title: Chronicles of the Black Company
author:  Glen Cook 
description: With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy--something a lot of people didn't notice and maybe still don't. He brought the story down to a human level, dispensing with the clich archetypes of princes, kings, and evil sorcerers. Reading his stuff was like reading Vietnam War fiction on peyote. <i>Steven Erikson, author of Gardens of the Moon</i>
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  From **_The BSFAN_** \- Balticon 31 Program Book (1997):
  
  
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  Glen Cook was born in New York in 1944. He grew up in northern California and
  began writing while in seventh grade. He served in the U. S. Navy, spending
  time with the Force Recon unit of the 3rd Marine Recon Battalion. He attended
  the University of Missouri and the Clarion Writers' Workshop. He produced his
  first paid work in 1970.
  
  
  Glen says, "Unlike most writers, I have not had a succession of strange jobs
  like chicken plucking and swamping our health bars. The only full-time
  employer I've ever had is General Motors." Due to a change of job location in
  1988, Glen's writing decreased in volume. Fortunately, he has recently retired
  and is devoting more time to his writing.
  
  
  The long anticipated release of _Bleak Seasons_ in his _Black Company_ series
  finally occured in 1996. He is also kn