Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony
Author • Narratorb. 6 August 1934 · From United Kingdom, citizen of United States- Books
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Piers Anthony was born in Oxford, England, on 6 August 1934. His family immigrated to the United States when he was young. He graduated from Goddard College in Vermont in 1956, the year he married Carol Marble.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1959, working as an editor and cartoonist for the Battalion newspaper, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1958. He left the army in 1959, taught public school briefly, and then became a full-time writer.
He and Carol Marble lived for many years on a tree farm in Florida; she died in 2019. He married MaryLee Boyance in 2020; she died in January 2026. Anthony sold the Florida tree farm in March 2023 and now lives in California, where he continues to write.
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Piers Anthony is widely recognized for his Xanth series, a long-running fantasy series known for its puns and whimsical magic system. He also wrote the Incarnations of Immortality series, which explores philosophical themes through mythological figures.
A good starting point for new readers is "A Spell for Chameleon," the first book in the Xanth series, which introduces the unique world and humor that defines much of his work. Alternatively, "On a Pale Horse" begins the Incarnations of Immortality series, offering a different entry into his fantasy writing.
Piers Anthony has primarily published under his birth name, Piers Anthony Jacob, often shortened to Piers Anthony. He has not used other significant pen names for his major works.