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William H. Keith Jr.

November 18, 2023

For other people named William Keith, see William Keith (disambiguation).

William H. Keith (born August 8, 1950) is an American author mainly contributing to military science fiction and military fiction and related game design, who writes also under several pen names, such as Ian Douglas, Robert Cain and H. Jay Riker. His newer original works are written under the name of Ian Douglas.

William H. Keith Jr.
Born (1950-08-08) August 8, 1950 (age 73)
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
GenreMilitary fiction
Science fiction

Early life edit

William H. Keith grew up with his brother J. Andrew Keith.[1]

William H. Keith served in the United States Navy as a hospital corpsman from 1969 to 1972 during the Vietnam War era.

Career edit

William H. Keith Jr. and his brother J. Andrew Keith had seen ads in Journal of the Travellers Aid Society that stated that Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) was seeking authors; Loren Wiseman brought them on to begin freelancing for GDW in 1978 or 1979, and together the three of them set up a lot of the early tone for the Traveller universe.[1]: 56  William Keith also helped to define the graphical vision of that era of Traveller books.[1]: 56  The Keith brothers were making enough money that they were able to freelance full-time starting around 1979.[1]: 56  The Keith brothers began working for FASA by the end of 1980, with William Keith providing art for the magazine High Passage beginning in 1981.[1]: 119  FASA began getting into publishing adventures for Traveller beginning with Ordeal by Eshaar (1981) by the Keith brothers, who then wrote FASA's "Sky Raiders" trilogy (1981-1982).[1]: 119  William Keith designed the role-playing game Behind Enemy Lines (1982), the first RPG set in the 1940s.[1]: 120  When FASA ended its support of Traveller, the Keith brothers moved their Traveller writing to a new company called Gamelords, but continued working for FASA in other capacities.[1]: 120  The Keith brothers wrote seven supplements for Gamelords, including The Mountain Environment (1983), The Undersea Environment (1983), and The Desert Environment (1984).[1]: 131 

The Keith brothers did some work on the Chivalry & Sorcery line in 1984, and in 1985 they expanded into Fantasy Games Unlimited's other lines including Aftermath!, Daredevils, Flashing Blades, and Psi World.[1]: 75  The Keith brothers also designed Freedom Fighters (1986), one of the last role-playing games published by FGU.[1]: 75  William Keith authored Delta Force: America Strikes Back! (1986), the first role-playing game from Task Force Games.[1]: 116  In 1986, FASA began publishing fiction, starting with William Keith's Decision at Thunder Rift (1986).[1]: 122  Digest Group Publications' final publication, The MegaTraveller Journal #4 (1993), featured a huge campaign for MegaTraveller set in the Gateway sector, authored by William Keith.[1]: 206 

William Keith became a professional artist and writer, working in the game industry with his brother Andrew, particularly for Game Designers' Workshop and FASA before becoming a full-time author. Much of his early work, including the Warstrider series, the Freedom's Rangers series, the Cybernarc series, and the Invaders of Charon series, is currently out of print; 'Warstrider' will be re-released in 2014. He was also an early author for BattleTech, writing the saga of the Gray Death Legion.

Keith also writes under various pseudonyms and "house names", including Ian Douglas and H. Jay Riker, and is a shadow author of several books "by" celebrities. He has written extensively in Keith Laumer's Bolo series, contributing several short stories to the Bolo anthologies, as well as three full-length books, Bolo Brigade, Bolo Strike, and Bolo Rising. As Ian Douglas, he writes military science fiction: the Galactic Marines series (composed of the Heritage Trilogy, the Legacy Trilogy, and the Inheritance Trilogy), and the newer Star Carrier series. As H. Jay Riker he writes military fiction: a series about the United States Navy SEALs progression from World War II through the Vietnam War, Desert Storm, and Iraqi Freedom, and another series, The Silent Service, about the United States submarine service.

Other novels include Diplomatic Act with Peter Jurasik, and Two of Minds, nominated for a Newbery Award. He also continued Keith Laumer's Retief series with Retief's Peace. His first non-fiction book, The Science of the Craft, was published in 2005; it is about the link between witchcraft and science.

Keith's recent work includes three books in Stephen Coonts' Deep Black series; a police procedural/detective novel in the Android universe; and a new series about Navy Hospital Corpsmen in the future.

Keith, a Wiccan and a Reiki master, is also a member of Western Pennsylvania Mensa.[citation needed]

Bibliography edit

Main article: William H. Keith Jr. bibliography
Significant works

Writing as William H. Keith Jr.:

BattleTech series

  • Decision at Thunder Rift (1986) ISBN 978-0-451-45221-4; reprinted as ISBN 978-0-14-017549-3, ISBN 978-0-931787-69-0, ISBN 978-0-451-45184-2, and ISBN 978-3-453-03889-9
  • Mercenary's Star (1987) ISBN 978-1-55560-030-3; reprinted as ISBN 978-0-451-45194-1 and ISBN 978-0-14-017550-9
  • The Price of Glory (1987) ISBN 978-1-55560-038-9; reprinted as ISBN 978-0-451-45217-7, ISBN 978-0-14-017551-6, and ISBN 978-3-453-03891-2
  • Blood of Heroes (with J. Andrew Keith) (1993) ISBN 978-0-451-45259-7
  • Tactics of Duty (1995) ISBN 978-0-451-45382-2, reprinted as ISBN 978-0-451-45490-4
  • Operation Excalibur (1996) ISBN 978-0-451-45526-0, reprinted as ISBN 978-3-453-10927-8


Writing as Ian Douglas:

Heritage Trilogy

Legacy Trilogy

Inheritance Trilogy

Star Corpsman Series

Star Carrier series

  1. Earth Strike (2010) ISBN 978-0-06-184025-8
  2. Center of Gravity (2011) ISBN 978-0-06-184026-5
  3. Singularity (2012) ISBN 978-0-06-184027-2
  4. Deep Space (2013) ISBN 978-0-06-218380-4
  5. Dark Matter (2014) ISBN 978-0-06-218399-6
  6. Deep Time (2015) ISBN 978-0-06-218405-4
  7. Dark Mind (4-25-2017) ISBN 978-0-06-236898-0
  8. Bright Light (11-27-2018) ISBN 978-0062369017
  9. Stargods (11-26-2020) ISBN 978-0062369031

Andromedan Dark

Solar Warden


Writing as Robert Cain:

Cybernarc series


Writing as H. Jay Riker

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  2. ^ Douglas, Ian (October 25, 2016). Altered Starscape: Andromedan Dark: Book One. Harper Voyager. ISBN 978-0062379191.

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linksEarly life editWilliam H Keith grew up with his brother J Andrew Keith 1 William H Keith served in the United States Navy as a hospital corpsman from 1969 to 1972 during the Vietnam War era Career editWilliam H Keith Jr and his brother J Andrew Keith had seen ads in Journal of the Travellers Aid Society that stated that Game Designers Workshop GDW was seeking authors Loren Wiseman brought them on to begin freelancing for GDW in 1978 or 1979 and together the three of them set up a lot of the early tone for the Traveller universe 1 56 William Keith also helped to define the graphical vision of that era of Traveller books 1 56 The Keith brothers were making enough money that they were able to freelance full time starting around 1979 1 56 The Keith brothers began working for FASA by the end of 1980 with William Keith providing art for the magazine High Passage beginning in 1981 1 119 FASA began getting into publishing adventures for Traveller beginning with Ordeal by Eshaar 1981 by the Keith brothers who then wrote FASA s Sky Raiders trilogy 1981 1982 1 119 William Keith designed the role playing game Behind Enemy Lines 1982 the first RPG set in the 1940s 1 120 When FASA ended its support of Traveller the Keith brothers moved their Traveller writing to a new company called Gamelords but continued working for FASA in other capacities 1 120 The Keith brothers wrote seven supplements for Gamelords including The Mountain Environment 1983 The Undersea Environment 1983 and The Desert Environment 1984 1 131 The Keith brothers did some work on the Chivalry amp Sorcery line in 1984 and in 1985 they expanded into Fantasy Games Unlimited s other lines including Aftermath Daredevils Flashing Blades and Psi World 1 75 The Keith brothers also designed Freedom Fighters 1986 one of the last role playing games published by FGU 1 75 William Keith authored Delta Force America Strikes Back 1986 the first role playing game from Task Force Games 1 116 In 1986 FASA began publishing fiction starting with William Keith s Decision at Thunder Rift 1986 1 122 Digest Group Publications final publication The MegaTraveller Journal 4 1993 featured a huge campaign for MegaTraveller set in the Gateway sector authored by William Keith 1 206 William Keith became a professional artist and writer working in the game industry with his brother Andrew particularly for Game Designers Workshop and FASA before becoming a full time author Much of his early work including the Warstrider series the Freedom s Rangers series the Cybernarc series and the Invaders of Charon series is currently out of print Warstrider will be re released in 2014 He was also an early author for BattleTech writing the saga of the Gray Death Legion Keith also writes under various pseudonyms and house names including Ian Douglas and H Jay Riker and is a shadow author of several books by celebrities He has written extensively in Keith Laumer s Bolo series contributing several short stories to the Bolo anthologies as well as three full length books Bolo Brigade Bolo Strike and Bolo Rising As Ian Douglas he writes military science fiction the Galactic Marines series composed of the Heritage Trilogy the Legacy Trilogy and the Inheritance Trilogy and the newer Star Carrier series As H Jay Riker he writes military fiction a series about the United States Navy SEALs progression from World War II through the Vietnam War Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom and another series The Silent Service about the United States submarine service Other novels include Diplomatic Act with Peter Jurasik and Two of Minds nominated for a Newbery Award He also continued Keith Laumer s Retief series with Retief s Peace His first non fiction book The Science of the Craft was published in 2005 it is about the link between witchcraft and science Keith s recent work includes three books in Stephen Coonts Deep Black series a police procedural detective novel in the Android universe and a new series about Navy Hospital Corpsmen in the future Keith a Wiccan and a Reiki master is also a member of Western Pennsylvania Mensa citation needed Bibliography editMain article William H Keith Jr bibliography Significant worksWriting as William H Keith Jr BattleTech series Decision at Thunder Rift 1986 ISBN 978 0 451 45221 4 reprinted as ISBN 978 0 14 017549 3 ISBN 978 0 931787 69 0 ISBN 978 0 451 45184 2 and ISBN 978 3 453 03889 9 Mercenary s Star 1987 ISBN 978 1 55560 030 3 reprinted as ISBN 978 0 451 45194 1 and ISBN 978 0 14 017550 9 The Price of Glory 1987 ISBN 978 1 55560 038 9 reprinted as ISBN 978 0 451 45217 7 ISBN 978 0 14 017551 6 and ISBN 978 3 453 03891 2 Blood of Heroes with J Andrew Keith 1993 ISBN 978 0 451 45259 7 Tactics of Duty 1995 ISBN 978 0 451 45382 2 reprinted as ISBN 978 0 451 45490 4 Operation Excalibur 1996 ISBN 978 0 451 45526 0 reprinted as ISBN 978 3 453 10927 8Writing as Ian Douglas Heritage Trilogy Semper Mars 1998 ISBN 978 0 380 78828 6 Luna Marine 1999 ISBN 978 0 380 78829 3 Europa Strike 2000 ISBN 978 0 380 78830 9Legacy Trilogy Star Corps 2003 ISBN 978 0 380 81824 2 Battlespace 2006 ISBN 978 0 380 81825 9 Star Marines 2007 ISBN 978 0 380 81826 6Inheritance Trilogy Star Strike 2008 ISBN 978 0 06 123858 1 Galactic Corps 2008 ISBN 978 0 06 123862 8 Semper Human 2009 ISBN 978 0 06 123864 2Star Corpsman Series Bloodstar 2012 ISBN 978 0 06 189476 3 Abyss Deep 2013 ISBN 978 0 06 189477 0Star Carrier series Earth Strike 2010 ISBN 978 0 06 184025 8 Center of Gravity 2011 ISBN 978 0 06 184026 5 Singularity 2012 ISBN 978 0 06 184027 2 Deep Space 2013 ISBN 978 0 06 218380 4 Dark Matter 2014 ISBN 978 0 06 218399 6 Deep Time 2015 ISBN 978 0 06 218405 4 Dark Mind 4 25 2017 ISBN 978 0 06 236898 0 Bright Light 11 27 2018 ISBN 978 0062369017 Stargods 11 26 2020 ISBN 978 0062369031Andromedan Dark Altered Starscape 2016 ISBN 978 0 06 237919 1 2 Darkness Falling 2017 ISBN 978 0 06 237922 1Solar Warden Alien Secrets 2020 ISBN 978 0 06 282538 4 Alien Hostiles 2021 ISBN 978 0 06 282540 7 Alien Agendas 2023 ISBN 978 0 06 329946 7Writing as Robert Cain Cybernarc series Cybernarc 1991 ISBN 978 0 06 100208 3 Gold Dragon 1991 ISBN 978 0 06 100283 0 Island Kill 1992 ISBN 978 0 06 100385 1 Capo s Revenge 1992 ISBN 978 0 06 100461 2 Shark Bait 1992 ISBN 978 0 06 100462 9 End Game 1993 ISBN 978 0 06 100463 6Writing as H Jay Riker SEALS The Warrior Breed series Silver Star 1993 ISBN 0 380 76967 0 Purple Heart 1994 ISBN 0 380 76969 7 Bronze Star 1995 ISBN 0 380 76970 0 Navy Cross 1996 ISBN 0 380 78555 2 Medal of Honor 1997 ISBN 0 380 78556 0 Marks of Valor 1998 ISBN 0 380 78557 9 In Harm s Way 1999 ISBN 0 380 79507 8 Duty s Call 2000 ISBN 0 380 79508 6 Casualties of War 2003 ISBN 0 380 79510 8 Enduring Freedom 2005 ISBN 0 06 058597 8 Iraqi Freedom 2007 ISBN 0 06 058607 9 Silent Service Series Grayback Class 2000 ISBN 0 380 80466 2 Los Angeles Class 2001 ISBN 0 380 80467 0 Seawolf Class 2002 ISBN 0 380 80468 9 Virginia Class 2004 ISBN 0 06 052438 3 Ohio Class 2006 ISBN 0 06 052439 1References edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Shannon Appelcline 2011 Designers amp Dragons Mongoose Publishing ISBN 978 1 907702 58 7 Douglas Ian October 25 2016 Altered Starscape Andromedan Dark Book One Harper Voyager ISBN 978 0062379191 External links editAuthor s Homepage William H Keith Jr at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William H Keith Jr amp oldid 1137139739, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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