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David Robbins is an American author who has had, to date, about three hundred books published, both fiction and non-fiction. He is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Horror Writers of America, and Western Writers of America. Robbins has written under nine different pen names.
Under his own name he is best known for ENDWORLD, a science fiction series with a post-apocalyptic setting. The first ENDWORLD came out in 1986, the most recent in 2009. He has also written a spin-off series called BLADE.
As J.D. Cameron he wrote most of the OMEGA SUB series.
As David Thompson, he has been writing the popular WILDERNESS series for nineteen years. Published by Leisure Books, the series is still selling strong. New books come out quarterly.
Robbins has written a number of horror books under his own name, along with THE RETURN OF THE VIRGINIAN, a sequel to Owen Wister's masterpiece, and others.
As Jake McMasters, Robbins did the WHITE APACHE series.
As David Thompson again, he wrote a series on Davy Crockett.
Additionally, Robbins has had over a dozen books published under the Ralph Compton banner.
Among his non-fiction works is a history of the Druge Enforcement Agency,
entitled HEAVY TRAFFIC.
He has also contributed to both THE TRAILSMAN and THE EXECUTIONER series.
There are a number of fan sites devoted to his work. Robbins participates in one of them: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/drobbins/
For more information consult his Wikipedia entry.
