Philip Athans

Philip Athans

Philip Athans (born 1964) was raised in Chicago. He graduated from film school in 1985 and started small circulation literary magazine called Alternative Fiction & Poetry.

In 1997, Athans became Managing Editor for Wizards of the Coast Book Publishing, where he has spent most of his time as the Forgotten Realms novel line editor. There he has edited dozens of anthologies and novels, and continues to write his own. His most recent works are the three novels in the Watercourse Trilogy.


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Books by Philip Athans
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Series by Philip Athans

Forgotten Realms (19 books)
- The Twilight War (4 books)

Speculative Fiction Books

(Forgotten Realms: The Watercourse Trilogy #3 / 3)
2007 | fantasy, dungeons and dragons, forgotten realms
(Forgotten Realms: The Watercourse Trilogy #2 / 3)
2006 | fantasy, dungeons and dragons, forgotten realms
(Forgotten Realms: The Watercourse Trilogy #1 / 3)
2005 | fantasy, dungeons and dragons, forgotten realms
(R. A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen #5 / 6)
2004 | fantasy, dungeons and dragons, forgotten realms
(Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate #2 / 3)
2000 | fantasy, video game, dungeons and dragons, forgotten realms
(Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate #1 / 3)
1999 | fantasy, video game, dungeons and dragons, forgotten realms

Comics and Anthology

(The Twilight War)
2008 | fantasy, anthology, dungeons and dragons, forgotten realms
(Forgotten Realms: The Last Mythal)
2006 | fantasy, anthology, dungeons and dragons, forgotten realms
(Forgotten Realms: The Year of Rogue Dragons)
2005 | fantasy, anthology, dungeons and dragons, forgotten realms
(Forgotten Realms: The Year of Rogue Dragons)
2004 | fantasy, anthology, dungeons and dragons, forgotten realms
(Forgotten Realms: Sembia #1 / 7)
2000 | fantasy, anthology, dungeons and dragons, forgotten realms
(Forgotten Realms: The Threat from the Sea)
2000 | fantasy, anthology, dungeons and dragons, forgotten realms
(Forgotten Realms)
1998 | fantasy, anthology, dungeons and dragons, forgotten realms

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