Walter Jon Williams


Walter Jon Williams is an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Previously he wrote nautical adventure fiction under the name Jon Williams, in particular, Privateers and Gentlemen, a series of historical novels set during the Age of Sail.
WWW walterjonwilliams.net

Career

Writing as Jon Williams, he designed the war game Tradition of Victory and role-playing game Promotions and Prizes, which were republished by Fantasy Games Unlimited as Heart of Oak and Privateers and Gentlemen. A role-playing game sourcebook for Cyberpunk called Hardwired was licensed by R. Talsorian Games, based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Williams.

Publications

Novels

An SF comedy of manners series about the aristocratic burglar Drake Maijstral. Collected as an omnibus, Ten Points for Style
A military science fiction/space opera series.
  • * The Praxis
  • * The Sundering
  • * Conventions of War
  • * Investments, novella
  • * Impersonations
  • * The Accidental War
  • * Fleet Elements
  • * Imperium Restored
  • Privateers and Gentlemen series, as Jon Williams
  • * To Glory Arise, originally The Privateer
  • * The Tern Schooner, originally The Yankee
  • * Brig of War, originally The Raider
  • * The Macedonian
  • * Cat Island
  • Dagmar Shaw series
A sci-fi thriller series involving crowdsourcing and alternate reality games.

Short fiction collections

Facets Frankensteins and Foreign Devils
  • ''The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories''

Notable short fiction