William H. Keith Jr.
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William H. Keith Jr. | |
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| Born | August 8, 1950 |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Military fiction Science fiction |
William H. Keith (born August 8, 1950) is an American author mainly contributing to military science fiction and military fiction and related game design, who writes also under several pen names, such as Ian Douglas, Robert Cain and H. Jay Riker. His newer original works are written under the name of Ian Douglas.
Early life
William H. Keith grew up with his brother J. Andrew Keith.[1]
William H. Keith served in the United States Navy as a hospital corpsman from 1969 to 1972 during the Vietnam War era.
Career
William H. Keith Jr. and his brother J. Andrew Keith noticed ads in Journal of the Travellers Aid Society which announced that Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) was looking for authors; Loren Wiseman hired them to start freelancing for GDW in 1978 or 1979, and the three of worked together one a lot of the early material for the Traveller universe.[1]: 56 William Keith also contributed heavily to the graphical appearance of that era of Traveller releases.[1]: 56 The Keith brothers began earning enough money that they were able to do freelance work full-time beginning around 1979.[1]: 56 The Keith brothers began working for FASA by the end of 1980, with William Keith contributing artwork for the magazine High Passage beginning in 1981.[1]: 119 FASA began publishing adventures for Traveller beginning with Ordeal by Eshaar (1981) by the Keith brothers, who then wrote the "Sky Raiders" trilogy (1981-1982) for FASA.[1]: 119 William Keith designed the role-playing game Behind Enemy Lines (1982), the first RPG set in the 1940s.[1]: 120 FASA ended its support of Traveller in 1983, so the Keith brothers continued writing for Traveller with the new company Gamelords, but continued to work for FASA on other projects.[1]: 120 The Keith brothers authored seven Traveller supplements published by Gamelords, including The Mountain Environment (1983), The Undersea Environment (1983), and The Desert Environment (1984), and adventures intended for the environments described in those rulebooks.[1]: 131
The Keith brothers produced some material for the
William Keith became a professional artist and writer, working in the game industry with his brother Andrew, particularly for Game Designers' Workshop and FASA before becoming a full-time author. Much of his early work, including the Warstrider series, the Freedom's Rangers series, the Cybernarc series, and the Invaders of Charon series, is currently out of print; 'Warstrider' will be re-released in 2014. He was also an early author for BattleTech, writing the saga of the Gray Death Legion.
Keith also writes under various pseudonyms and "house names", including Ian Douglas and
Other novels include
Keith's recent work includes three books in Stephen Coonts' Deep Black series; a police procedural/detective novel in the Android universe; and a new series about Navy Hospital Corpsmen in the future.
Keith, a Wiccan and a Reiki master, is also a member of Western Pennsylvania Mensa.[citation needed]
Bibliography
- Significant works
Writing as William H. Keith Jr.:
BattleTech series
- Decision at Thunder Rift (1986) ISBN 978-3-453-03889-9
- Mercenary's Star (1987) ISBN 978-0-14-017550-9
- The Price of Glory (1987) ISBN 978-3-453-03891-2
- Blood of Heroes (with J. Andrew Keith) (1993) ISBN 978-0-451-45259-7
- Tactics of Duty (1995) ISBN 978-0-451-45490-4
- Operation Excalibur (1996) ISBN 978-3-453-10927-8
Writing as Ian Douglas:
- ISBN 978-0-380-78828-6
- Luna Marine (1999) ISBN 978-0-380-78829-3
- Europa Strike (2000) ISBN 978-0-380-78830-9
- Star Corps (2003) ISBN 978-0-380-81824-2
- Battlespace (2006) ISBN 978-0-380-81825-9
- Star Marines (2007) ISBN 978-0-380-81826-6
- Star Strike (2008) ISBN 978-0-06-123858-1
- Galactic Corps (2008) ISBN 978-0-06-123862-8
- Semper Human (2009) ISBN 978-0-06-123864-2
- Bloodstar (2012) ISBN 978-0-06-189476-3
- Abyss Deep (2013) ISBN 978-0-06-189477-0
Star Carrier series
- Earth Strike (2010) ISBN 978-0-06-184025-8
- Center of Gravity (2011) ISBN 978-0-06-184026-5
- Singularity (2012) ISBN 978-0-06-184027-2
- Deep Space (2013) ISBN 978-0-06-218380-4
- Dark Matter (2014) ISBN 978-0-06-218399-6
- Deep Time (2015) ISBN 978-0-06-218405-4
- Dark Mind (4-25-2017) ISBN 978-0-06-236898-0
- Bright Light (11-27-2018) ISBN 978-0062369017
- Stargods (11-26-2020) ISBN 978-0062369031
- Altered Starscape (2016) ISBN 978-0-06-237919-1[2]
- Darkness Falling (2017) ISBN 978-0-06-237922-1
- Alien Secrets (2020) ISBN 978-0-06-282538-4
- Alien Hostiles (2021) ISBN 978-0-06-282540-7
- Alien Agendas (2023) ISBN 978-0-06-329946-7
Writing as Robert Cain:
Cybernarc series
- Cybernarc (1991) ISBN 978-0-06-100208-3
- Gold Dragon (1991) ISBN 978-0-06-100283-0
- Island Kill (1992) ISBN 978-0-06-100385-1
- Capo's Revenge (1992) ISBN 978-0-06-100461-2
- Shark Bait (1992) ISBN 978-0-06-100462-9
- End Game (1993) ISBN 978-0-06-100463-6
Writing as H. Jay Riker
- SEALS The Warrior Breed series:
- Silver Star (1993) ISBN 0-380-76967-0
- Purple Heart (1994) ISBN 0-380-76969-7
- Bronze Star (1995) ISBN 0-380-76970-0
- Navy Cross (1996) ISBN 0-380-78555-2
- Medal of Honor (1997) ISBN 0-380-78556-0
- Marks of Valor (1998) ISBN 0-380-78557-9
- In Harm's Way (1999) ISBN 0-380-79507-8
- Duty's Call (2000) ISBN 0-380-79508-6
- Casualties of War (2003) ISBN 0-380-79510-8
- Enduring Freedom (2005) ISBN 0-06-058597-8
- Iraqi Freedom (2007) ISBN 0-06-058607-9
- Silver Star (1993)
- Silent Service Series:
- Grayback Class (2000) ISBN 0-380-80466-2
- Los Angeles Class (2001) ISBN 0-380-80467-0
- Seawolf Class (2002) ISBN 0-380-80468-9
- Virginia Class (2004) ISBN 0-06-052438-3
- Ohio Class (2006) ISBN 0-06-052439-1
- Grayback Class (2000)
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ISBN 978-0062379191.
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