Deborah Chester is an American

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 author

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 of over 35 books, primarily science fiction

Science fiction

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 and fantasy novels

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. She currently holds the John Crain Presidential Professor

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ship at the University of Oklahoma

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, teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses on writing style and structure in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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Chester began her career penning romance novel

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s but eventually moved into a variety of genres including adult fiction, science fiction, and fantasy. She has written novels based on popular science fiction television series such as Lucasfilm

Lucasfilm

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's Alien Chronicles and Gene Roddenberry

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's Earth 2

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Ace Books

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 released Chester's newest novel, The Pearls, on November 27, 2007.

Dain

1. Dain: The Queen's Gambit (2002)
2. Dain: The King Betrayed (2003)
3. Dain: The Queen's Knight (2004)
4. Dain: The King Imperiled (2005)

The Sword, the Ring and the Chalice

1. The Sword (2000)
2. The Ring (2000)
3. The Chalice (2001)

Anthi

1. The Children of Anthi (1985 - as Jay D. Blakeney)
2. Requiem for Anthi (1990 - as Jay D. Blakeney)

Operation Starhawks

1. Space Hawks (1990 - as Sean Dalton)
2. Code Name Peregrine (1990 - as Sean Dalton)
3. Beyond the Void (1991 - as Sean Dalton)
4. The Rostma Lure (1991 - as Sean Dalton)
5. Destination Mutiny (1991 - as Sean Dalton)
6. The Salukan Gambit (1992 - as Sean Dalton)

Time-Trap

• Time Trap (1992 - as Sean Dalton)
• Showdown (1992 - as Sean Dalton)
• Pieces of Eight (1992 - as Sean Dalton)
• Restoration (1994 - as Sean Dalton)
• Turncoat (1994 - as Sean Dalton)
• Termination (1995 - as Sean Dalton)

Other Novels

• A Love So Wild (1979)
• French Slippers (1981)
• The Sign of the Owl (1981)
• Royal Intrigue (1982)
• Summer's Rapture (1983)
• Hearts Desire (1983)
• Burning Secrets (1984)
• Sweet Passions (1985)
• The Omcri Matrix (1987 - as Jay D. Blakeney)
• Captured Hearts (1989)
• The Goda War (1989 - as Jay D. Blakeney)

Short Fiction

• "The Street that Forgot Time" short story in Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary
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  (2009)