Dave Morris (writer)
| David John Morris | |
|---|---|
| Born |
19 March 1957 Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Genre | Graphic novels, videogames, science fiction, fantasy |
| Spouse | Roz Morris |
| Website | |
| mirabilis-yearofwonders |
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Dave Morris (born in 1957) is a British author of gamebooks, novels and comics and a designer of computer games and role-playing games.
Dave Morris is a graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford, where he read Physics from 1976–79.
He is co-creator of the Fabled Lands series, and also wrote for the Virtual Reality,Blood Sword, and Golden Dragon series, as well as penning a single Fighting Fantasy gamebook, (The Keep of the Lich Lord) and a number of TV and movie novelisations.
He also wrote, with Oliver Johnson, the book series Dragon Warriors (1984–1986) for Games Workshop.Dragon Warriors is a role-playing game but is often mistaken for a gamebook because of its paperback format. The game, a cult hit for Transworld in the 1980s, was republished in 2009 by Magnum Opus press.
Morris has frequently collaborated with other gamebook writers, notably Jamie Thomson (Fabled Lands and The Keep of the Lich Lord) and Oliver Johnson (Blood Sword, Dragon Warriors and Golden Dragon). He has worked with many illustrators including Russ Nicholson,Siku, Iain McCaig, Leo Hartas, and Martin McKenna.
His original novels include Knightmare (a historical fantasy adventure series set in the early 13th century that ties in with the television series of that name), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the contemporary horror novel Lost Souls. Another horror novel, Florien, was published as an ebook in 2010. In 2008 his episodic comic strip Mirabilis began weekly publication in Random House's subscription-based magazine The DFC. Working with artist Leo Hartas, Morris founded electronic publisher Mirus Entertainment and published Mirabilis for the iPad in December 2010.
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