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The software version from Gremlin Graphics went straight to number one. One of his most successful series was The Way of the Tiger, six linked adventures about a ninja hero, written with Mark Smith. The books have been published in Japan, France, USA, Italy and Sweden, with each title selling more than 60,000 copies in the UK alone. From 1984 to 1996 he was a prolific and best-selling author, usually publishing at least two titles per year. Jamie Thomson was an assistant editor at White Dwarf magazine from 1981 to 1984 and wrote a regular column for Warlock magazine. Morris also co-authored a book on the computer gaming industry, having worked as a game designer for Eidos and Microsoft, and is a former mentor in the American Film Institute’s Digital Content Lab. In 2008 his episodic comic strip Mirabilis began weekly publication in Random House’s subscription-based magazine The DFC. Working with artist Leo Hartas, Morris founded electronic publisher Mirus Entertainment and published Mirabilis for the iPad in December 2010.
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His original novels include Knightmare (a historical fantasy adventure series set in the early 13th century that ties in with the television series of that name), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the contemporary horror novel Lost Souls.
He has worked with many illustrators, including Russ Nicholson, Siku, Iain McCaig, Leo Hartas, and Martin McKenna. Morris has frequently collaborated with other gamebook writers, notably Jamie Thomson ( Fabled Lands and The Keep of the Lich Lord) and Oliver Johnson ( Blood Sword, Dragon Warriors and Golden Dragon). He also designed, with Oliver Johnson, the role-playing game Dragon Warriors.
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Beginning in July 2015, the makers of Fabled Lands launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund completion of Book Seven the Kickstarter campaign hit its base target within the first 45 minutes it was online.ĭave Morris is co-creator of the Fabled Lands series, and also wrote for the Virtual Reality, Blood Sword, and Golden Dragon series, as well as penning a Fighting Fantasy gamebook ( The Keep of the Lich Lord), and a number of TV and movie novelisations. The first two books were also printed under the name Quest in the U.S.
Originally planned as a twelve-book series, only six were released between 19 before the series was cancelled. The iconic cover art was by Kevin Jenkins, with Russ Nicholson and Arun Pottier providing maps and illustrations. The Fabled Lands series is the name of a series of Choose Your Own Adventure fantasy gamebooks written by established gamebook authors Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson, and published by Pan Books in the mid-1990s.