David Zindell

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David Zindell is an American science fiction and fantasy author with a degree in mathematics. His first published story was "The Dreamer's Sleep" in Fantasy Book in 1984 and he won the Writers of the Future contest the following year. He was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1986.

David Zindell was born on November 28, 1952 in Toledo, Ohio. He attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he earned a B.A. in mathematics in 1984. He continues to live in Boulder, Colorado.

Zindell's science fiction novels, beginning with Neverness (1988), work to overcome the dichotomy between materialism and spirituality, being in part a mathematical search for the Source. His fantasy series, the EA Cycle is a grail-like exploration of the evolutionary progress of consciousness.

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Neverness (1988)
The trilogy A Requiem for Homo Sapiens
- The Broken God (1992)
- The Wild (1995)
- War in Heaven (1998)
The EA Cycle
- The Lightstone (2001) - Also published as two separate books:
  - The Lightstone : The Ninth Kingdom (2002)
  - The Lightstone : The Silver Sword (2002)
- The Lord of Lies (2004)
- Black Jade (2005)
- The Diamond Warriors (To be published in 2007)