Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob was born on August 6,1934 and is an American author in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony.
20 Facts About Piers Anthony
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Piers Anthony is best known for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xanth.
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In 1941 the family settled in a rustic "back to the land" utopian community near Winhall, Vermont, where a young Piers Anthony made the acquaintance of radical author Scott Nearing, a neighbor.
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Piers Anthony was moved around to a number of schools, eventually enrolling in Goddard College in Vermont where he graduated in 1956.
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On This American Life on July 27,2012, Piers Anthony revealed that his parents had divorced, he was bullied, and he had poor grades in school.
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Piers Anthony referred to his high school as a "very fancy private school", and refuses to donate money to it.
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Piers Anthony recalls being part of "the lower crust", and that no one paid attention to, or cared about him.
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Piers Anthony said, "I didn't like being a member of the underclass, of the peons like that".
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Piers Anthony met his future wife, Carol Marble, while both were attending college.
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In 1957, Piers Anthony decided to join the United States Army, as his wife was pregnant and they needed both medical coverage and a steady source of income.
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On multiple occasions Piers Anthony has moved from one publisher to another when he says he felt the editors were unduly tampering with his work.
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Piers Anthony has sued publishers for accounting malfeasance and won judgments in his favor.
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Piers Anthony maintains an Internet Publishers Survey in the interest of helping aspiring writers.
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Piers Anthony's website won the Special Recognition for Service to Writers award from Preditors and Editors, an author's guide to publishers and writing services.
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Piers Anthony often discusses correspondence with readers and any real-world issues that influenced the novel.
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Since about 2000, Piers Anthony has written his novels in a Linux environment.
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Naomi King, the daughter of writer Stephen King, enjoyed reading books by Piers Anthony, which included things like pixies, imps and fairies.
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Piers Anthony described Coulson as a friend and was initially open to his contribution.
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Piers Anthony has stated in interviews that these critiques do not reflect his work accurately and has claimed he receives more fan mail from women than men.
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Piers Anthony lived on his tree farm in Florida until March 2023, at which time he sold his farm and moved to California.