William King (born 1959) also known as "
Bill King" is the writer of a number of successful
science-fiction and
fantasy books, most notably in
Games Workshop's
Warhammer and
Warhammer 40,000 series, all published by GW's fiction arm, The
Black Library. His most memorable characters,
Gotrek and Felix, have appeared in a series of novels, beginning with
Trollslayer, a collection of previously published and new short stories. His next-most-famous character is
Ragnar Blackmane, a
Space Marine from the
Warhammer 40,000 game setting universe (although the character was already in existence in the game and background material, King took him and expanded his history in the novel series).
Prior to moving to the
Czech Republic, King spent a number of years as a designer for
Games Workshop, contributing to their game universes (where much of his fiction is also set). He has also written a tetralogy of books featuring the Death's Angels which are currently available in the
Czech Republic, Spain and Germany.He married his long-time girlfriend Radka on September 24, 2005 and in July 2006 he relocated his family back to Scotland where they hope to settle.
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