Happy birthday to Nebula Award finalist Dave Smeds
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Dave Smeds, photographed at Westercon 64 in the Fairmont San Jose Hotel on Saturday, 2 July 2011 (Wikimedia Commons)
The Nebula Award-nominated writer Dave Smeds has authored six novels including the two volume War of The Dragon series (The Sorcery Within and The Schemes of Dragons), the original X-Men novel The Law of the Jungle, and Piper in the Night.
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His numerous short stories have been collected in Earthly Pleasures (as Reed Manning), EMBRACING THE STARLIGHT, and Raiding the Hoard of Enchantment: Seven Tales of High Fantasy.
All of us at Tachyon wish the fantastic Dave, a happy birthday.
For more information about EMBRACING THE STARLIGHT, visit the Tachyon page.