L. Sprague de Camp

Lyon Sprague de Camp, (November 27 1907, New York City – November 6 2000, Plano, Texas) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. In a writer career spanning fifty years he wrote over 100 novels, along with notable works of nonfiction, including biographies of other important fantasy authors.

Novels

 * The Return of Conan (novel) &bull; with Björn Nyberg &bull; Gnome Press 1957
 * also published as Conan the Avenger
 * Conan of the Isles (novel) &bull; with Lin Carter &bull; Lancer 1968
 * Conan the Buccaneer (novel) &bull; with Lin Carter &bull; Lancer 1971
 * Conan the Liberator (novel) &bull; with Lin Carter &bull; Bantam 1979
 * Conan and the Spider God (novel) &bull; Bantam 1980
 * Conan the Barbarian (novel) &bull; with Lin Carter &bull; Bantam 1982

Shorter fiction

 * "The Blood-Stained God" &bull; with Robert E. Howard
 * "Hawks Over Shem" &bull; with Robert E. Howard
 * "The Road of the Eagles" &bull; with Robert E. Howard
 * The Flame Knife (novella) &bull; with Robert E. Howard
 * Conan:The Treasure of Tranicos (novella) &bull; with Robert E. Howard
 * "The Drums of Tombalku" (novelette) &bull; with Robert E. Howard
 * "Black Tears" (novelette) &bull; with Lin Carter

Collections

 * Tales of Conan (collection) &bull; with Robert E. Howard &bull; Gnome Press 1955
 * Conan the Adventurer (collection) &bull; with Robert E. Howard &bull; Lancer 1966
 * Conan the Usurper (collection) &bull; with Robert E. Howard &bull; Lancer 1967
 * Conan (collection) &bull; with Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter &bull; Lancer 1968
 * Conan the Warrior (collection) &bull; with Robert E. Howard &bull; Lancer 1967
 * Conan the Freebooter (collection) &bull; with Robert E. Howard &bull; Lancer 1968
 * Conan the Wanderer (collection) &bull; with Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter &bull; Lancer 1968
 * Conan of Cimmeria (collection) &bull; with Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter &bull; Lancer 1969
 * Conan of Aquilonia (collection) &bull; with Lin Carter &bull; Ace 1977
 * Conan the Swordsman (collection) &bull; with Lin Carter and Björn Nyberg &bull; Bantam 1978

Omnibuses

 * The Conan Chronicles (omnibus) &bull; with Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter &bull; Sphere 1989
 * The Conan Chronicles 2 (omnibus) &bull; with Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter &bull; Orbit 1990
 * Sagas of Conan (omnibus) &bull; with Lin Carter and Björn Nyberg &bull; Tor 2004

Trivia

 * On the subject of Howard and Conan, L. de Camp states the following in his book Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: The Makers of Heroic Fantasy concerning an interview with J. R. R. Tolkien: "We sat in the garage for a couple of hours, smoking pipes, drinking beer, and talking about a variety of things. Practically anything in English literature, from Beowulf down, Tolkien had read and could talk intelligently about. He indicated that he 'rather liked' Howard's Conan stories."=