Piers Anthony lives with his wife, one of the two daughters and a grandchild on a tree farm in Florida. Today, after so many years of a successful writing career, Piers looks back to the days of his struggle and credits his wife for becoming his moral support in all the ups and downs in his life. But, by God’s grace, Piers succeeded in getting one of his short stories published at the end of the year and Carol also started supporting him.

Initially, they had decided that if he could sell a writing within a year, he would give up writing. They faced a tough time in generating a steady income while Carol was pregnant and it was later that Piers identified his real talent and began exploring the writer in himself. Piers married Carol Marble when they both were studying in college together. He finally left everything to become a full-time writer and began writing novels and short stories. He served in the U.S Army for a short period from the year 1958 and thereby acquired the citizenship of the United States.Īfter serving for two years in the Army, Piers taught at a school in St. When Piers was just six years old, his family shifted to the United States of America, where he graduated from the Goddard College located in Vermont in the year 1956. A number of his novels have featured in the New York Times Bestseller list and he considers himself lucky to have achieved a unique achievement of writing books with titles on every letter of the English alphabet, right from Anthology to the highly successful novel, Zombie Lover. Piers is most famous for writing the novel series Xanth which is set in the fictional realm. His writings mainly include the fantasy and science fiction genres. He was born on 6th August 1934, named Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob and has established himself as an English American writer under the pen name Piers Anthony over the years. The Secret of Spring (With: Jo Anne Taeusch)Īuthor Piers Anthony is a famous novelist and short story writer from Oxford, England. Quest for the Fallen Star (With: Alan Riggs,James Richey) If I Pay Thee Not in Gold (With: Mercedes Lackey) The Caterpillar's Question (With: Philip Jose Farmer)

God of Tarot by Piers Anthony