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Who are David & Leigh Eddings? On this page, I try to find the answer.
David Eddings was born in Spokane, Washington State in 1931 and grew up near Seattle, in the Puget Sound area.
Born on July the 7th 1931, Spokane, Washington. Married to Judith Leigh Schall the 27 October 1962. David Eddings worked a period as a sales clerk at Boeing Co. He has also worked as an English teacher at University. David Eddings served in the U.S. Army while the years 1954-1956.
He made his debut in 1973 with the book 'High Hunt'. An adventure story in a modern environment. In 1982 the first book of 'The Belgariad' was published and became a big success. Their (David & Leigh) latest book is named 'Polgara the Sorceress'.
David Eddings once wrote the following about himself: 'My current excursion into fantasy has given me an opportunity to test my technical theories [on writing]. I made a world that never was, with an unlikely theology splattered against an improbable geology. My magic is at best a kind of pragmatic cop--out. Many of my explanations of how magic is supposed to work are absurdities - but my characters all accept these explanations as if there was no quibbling about them, and if the characters believe, then the readers seem also to believe. Maybe that's the "real" magic. That's the basic formula for fantasy. Take a bit of magic, mix well with a few open-ended Jungian archetypal myths, make your people sweat and smell and get hungry at inopportune moments, throw in a ponderous prehistory, and let nature take it's course.
He has lived in many parts of the United States, and is recently living in Northwest America, Carson City (Nevada), with his wife Leigh.
If you want to get in touch with Eddings, fan-mail questions etc. Send a fan-snail-mail-letter to Del Rey Books:
Del Rey Books
201 East 50th Street
NY
NY 10022 USA.
And ask them to forward your letter to Eddings.
Pawn Of Prophecy
Queen Of Sorcery
Magicians Gambit
Castle of Wizardry
Enchanters End Game
The Mallorean
Guardians Of The West
King Of The Murgos
Demon Lord Of Karanda
Sorceress Of Darshiva
Seeress Of Kell
The Elenium :
The Diamond Throne
The Ruby Knight
The Sapphire Rose
The Tamuli :
Domes Of Fire
The Shining Ones
The Hidden City