Leonard Paul Carpenter (born 1948) is an American technical writer and author

Author

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 of fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 and 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...

. An account identifying Carpenter as a pseudonym of a supposed Bulgarian author named Plamen Mitrev, appears to be false.

Works

Among Carpenter's works are eleven Conan

Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian is a fictional sword and sorcery hero that originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films , television programs, video games, roleplaying games and other media...

 novels published by Tor Books

Tor Books

Tor Books is one of two imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint. The company was founded...

, which he claims "make him the most prolific contributor, living or dead, to the Conan literary saga of the late Robert E. Howard

Robert E. Howard

Robert Ervin Howard was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. Best known for his character Conan the Barbarian, he is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre....

." He has also written the science fiction novel Fatal Strain, and a number of short stories, articles and poems.

Carpenter's work has been published in the magazines Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction...

, Asimov's Science Fiction

Asimov's Science Fiction

Asimov's Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy and perpetuates the name of author and biochemist Isaac Asimov...

, Eldrich Tales, and 2AM, as well as the anthologies Dark Lessons (1985), L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume I (1985), The Year's Best Horror Stories XIV (1986), Horrorstory Volume 5 (1989), The Year's Best Horror Stories: XVII (1989), Short Sharp Shocks (1990), The Cthulhu Cycle (1996), Serve It Forth — Cooking With Anne McCaffrey (1996), L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XV (1999), and L. Ron Hubbard Presents the Best of Writers of the Future (2000).

Awards

Carpenter has been the recipient of the Writers of the Future

Writers of the Future

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 award and the Origins Award for Best Game Related Fiction

Origins Award

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Conan novels

• Conan the Renegade
  Conan the Renegade
  Conan the Renegade is a fantasy novel written by Leonard Carpenter featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in April 1986. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in August 1988.-Plot:The action...
  
  (1986)
• Conan the Raider
  Conan the Raider
  Conan the Raider is a fantasy novel written by Leonard Carpenter featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in October 1986. It was reprinted by Tor in September 1987....
  
  (1986)
• Conan the Warlord (1988)
• Conan the Hero (1989)
• Conan the Great
  Conan the Great
  Conan the Great is a fantasy novel written by Leonard Carpenter featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in April 1990 . It was reprinted by Tor in August 1997...
  
  (1989)
• Conan the Outcast
  Conan the Outcast
  Conan the Outcast is a fantasy novel written by Leonard Carpenter and published in April 1991, featuring Robert E. Howard's character Conan the Barbarian.-Plot:...
  
  (1991)
• Conan the Savage
  Conan the Savage
  Conan the Savage is a 1992 sword and sorcery novel written by Leonard Carpenter featuring Conan the Barbarian.-Plot synopsis:After cheating death with his escape from a Brythunian prison mine, Conan is badly injured in a fight with a bear. He is nursed back to health by Songa, whom he eventually...
  
  (1992)
• Conan of the Red Brotherhood (1993)
• Conan, Scourge of the Bloody Coast
  Conan, Scourge of the Bloody Coast
  Conan, Scourge of the Bloody Coastis a fantasy novel written by Leonard Carpenter featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in April 1994.-Plot:...
  
  (1994)
• Conan the Gladiator (1995)
• Conan, Lord of the Black River (1996)

Short stories

• "Dead Week" (1984)
• "The Ebbing" (1985)
• "Fearing's Fall" (1987)
• "Recrudescence" (1988)
• "The Eighth Plague" (1989)
• "Torso" (1991)

Poetry

• "The Devourer" (1987)
• "The Egg" (1987)
• "The Fungoid Intruder" (1987)
• "The Priests" (1987)
• "The Combatants" (1988)
• "The Catcher" (1989)
• "The Hoard" (1989)
• "The Miser" (1989)

External links

• website for Carpenter's e-book Fatal Strain
• Fantastic Fiction entry on Carpenter