Tad Williams
American fantasy and science fiction writer (born 1957)
Facts
18 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- March 14, 1957
- Place of birth
- San Jose
- Country of citizenship
- United States[8]
- Occupation
- writer, novelist, science fiction writer, presenter, singer
- Educated at
- Palo Alto High School[9]
- Official website
- www.tadwilliams.com[18]
- Nominated for
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Locus Award for Best First Novel[19][20][21][22]
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- Name in native language
- Tad Williams
- P14750
- C162-40F6-3945-790E-552C
- Social media followers
- 14k (13k–14k, n=4)
- Start of work period
- 1985
🏷️ Also known as
en Tad Williams
ar تاد وليامز
cs Robert Paul Williams
fa تاد ویلیامز
fr Robert Paul Williams
he טוד ויליאמס
ja タッド・ウィリアムズ
ja タッド・ウイリアムズ
ko 태드 윌리엄스
ru Т. Уильямс
ru Тэд Уильямс
ru Уильямс Т.
ru Уильямс Тэд
ru Уильямс, Тэд
sv Williams
uk Тед Вільямс
🔖 Identifiers · 67
- ISNI
- 0000000071407423
- VIAF cluster ID
- 32121612
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n87839643
- GND ID
- 120448726
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- 2025-10-18 Buchmesse Tad Williams (164).jpg ↗
- BD Gest' author ID
- 47523
- BIBSYS ID
- 14032410
- BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
- WilliamsTad
- Babelio author ID
- 6433
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 127115203
- BookBrainz author ID
- 61ce2fe2-ca83-4923-8d77-9fa940b421d2
- CBDB.cz author ID
- 2565
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- CONOR.SI ID
- 88203619
- Canadiana Name Authority ID
- ncf11962392
- CiNii Research ID
- 1140845216596627840
- Comic Vine ID
- 4040-45268
- DBC author ID
- 87097969092047
- DDB person (GND) ID
- 120448726
- Databazeknih.cz author ID
- 1850
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
- 120448726
- Discogs artist ID
- 2310225
- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
- williams_tad
- Europeana entity
- agent/base/66450
- FAST ID
- 208314
- Fancyclopedia 3 ID
- Tad_Williams
- FantLab author ID
- 159
- Fantastic Fiction author ID
- w/tad-williams
- Film.ru person ID
- ted-uilyams-5
- Freebase ID
- /m/0390r_
- Goodreads author ID
- 6587
- IMDb ID
- nm4796255
- ISFDB author ID
- 203
- IdRef ID
- 052462994
- Internet Book Database of Fiction writer ID
- 175
- Kallías ID
- PE00186783
- Libraries Australia ID
- 35154306
- MusicBrainz artist ID
- dbbe9d1b-08bb-47c3-b099-348c0be218e5
- NACSIS-CAT author ID
- DA09787699
- NDL Authority ID
- 00477285
- NL CR AUT ID
- xx0002039
- NLA Trove people ID
- 844507
- NLP ID
- a0000001163490
- NSK (VIAF) ID
- 000299571
- NSK ID
- 981005759654309366
- NUKAT ID
- n95200550
- National Library of Greece ID
- 264882
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007442244705171
- National Library of Lithuania ID
- LNB:V*278863;=BU
- National Library of Poland MMS ID
- 9810555922205606
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
- XX967948
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 071902783
- NooSFere author ID
- 215
- Obálky knih ID
- xx0002039
- Open Library ID
- OL292141A
- Oxford Reference overview ID
- 20110803122537154
- Perlentaucher ID
- tad-williams
- Quora topic ID
- Tad-Williams
- RERO ID (legacy)
- A003977527
- Runeberg author ID
- willitad
- SVKKL authority ID
- p0005008-Williams-Tad-1957
- Topic's main category
- Category:Tad Williams
- Tor.com author ID
- tad-williams
- Unz Review author ID
- WilliamsTad
- Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
- 15696
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJwHkFHCmrDKffQHPW9xDq
- X (Twitter) username
- tadwilliams
- Yale LUX ID
- person/9ea84d3c-e111-4c43-8c3b-f55932229cd2
🔗 Connections
Nominated for 9
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel,
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel,
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel,
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel,
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel,
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel,
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel,
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
+1 more
Works by author 4
Occupation 3
Mb:writer 2
Notable work 2
Country of citizenship 1
Family name 1
Genre 1
Influenced 1
Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Place of birth 1
Sex or gender 1
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Summary
Born in San Jose[1], he… he was born on March 14, 1957[2]. He worked as a writer[3], novelist[4], science fiction writer[5], presenter[6], and singer[7].
Body
Works and Contributions
Notable works include Tailchaser's Song[10], a literary work[23]; Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn[11], a novel series[24]; Otherland[12], a novel series[25]; and Shadowmarch[13], a literary work[26].
Why It Matters
He has been cited as an influence by George R. R. Martin[27], a writer[28], b. 1948[29], of United States[30], awarded the Nebula Award for Best Novelette[31].
Works attributed to him include Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn[32], a novel series[33]; The Dragonbone Chair[34], a literary work[35]; Otherland[36], a novel series[37]; and Legends[38], a literary work[39], written by George R. R. Martin[40].
FAQs
Where was Tad Williams born?
Tad Williams's place of birth was San Jose[1].
What did Tad Williams do for work?
Tad Williams worked as writer[3], novelist[4], science fiction writer[5], presenter[6], and singer[7].
Where did Tad Williams go to school?
Tad Williams was educated at Palo Alto High School[9].
Who did Tad Williams influence?
Tad Williams has been cited as an influence by George R. R. Martin[27].