Happy birthday to novelist and short story writer 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.
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All of us at Tachyon wish the fantastic Dave, a happy birthday.
For more information about EMBRACING THE STARLIGHT, visit the Tachyon page.