![]() ![]() McKillip, Steven Erikson, and Tim Powers. The writers he most admires are Patricia A. Tolkien, Roger Zelazny, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, and William Faulkner. Donaldson earned his bachelor's degree from The College of Wooster and master's degree from Kent State University.ĭonaldson's work is heavily influenced by other fantasy authors such as J.R.R. Donaldson spent the years between the ages of 3 and 16 living in India, where his father was working as an orthopaedic surgeon. His father, James, was a medical missionary and his mother, Ruth, a prosthetist (a person skilled in making or fitting prosthetic devices). He has also written non-fiction under the pen name Reed Stephens. ![]() Stephen Reeder Donaldson is an American fantasy, science fiction, and mystery novelist in the United Kingdom he is usually called "Stephen Donaldson" (without the "R"). ![]()
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