Key Selling Points- Forward the Mage is an uproariously humorous fantasy adventure that will attract the same audience as Terry Pratchett and Piers Anthony. Currently, the mass market edition of the prequel, The Philosophical Strangler (03/02), has a sellthrough of over 80%.- Eric Flint is a gifted new star of fantasy and science fiction. His Mother of Demons was picked by SF Chronicle as a best novel of the year.- His alternate history novel, 1632, is a top seller in mass market, with an 88% sellthrough. The sequel, 1633, written in collaboration with New York Times best-selling author David Weber, has introduced him to Weber's vast readership.- Similarly, his collaboration with fantasy mega-star Mercedes Lackey and Dave Freer, The Shadow of the Lion, will have made his name known to Lackey's large audience.
Eric Flint is the co-author of three New York Times best sellers in his Ring of Fire alternate history series. His first novel for Baen, Mother of Demons, was picked by Science Fiction Chronicle as a best novel of the year. His 1632, which launched the Ring of Fire series, won widespread critical praise, as from Publishers Weekly, which called him an SF author of particular note, one who can entertain and edify in equal, and major, measure. A longtime labor union activist with a Masters Degree in history, he currently resides in northwest Indiana with his wife Lucille.



