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Douglas Niles

American writer and game designer
Person Human Q3038032

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
December 1, 1954
Place of birth
Brookfield
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
novelist, role-playing game designer, writer, game designer, fantasy author, author[3][4][5][6][7][9]
Field of work
fantasy[10]
Notable work
Fox on the Rhine[11]
Genre
military science fiction, science fiction, fantasy, alternate history[13][14][15][16]
Official website
www.douglasniles.com[19]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[20]
Family name
Niles[17]
Given name
Douglas[18]
Start of work period
1986[21]
Writing language
English[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Douglas Niles ar دوغلاس نايلز ja ダグラス ナイルズ ru Найлс, Дуглас ru Дуглас Найлз ru Дуглас Найлс ru Найлз, Дуглас
🔖 Identifiers · 41
ISNI
000000011028528X
VIAF cluster ID
66485752
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85275750
GND ID
1202474128
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Douglas Niles - Lucca Comics & Games 2018 01.jpg ↗
Babelio author ID
18953
Bibliopoche author ID
11464
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
120516111
CBDB.cz author ID
11047
CONOR.SI ID
204116579
CiNii Research ID
1140282266805087744
DDB person (GND) ID
1202474128
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Databazeknih.cz author ID
12853
Europeana entity
agent/base/76460
FanCons.com guest ID
2204
Freebase ID
/m/07ly_f
Goodreads author ID
23895
Guide du Rôliste Galactique ID
biographies/douglas-niles
ISFDB author ID
2882, 197916
IdRef ID
028742508
Internet Book Database of Fiction writer ID
2909
J9U entity ID
987007418218705171
Libraries Australia ID
36023505
Luding designer ID
1963
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA14856848
NDL Authority ID
00451366
NL CR AUT ID
xx0042627
NLA Trove people ID
1190586
NUKAT ID
n02090413
National Library of Israel ID (old)
004968103
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810553029505606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1026548
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
112492177
NooSFere author ID
-47833
Open Library ID
OL181988A, OL6841730A
SVKKL authority ID
p0001974-Niles-Douglas
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ID
niles_douglas
Unz Review author ID
NilesDouglas
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
13910
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhhkH4rgMVjyXp4bHRMyd
Yale LUX ID
person/fd2596ef-ad63-489f-af21-99c1ec83af78

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🔗 Connections
Genre 4
science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, military science fiction
Occupation 3
writer, novelist, game designer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Field of work 1
fantasy
Given name 1
Douglas
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Brookfield
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Douglas Niles was born in Brookfield[1]. He was born on December 1, 1954[2]. He worked as a novelist[3], role-playing game designer[4], writer[5], game designer[6], and fantasy author[7].

FAQs

Where was Douglas Niles born?

Douglas Niles's place of birth was Brookfield[1].

What did Douglas Niles do for work?

Douglas Niles worked as novelist[3], role-playing game designer[4], writer[5], game designer[6], and fantasy author[7].

Related Entities

game designer United States

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  1. 8w ago · Fantastoria · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → —
    "Removed claim: Participant in: Dragonlance"
  2. 17w ago · Pmartinolli · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → —
    Guide du Rôliste Galactique ID → biographies/douglas-niles
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #41715: LeGrog PID"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Brookfield
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Start of work period → 1986
    Genre → military science fiction, science fiction, fantasy +1
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32083: import P21 and P106 from GND (25)"
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