Who is the author of young adult tetralogy of high fantasy novels that contain the fictional race, the Urgal?
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Urgal (disambiguation) The Urgals are a fictional race in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle. Urgal may also refer to:
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Inheritance Cycle The Inheritance Cycle is a young adult tetralogy of high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini. Set in the fictional world of Alagaësia ( ), the novels focus on the adventures of a teenage boy named Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, as they struggle to overthrow the evil king Galbatorix. The series was originally intended to be a trilogy (named the "Inheritance Trilogy") until Paolini announced on October 30, 2007, while working on the third novel, that he believed the story was too complex to conclude in just three books.
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The Serpentwar Saga The Serpentwar Saga is a series of fantasy novels set in Midkemia by the author Raymond E. Feist. The novels revolve around two characters, Erik von Darkmoor and Roo Avery and also includes a host of previous characters from past novels, including Nakor, Pug, Macros the Black, Calis and Jimmy. It tells of the struggles of the Kingdom against a massive army on the distant continent of Novindus.
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Melissa Walker Melissa Walker (born June 4, 1977) is an American author, working primarily in the young adult (teen) genre. She is also a freelance writer and has held several editorial positions at American magazines.
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List of hobbit families Hobbits are a fictional race in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth books. They first appear in "The Hobbit" and play an important role in the book "The Lord of the Rings".
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Neverwinter Saga Neverwinter Saga is a saga written in the Forgotten Realms campaign world, a popular "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing setting, by fantasy and science fiction author R.A. Salvatore. The tetralogy begins with "Gauntlgrym" which is set twenty-four years after the events of "The Ghost King". "Gauntlgrym" is also the twentieth book concerning one of Salvatore's famous characters, Drizzt Do'Urden. The saga contains "Gauntlgrym", "Neverwinter", "Charon's Claw", and "The Last Threshold". This tetralogy is preceded by The Transitions Series.
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Victoria Strauss Victoria Strauss (born in 1955, in Exeter, New Hampshire) is the author of nine fantasy novels for adults and young adults, including the "Stone" series ("The Arm of the Stone" and "The Garden of the Stone") and the "Way of Arata" series ("The Burning Land" and "The Awakened City"). She has written hundreds of book reviews for magazines and ezines, including SF Site and "Fantasy" magazine, and her articles on writing have appeared in "Writer's Digest" and elsewhere. In 2006, she served as a judge for the World Fantasy Awards.
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Carrie Jones Carrie Jones is an American author, known for her work in young adult fiction. She has written both fantasy and non-fantasy novels, including the paranormal series "Need". Jones has received multiple awards and appeared on the "New York Times" Best Seller list.
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The Illmoor Chronicles The Illmoor Chronicles is a series of fantasy books for children written by English author David Lee Stone. The books are all set in the world of Illmoor, a fictional continent.
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Animorphs Animorphs is a science fantasy series of young adult books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all six main characters taking turns narrating the books through their own perspectives. Horror, war, dehumanization, sanity, morality, innocence, leadership, freedom and growing up are the core themes of the series.
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R. A. Salvatore Robert Anthony Salvatore (born January 20, 1959), who writes under the name R. A. Salvatore, is an American author best known for "The DemonWars Saga", his "Forgotten Realms" novels, for which he created the popular character Drizzt Do'Urden, and "Vector Prime", the first novel in the "Star Wars: The New Jedi Order" series. He has sold more than 15 million copies of his books in the United States alone and twenty-two of his titles have been "New York Times" best-sellers.
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Scott Westerfeld Scott David Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known as the author of the "Uglies" and the "Leviathan" series.
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Katherine Kurtz Katherine Irene Kurtz is an American fantasy writer, known for her sixteen historical fantasy novels in the "Deryni" series. She also wrote several occult alternate history novels in her "Templar" series, and urban fantasy novels in her "Adept" series.
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The Saga of Seven Suns The Saga of Seven Suns is a series of seven space opera novels written by Kevin J. Anderson and published between 2002 and 2008. The books are set in a not-too-distant future where humans have colonized a number of other planets across the galaxy, thanks in part to technological assistance from an ancient alien race, the Ildirans. The series chronicles the universe-spanning war that erupts when humans inadvertently ignite the fury of a hidden empire of elemental aliens known as the hydrogues. Internal conflict is sparked within both the human and Ildiran empires as other ancient elemental races reappear to renew their own ancient war with the hydrogues.
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Un Lun Dun Un Lun Dun is a young adult fantasy novel by China Miéville, released in 2007. The title is derived from 'UnLondon,' the name of the alternate realm where the book is set. It also contains illustrations by Miéville. It was first released as a hardback in the United Kingdom in January 2007 by Macmillan Publishers, then in the United States on 13 February 2007 by Del Rey Books. The novel also won the 2008 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book.
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Paolo Bacigalupi Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi (born August 6, 1972) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.
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Dragonsong Dragonsong is a science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. Released by Atheneum Books in March 1976, it was the third to appear in the "Dragonriders of Pern" series by Anne or her son Todd McCaffrey. In its time, however, "Dragonsong" brought the fictional planet Pern to a new publisher, editor, and target audience of young adults, and soon became the first book in the "Harper Hall of Pern" trilogy. The original "Dragonriders of Pern" trilogy with Ballantine Books was not completed until after the publication of "Dragonsong" and its sequel.
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Rand al'Thor Rand al'Thor, also known as the Dragon Reborn, is the main character and protagonist of "The Wheel of Time", a series of fantasy novels by Robert Jordan.
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Women of the Otherworld Women of the Otherworld is the name of a fantasy series by Canadian author Kelley Armstrong.
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Species of The Saga of Seven Suns The races and Species of "The Saga of Seven Suns" are the assortment of humans and aliens represented in "The Saga of Seven Suns" series of science fiction novels written by Kevin J. Anderson and its sequel trilogy "The Saga of Shadows".
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Maureen F. McHugh Maureen F. McHugh (born February 13, 1959) is a science fiction and fantasy writer.
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Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II is an anthology of fantasy novellas, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fifty-sixth volume of its "Ballantine Adult Fantasy series" in March, 1973. It was the eighth such anthology assembled by Carter for the series.