Roland J. Green

Roland J. Green (1944-2021) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor. He sold his first novel, Wandor's Ride, in 1973 and went on to work mostly as a full-time writer and reviewer.

His early work was the Wandor sword-and-sorcery series; he is best known for military adventure set in the future, including the Starcruiser Shenandoah and Peace Company series and the Janissaries novels.

He also wrote Conan novels for Tor and contributed to shared-world series such as Thieves' World and Dragonlance, and under the house name Jeffrey Lord he wrote most of the later Richard Blade books.