William I. Zard

Biography

William I. Zard caught the writing bug during the final project for his creative writing class at Clark University. Since the assignment was to write a “short story,” and his writing quickly expanded to twenty-seven pages with a lame, tacked-on ending, it wasn’t much of a success as a final project. However, he continued reading and writing and building a world for his characters and their story for many years. Eventually, he had so many ideas he wanted to share that he finally got serious about publishing his work. Nine months later, Metamancer was finished and ready for publication.

His writing is influenced by a wide variety of authors. The strongest influences would be Ursula K. LeGuin, David Eddings, Glen Cook, and Dragonlance Chronicles/Legends. Robert Jordon is also a big influence, though in both positive and negative ways. He also admires Patrick Rothfuss’s work but not his publication schedule.