Robin Wayne Bailey


Robin Wayne Bailey is an American writer of speculative fiction, both fantasy and science fiction. He is a founder of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and a past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Life

Bailey graduated from North Kansas City High School and received a B.A. in English and Anthropology and a M. A. in English Literature from Northwest Missouri State University. He debuted as a fiction writer with the novel Frost, published by Timescape Books in 1983 and followed with two sequels and a few short stories during the next three years.
Bailey's works include Shadowdance, the Frost series, The Brothers of the Dragon, and Dragonkin fantasy trilogies and Swords Against the Shadowland, a novel interpolated in the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser series of sword and sorcery stories by Fritz Leiber. A direct sequel to Leiber's most famous story "Ill Met in Lankhmar", Swords Against the Shadowland was named one of the seven best fantasy novels of 1998 by genre newszine Science Fiction Chronicle. Bailey was a finalist for the annual Nebula Award for Best Novelette for "The Children's Crusade".
In conjunction with the Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society and the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas, Bailey and James Gunn founded the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1996. The Hall of Fame later merged under a special agreement with Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Enterprises and in 2004 it became part of the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle. The hall of fame is now a part of the larger EMP Museum. Beginning in 2013, it once again inducted people for contributions to fantasy, the original name also having been restored; Bailey continues to serve on its annual induction committee.
Before serving as SFWA president, Bailey was SFWA South-Central Regional Director for nine years; he was also the host of three of the Association's annual Nebula Awards Weekends, including two in Kansas City.; as a result, Bailey received a special "Service to SFWA Award" in 1998.

Works

Novels

  • Frost trilogy:
  • * Frost, Timescape Books, 1983 ; Tor Books, 1987,
  • * Skull Gate, Tor, 1985,
  • * Bloodsongs, Tor, 1986, Enchanter, Avon Books, 1989, — Zork The Lake of Fire, Bantam Books, 1989, — Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon, Book 4Night Watch, TSR Books, 1990, ... which was set in Greyhawk City even though the cover did not include the "Greyhawk Adventures" trade dress, and was instead chosen to launch a new imprint called TSR Books.The Lost City of Zork, Avon, 1991, — Zork fictionShadowdance, White Wolf Books, December 12, 1991,
  • Brothers of the Dragon trilogy:
  • * Brothers of the Dragon, Roc Books, 1992,
  • * Flames of the Dragon, Roc, 1994, ; UK title, Straight on til Mourning
  • * Triumph of the Dragon, Roc, 1995, ; UK title, The Palace of SoulsSwords Against the Shadowland, White Wolf Books, 1998,, reissue 2009 by Dark Horse Books — interpolated in Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser seriesNight's Angel, Meisha Merlin Books, 2002,
  • Dragonkin trilogy
  • * Dragonkin Vol 1, iBooks/Simon & Schuster, 2003,
  • * Dragonkin: Talisman, iBooks/S&S, 2004,
  • * Dragonkin: Undersky, iBooks/S&S, 2006, Turn Left to Tomorrow, Yard Dog Books, 2007, THE FANTASTIKON: Tales of Wonder, Yard Dog Press, June 2012,

As editor

Architects of Dreams: The SFWA Author-Emeritus Anthology, Meisha Merlin Books, 2003 Through My Glasses Darkly: Five Stories by Frank M. Robinson, KaCSFFS Press, 2002,

Short fiction

Thieves World stories

Graphic novels

The Spider, Judgement Knight, Art by Cortney Skinner, edited by Joe Gentile, Moonstone, 2009.

Poems

Change is Coming, edited by Prospero's Books Kansas City, MO, 2003Ecce Homo, The Badboy Book of Erotic Poetry, edited by David Laurents, Badboy 1995Thanksgiving,''The Badboy Book of Erotic Poetry, edited by David Laurents, Badboy 1995Jack, The Badboy Book of Erotic Poetry'', edited by David Laurents, Badboy 1995
  • 'In The Eye',"A Midsummer Night's Press", engraver Bernard Brussel-Smith 1998 only 126 copies
  • "Zombies in Oz and Other Undead Musing,", edited by Selina Rosen, Yard Dog Press, 2010.

Recording

Ebook editions

Shadowdance, E-Reads released 2012Frost, E-Reads released 2012Skull Gate'', E-Reads released 2012Bloodsongs, E-Reads released 202Swords Against the Shadowlands, E-Reads released 2012Touch of Moonlight, Skyrider Press 2012, Amazon KindleKeepers o Earth, Skyrider Press released 2012, Amazon KindleToy Soldiers,, Skyrider Press released 2012, Amazon KindleSaddle Tramps, Skyrider Press released 2012, Amazon KindleTwo to Tomorrow, Skyrider Press released 2012, Amazon KindlePayday, Skyrider Press released 2012, Amazon KindleChildren's Crusade, Skyrider Press released 2013, Amazon KindleDragonkin, Vol 1, Amazon Kindle 2013Turn Left to Tomorrow, Amazon Kindle 2013THE FANTASTIKON: Tales of Wonder, Amazon Kindle 2013
  • "Zombies in Oz and Other Undead Musing", Amazon Kindle 2013

Audiobook editions

Shadowdance, Audible Books, 2012Frost, Audible Books, 2012Skull Gate, Audible Books, 2012Bloodsongs, Audible Books, 2012