Piers Anthony was born in Oxford, England. When he was four years old, his family immigrated to the United States. He graduated from Goddard College in Vermont in 1956, the year he met and married his wife, Carol Marble. After working at odd jobs, he joined the U.S. Army in 1957 for steady income and medical insurance. In 1958, he became a U.S. citizen. He became an editor and cartoonist for the Battalion newspaper. He left the army in 1959 and briefly taught public school before becoming a full-time writer. Anthony currently lives with his wife on a tree farm which he owns in Florida.
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English-American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres
Born | 6 August 1934 |
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English-American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres
Born | 6 August 1934 |
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Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, fantasy, general, American Science fiction, Xanth (Imaginary place), Science fiction, Xanth (imaginary place), fiction, Fiction, general, Fantasy, Fiction, science fiction, space opera, Fiction in English, Fantasy fiction, Magic, American Fantasy fiction, Kelvin of rud (fictitious character), fiction, Life on other planets, Fiction, fantasy, historical, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction, Outer space, fiction, Apprentice adept (fictitious character), fiction, Colene (Fictitious character), Colene (fictitious character : anthony), fiction, Darius (Fictitious character), Darius (fictitious character : anthony), fictionID Numbers
- OLID: OL19905A
- ISNI: 0000000110645564
- VIAF: 59078045
- Wikidata: Q559409
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q559409
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- Piers Anthony Jacob
- Anthony Piers
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