John Norman, born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1931, is the creator of the Gorean Saga, the longest-running series of adventure novels in science fiction history. Starting in┬аDecember 1966 with┬аTarnsman of Gor, the series was put on hold after its twenty-fifth installment,┬аMagicians of Gor, in 1988, when DAW refused to publish its successor,┬аWitness of Gor. After several unsuccessful attempts to find a trade publishing outlet, the series was brought back into print in 2001. Norman has also produced a separate science fiction series, the Telnarian Histories, plus two other fiction works (Ghost Dance┬аand┬аTime Slave), a nonfiction paperback (Imaginative Sex), and a collection of thirty short stories, entitled┬аNorman Invasions.┬аThe Totems of Abydos┬аwas published in spring 2012.┬а
All of NormanтАЩs work is available both in print and as ebooks. The Internet has proven to be a fertile ground for the imagination of NormanтАЩs ever-growing fan base, and at Gor Chronicles┬а(www.gorchronicles.com), a website specially created for his tremendous fan following, one┬аmay read everything there is to know┬аabout this unique fictional culture.┬а
Norman is married and has three children.