ridan Publishing (self)
- 2011 - 2013: Orbit (Hachette Book Group: US | Little Brown & Company: UK)
- 2014: Tachyon Publications (small press)
- 2015-2017: Riyria Enterprises (self)
- 2016 - 2018: Del Rey (Penguin Random House)
- 2019 - 2021: Riyria Enterprises (self) & Grim Oak Press (hardcover distribution)
Agents:
- Current Agency: Joshua Bilmes, JABberwocky Literary Agency
- Former Agent: Laurie McLean, Foreword Literary Agency (CA)
- Former Foreign Agent: Taryn Fargernesss: Taryn Fagerness Agency (WA)
- Former Agent: Teri Tobias, Tobias Literary Agency, (NY)
- Former Television and Film Agent: Brandy Rivers, The Gersh Agency (CA & NY)
Bibliography:
The Riyria Revelations (Omnibus Editions)
- Theft of Swords (Nov 2011): contains The Crown Conspiracy & Avempartha
- Rise of Empire (Dec 2011): contains Nyphron Rising & The Emerald Storm
- Heir of Novron (Jan 2012): contains Wintertide & Percepliquis
The Riyria Chronicles
- The Crown Tower (Sep 2013)
- The Rose and the Thorn (Oct 2013)
- Blood of Thieves (Jan 2014): contains The Crown Tower & The Rose and the Thorn
- The Death of Dulgath (Dec 2015)
- The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter (Dec 2017)
- Drumindor (Release TBD)
Standalone Novels
- Hollow World (Apr 2014)
- Antithesis (on hold)
- A Burden to the Earth (on hold)
The Legends of the First Empire
- Age of Myth (Jun 2016)
- Age of Swords (July 2017)
- Age of War (July 2018)
- Age of Legend (July 2019)
- Age of Death (Feb 2020)
- Age of Empyre (May 2020)
The Rise and Fall - Nolyn (July 2021)
- Fairlane (June 2022)
- Esarhaddon (August 2023)
Out-of-print self-published editions of The Riyria Revelations
- The Crown Conspiracy (Oct 2008)
- Avempartha (Apr 2009)
- Nyphron Rising (Oct 2009)
- The Emerald Storm (April 2010)
- Wintertide (Oct 2010)
- Percepliquis (Jan 2012)
Anthologies
- Heroes Wanted (2019)
- Unfettered II (2016)
- Unbound (2015)
- Blackguards (2015)
- Fantasy Faction Anthology (2014)
- Help Fund my Robot Army (2014)
- Unfettered (2013)
- The End--Visions of Apocalypse (2013)
- Triumph Over Tragedy: an Anthology for the Victims of Hurricane Sandy (2013)
- Ditch the Publisher: 40 Indie Authors on Their Unique Self-Publishing Journeys (2012)
- Twists and Turns (2011)
Standalone Short Stories
- The Viscount and the Witch (Oct 2011)
- Greener Grass (Oct 2012)
- The Jester (Jan 2014)
- Pile of Bones (May 2020)
Author
- New York Times (3), USA Today (3), Washington Post (8), and Amazon Bestselling Author
- Goodreads Choice Award Nominee (9): 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
- Amazon Editor's Picks (5)
- 2018 Stabby Award Winner - Best Professional Contributor
- 2017 Stabby Award Runner Up for Most Active Fantasy Professional
- 2016 Finalist Reddit's Fantasy Stabby Award: Best Active Author
- io9's Most Successful Self-published Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors
- EMG's 25 Self-published Authors to Watch
- Huffington Post's Bestseller Self-published Success Stories
- 2013 Stabby Award Winner for best overall contributor
- 2013 Bookworm Blue's Authors to Pay Attention to
- 2013 Fantasy Book Critic's Authors to Watch
The Rise and Fall: Esrahaddon
The Rise and Fall: Farilane
The Legends of the First Empire: Age of Myth
- Washington Post Bestseller List September 2018 (#6 Fiction Hardcover)
- Amazon ebook Bestseller (#93 Week ending 3-19-2017)
- Washington Post Bestseller List April 2019 (#3 Hardcover)
- Amazon Editor's Pick
- Winter is coming's10 epic sci-fi and fantasy series to read in lockdown
- Book Riot's 10 Epic Fantasy Books Like Wheel of Time
- Audible Top 10 Bestseller (May 5, 2016)
- 2016 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy
- Reedsy's 45 Best Fantasy Audiobooks
- The best epic fantasy novels to deprive you of sleep
- 10 Best Fantasy & Sci-Fi Audiobooks
- Ezvid's Top 12 Fantasy Series That Build Expansive Worlds
- Fantasy Faction's Best Fantasy Books of 2016
- 2016 Audible's Genre Defining Narrators
- 34 Must-Read New Fantasy & Sci-fi books in 2016
- Dragons & Jetpacks Top Summer Fantasy Reads
- The Speculative Shelf's Top 6 picks of 2016
- Bookworm Blues Best of 2016
- 2016 Winner Reddit's Fantasy Stabby Award: Best Artwork
- 2016 Finalist Reddit's Fantasy Stabby Award: Best Novel
- 2016 BestFantasyBooks.com Best Fantasy Books of the Year
- 2016 Reading Lamp's Highlights of the Year
- 2016 The Grim Dark Files Blog Best Read Books
- 2016 Spike's Top 6 Books of the Year
- 2016 Most-Wished-For Sci-fi and Fantasy Audiobook
- 2016 Audible Best of 2016
- 2016 The Quill to Live Best of 2016
- 2016 AudioFile Magazine Best of 2016
- Book Riot’s list of 10 Fantasy Novels like Wheel of Time
- 2016 Amazon's 20 best fantasy & sci-novels
- 2016 BestFantasyBooks.com Most Anticipated Fantasy Books
- Named to Blackgate's Future Treasures
- Washington Post Bestseller List July 2016 (#2 Fiction Hardcover)
- Audiofile Earphones Award Winner
- Barnes & Noble Bestsellers in Science Fiction & Fantasy: September 2016
- Barnes & Noble Bestsellers in Science Fiction & Fantasy: August 2016
- Barnes & Noble Bestselling Sci-Fi and Fantasy books of July 2016
- BuzzFeed Book's 21 Books Goodreads Users Can’t Get Enough Of This Summer
- Named a Noteworthy Release by Fantasy Book Critic
- Named to Black Gate's Future Treasures List
- Goodread's Hottest Fantasy Books of Summer
- Barnes and Noble Featured Sci-fi/Fantasy release of the week
- Book Riot's 10 Fantasy Books like Wheel of Time
- Audible's Featured Pre-order Selection
- Barnes and Noble's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of June 2016
- Audible's Top Pick for Summer 2016
- YA Fantasy Book Reviews Exciting June 2016 Fantasy and Sci-fi Book Releases
- Ten 2016 SF/F Releases with Killer Elevator Pitches
- Barnes and Noble's 2016 Books SF/F Editors Want You to Read
- Goodreads Top 200 Most Popular Books Published in 2016
- Goodreads Top 200 Most Popular Books Published in June 2016 (AoM is #2)
- Geekritique's The Most Anticipated Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2016
- inverse.com's Fantasy Books we can't wait to read in 2016
- Best Fantasy Books HQ's Ultimate 2016 Fantasy Book Reading Calendar
- Nerd Much Most Anticipated Reads of 2016
- Bookworm Blue's Most Anticipated Books of 2016
- Beauty in Ruin's Most Anticipated Fantasy Reads of 2016
- Book Haven's Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases
- Tenacious Reader's Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases
- Arched Doorway's 15 SF&F Novels We're Anticipating in 2016
- Funzines' Top 6 Anticipated Fantasy Reads of 2016
- Goodreads' 2016 Highly Anticipated Fantasy (AoM is #3)
The Legends of the First Empire: Age of Swords
- USA Today Bestseller List
- Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy
- Amazon Editor's Pick
- Fantasy Faction's Top 20 Books of 2017
- Fantasy Book Review's Top 100 List
- BookNest Fantasy Awards Short List For Best Traditional Fantasy of 2017
- Washington Post Bestseller List (#7 Fiction Hardcover)
- 20117 Best Fantasy of the Year Nominee from BookNest
- 2017 Audible's July Customer Favorites
- Unbound Worlds: Top 10 2017 Fantasy Novels I Want Now
- BestFantasyBooks.com's Most Highly Anticipated books of 2017
- July's Highest-Rated Books on Audible
- Amazon's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of August 2017
- #1 Bestselling Audiobook (week ending July 28)
- 2017 The Speculative Shelf's Most Anticipated Reads
- 2017 MightyThorJRS Most Anticipated Reads
- Goodreads Top 200 Most Popular Books Published in July 2017
The Legends of the First Empire: Age of War
- New York Times Bestseller List
- USA Today Bestseller List
- Washington Post Bestseller List April 2019 (#12 Fiction Hardcover)
- Goodreads Choice Award Nominee in Fantasy
- Amazon Editor's Pick
- BookNest Best Fantasy of 2018 shortlist
- 15 Best Sci-fi & Fantasy Books: April 2018
- 100 Best Sci-fi & Fantasy of 2018
- Goodreads12 Best Fantasy books of 2018 (so far)
- Washington Post Bestseller List September 2018 (#3 Fiction Hardcover)
- /r/Fantasy Stabby Award Nominee for Best Novel of 2018
- Books of my Heart best books of 2018
- Jon Auerbach's Top 3 books of 2018
- Runner-up July Cover of the Month
- Top 10 Bestselling Audiobooks of July 8, 2018
- B&N's Fantasy Blog's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of July 2018
- io9's 29 New Scifi and Fantasy Books to Add to Your Reading List in July
- Barnes & Noble Fantasy Blog's featured releases for July
- Goodread's Hottest Fantasy Books of the Summer
- Audible's Featured Pre-order
- Goodread's Employee Summer Reading Picks
- Audible's Most-Anticipated of the Season
- Nerd Much’s Best New Upcoming Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books of 2018 List
- Goodreads Top 200 Most Popular Books Published in July 2018
The Legends of the First Empire: Age of Legend
The Legends of the First Empire: Age of Death
The Legends of the First Empire: Age of Empyre
Hollow World
Riyria Chronicles: The Crown Tower
Riyria Chronicles: The Rose and the Thorn
Riyria Chronicles: The Death of Dulgath
Riyria Chronicles: The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter
The Riyria Revelations
The Riyria Revelations: Theft of Swords (The Crown Conspiracy & Avempartha)
The Riyria Revelations: Rise of Empire / Nyphron Rising & The Emerald Storm
- 2020 FanFiAddict's Top 10 Favorite Single Books of All Time
- 2015 MYLIFEMYBOOKSMYESCAPE's Top 16 books of 2015 (The Emerald Storm)
- 2012 Mathias Cavanaugh Top 10 Books (#3) (Rise of Empire)
- 2012 Timothy C. Ward Top 10 Reads (#8) (Rise of Empire)
- 2012 Patrick's Book Awards (#9) (Rise of Empire)
- 2011 Goodreads 200 Most Popular Books Published in December (RoE is #24)
- 2011 Civilian Reader's 6 Most Anticipated Reads for Dec (Rise of Empire)
- 2010 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (The Emerald Storm)
- 2010 Fantasy Book Critic #1 Indie Fantasy (The Emerald Storm)
- 2010 Fantasy Book Critic Top 25 Novels for (The Emerald Storm)
- 2010 Fantasy Book Critic: Cindy's Anticipated Reads List (The Emerald Storm)
- 2010 Fantasy Book Critic Top Independent Novels (The Emerald Storm)
- 2010 Fantasy Book Critic Top 12 Novels as of First Quarter (The Emerald Storm)
- 2010 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist (Nyphron Rising)
The Riyria Revelations: Heir of Novon / Wintertide & Percepliquis
- 2015 Audible.com's 5-star Faves for September
- 2015 MYLIFEMYBOOKSMYESCAPE's Top 16 books of 2015 (Wintertide)
- 2012 SFWorld's Top 10 Favorite Books (Percepliquis)
- 2012 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee (Percepliquis)
- 2012 Audible's August Customer Favorites (Heir of Novron)
- 2012 Goodreads 200 Most Popular Books Published in January (HoN is #47)
- 2012 Bookworm Blues Top 10 (#4) (Percepliquis)
- 2012 Founding Field's Best Books (Percepliquis)
- 2012 Shadowhawk Shade's Best of the Best Part 1 (Heir of Novron)
- 2012 Patrick's Book Awards (#10) (Heir of Novron)
- 2012 Bane of King's Best Novels of First Half of 2012 (Percepliquis)
- 2012 GoddessCarlie Top 5: #2 (Heir of Novron)
- 2012 Mathias Cavanaugh's Top 10 Books (#4) (Heir of Novron)
- 2012 Only the Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Books I'm Looking Forward To
- 2012 Shadowhawk Shade's Reading Award for February (Percepliquis)
- 2012 Fantasy Book Critic's Top 5 Anticipated Releases for Q1 (Heir of Novron)
- 2012 Civilian Reader's 6 Most Anticipated Reads for January (Heir of Novron)
- 2012 Staffer's Review's Books I Most Want to Read in Early 2012 (Heir of Novron)
- 2010 Fantasy Book Critic #1 Indie Fantasy (Wintertide)
- 2010 Fantasy Book Critic Top 25 Novels (Wintertide)
- 2010 Fantasy Book Critic: Cindy's Anticipated Reads List (Wintertide)
- 2010 Fantasy Book Critic Top Independent Novels (Wintertide)
- 2010 Fantasy Book Critic Top 5 Novels of Second Half of 2010 (Wintertide)
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