John Maddox Roberts is an author

Author

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 who has written many science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 and fantasy

Fantasy

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 novels, including his successful historical fiction

Historical fiction

Historical fiction tells a story that is set in the past. That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual historical persons, but the principal characters tend to be fictional...

, such as the SPQR series

SPQR series

The SPQR series is a collection of detective stories by John Maddox Roberts set in the time of the Roman Republic. SPQR is a Latin initialism for Senatus Populusque Romanus , the official name of the Republic.The stories are told in first-person form by Senator Decius...

 and Hannibal's Children

Hannibal's Children

Hannibal's Children is the 2002 alternate history novel by John Maddox Roberts.-Plot introduction:The Carthaginians won the Second Punic War against the Romans. The defeated Romans were forced to go into exile north of the Danube River...

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He published his first book in 1977, The Strayed Sheep of Charum.

In 1989, Roberts published his first mystery The King's Gambit, set in ancient Rome. The book was nominated for the Edgar Award

Edgar Award

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 as best mystery of year.
. The King's Gambit is the first in Maddox's SPQR series

SPQR series

The SPQR series is a collection of detective stories by John Maddox Roberts set in the time of the Roman Republic. SPQR is a Latin initialism for Senatus Populusque Romanus , the official name of the Republic.The stories are told in first-person form by Senator Decius...

 of mysteries.

Personal

He has lived in various places in the United States as well as in Scotland, England and Mexico. He was in the US Army 1967-70, and did a tour in Vietnam

Vietnam War

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. After he returned, he became a Green Beret.

He lives with his wife in Estancia, New Mexico

Estancia, New Mexico

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Cingulum series

• The Cingulum (1985)
• Cloak Of Illusion
• The Sword, The Jewel, and The Mirror (1988)

Act Of God series

• Act Of God (1985) (with Eric Kotani)
• The Island Worlds (1987) (with Eric Kotani)
• Between The Stars (1988) (with Eric Kotani)
• Delta Pavonis (1990) (with Eric Kotani)

Conan series

• Conan the Valorous
  Conan the Valorous
  Conan the Valorousis a fantasy novel written by John Maddox Roberts featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in trade paperback by Tor Books in September 1985; a regular paperback edition followed from the same publisher in September...
  
  (1985)
• Conan the Champion
  Conan the Champion
  Conan the Championis a fantasy novel written by John Maddox Roberts featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in April 1987 and reprinted in January 1989...
  
  (1987)
• Conan the Marauder
  Conan the Marauder
  Conan the Marauder is a fantasy novel written by John Maddox Roberts featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in January 1988, and reprinted in 1992...
  
  (1988)
• Conan the Bold
  Conan the Bold
  Conan the Bold is a fantasy novel written by John Maddox Roberts featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in April 1989 and reprinted in June 1997.-Plot:...
  
  (1989)
• Conan the Rogue
  Conan the Rogue
  Conan the Rogue is a fantasy novel written by John Maddox Roberts featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian...
  
  (1991)
• Conan and the Manhunters
  Conan and the Manhunters
  Conan and the Manhunters is a fantasy novel written by John Maddox Roberts featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian...
  
  (1994)
• Conan and the Treasure of Python
  Conan and the Treasure of Python
  Conan and the Treasure of Python is a fantasy novel written by John Maddox Roberts featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian...
  
  (1994)
• Conan and the Amazon
  Conan and the Amazon
  Conan and the Amazon is a fantasy novel written by John Maddox Roberts featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in April 1995...
  
  (1995)

Falconer Series

An action series telling the story of a Crusader returning to Europe to seek vengeance on his father's killers (each written under the pen name of Mark Ramsay)

• The Falcon Strikes
• The Black Pope
• The Bloody Cross (1982)
• The King's Treasure (1983)

Gabe Treloar series

• A Typical American Town (1994)
• Ghosts of Saigon (1996)
• Desperate Highways (1997)

SPQR series

SPQR series

The SPQR series is a collection of detective stories by John Maddox Roberts set in the time of the Roman Republic. SPQR is a Latin initialism for Senatus Populusque Romanus , the official name of the Republic.The stories are told in first-person form by Senator Decius...

Mystery series set in Ancient Rome

• SPQR (1990) (also SPQR I: The King's Gambit)
• The Catiline Conspiracy (1991)
• The Sacrilege (1992)
• The Temple Of The Muses (1999)
• Saturnalia (1999)
• Nobody Loves A Centurion (2001)
• The Tribune's Curse (2003)
• The River God's Vengeance (2004)
• The Princess and the Pirates (2005)
• A Point of Law (2006)
• Under Vesuvius (2007)
• Oracle of the Dead (December 9, 2008)
• The Year of Confusion (February 16, 2010)

Stormlands series

• The Islander (1990)
• The Black Shields (1991)
• The Poisoned Lands (1992)
• The Steel Kings (1993)
• Queens of Land and Sea (1994)

Individual novels

• Cestus Dei (1983)
• The Strayed Sheep Of Charun (1977)
• King Of The Wood (1983)
• The Enigma Variations (1989)
• Delta Pavonis (with Eric Kotani) (1990)
• Legacy of Prometheus (2000)
• Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams (2000)

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