L Sprague de Camp
One of the grandmasters of the Golden Age of science fiction, L. Sprague de Camp wrote more than 120 science fiction and fantasy books, many more short stories, and a wealth of non-fiction books in the subjects of history, science, and biography.
Born in New York in 1907, de Camp earned a degree in aeronautical engineering from CalTech and a master's degree from Stevens Institute. 
During World War II, he was a lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve. He began publishing at age 30 and kept writing at a steady pace for the rest of his life, only his military service interrupting his writing.
Well-loved for his humorous fantasy, de Camp has won myriad awards including a Gandalf, International Fantasy Award, Forrie Award, Nebulas, Robert Bloch award, Pilgrim Award, and induction into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Even his autobiography won a Hugo-perhaps because his adventurous life has included research done on Easter Island, Uganda, Galapagos Islands, and the jungles of Guatemala.
One of his early creations were done in collaboration with Fletcher Pratt: Harold Shea, the Complete Enchanter. After Pratt's death, he carried on the series with fellow science fiction and fantasy writer, Christopher Stasheff.
de Camp died in 2000, seven months after the death of his co-author and wife of 60 years, Catherine De Camp.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Harold Shea |
Science Fiction/Fantasy: |
The Incompleat Enchanter |
The Wheels of If |
The Castle of Iron |
The Tritonian Ring |
Wall of Serpents |
The Undesired Princess |
Sir Harold and the Gnome King |
The Continent Makers |
The Enchanter Reborn |
Tales From Gavagan’s Bar |
The Exotic Enchanter |
Heroes and Hobgoblins |
The Honorable Barbarian |
A Gun for Dinosaur |
Demons and Dinosaurs |
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Jorian |
The Reluctant Shaman |
The Goblin Tower |
Phantoms and Fancies |
The Clocks of Iraz |
Scribblings |
The Unbeheaded King |
The Purple Pterodactyls |
The Reluctant King |
The Virgin of Zesh and the Tower of Zanid |
Blond Barbarians and Noble Savages |
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Incorporated Knight |
The Intrepid Enchanter |
The Incorporated Knight |
Rivers of Time |
The Pixalated Peeress |
Down in the Bottomlands |
A Planet Called Krishna |
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Conan (contributed) |
Cosmic Manhunt |
Tales of Conan |
Creatures of the Cosmos |
The Return of Conan |
Divide and Rule |
Conan the Adventurer |
Genus Homo |
Conan the Usurper |
Lest Darkness Fall |
Conan the Warrior |
Rogue Queen |
Conan of the Isles |
Solomon’s Stone |
Conan the Freebooter |
Tales Beyond Time |
Conan the Buccaneer |
The Bones of Zora |
Conan the Liberator |
The Carnelian Cube |
Conan and The Spider God |
The Fallible Fiend |
The Treasure of Tranicos |
The Fantastic Swordsman |
Sagas of Conan |
The Floating Continent |
Historical Fiction |
The Glory That Was |
An Elephant for Aristotle |
The Great Fetish |
Aristotle and the Gun |
The Hand of Zei |
The Dragon of Ishtar Gate |
The Hostage of Zir |
The Arrows of Hercules |
The Land of Unreason |
The Golden Wind |
The Prisoner of Zhamanak |
The Bronze God of Rhodes |
The Queen of Zamba |
The Search for Zei |
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Non-fiction |
The Spell of Conan |
The Great Monkey Trial |
The Spell of Seven |
Lost Continents |
The Stones of Nomuru |
Al Azif: The Necronomicon |
The Swords of Zinjaban |
The Ancient Engineers |
The Tower of Zanad |
Dark Valley Destiny: The Life of Robert E. Howard |
The Venom Trees of Sunga |
H.P. Lovecraft: A biography |
The Virgin and the Wheels |
The Ape-Man Within |
Warlocks & Warriors |
Time and Chance: An Autobiography |
