Richard Awlinson

Richard Awlinson is the pen name used by the group of authors Scott Ciencin, James Lowder, and Troy Denning for writing the Avatar series. Scott Ciencin wrote the first two books of the series alone, and Troy Denning and James Lowder joined later. All three of them wrote the books as Awlinson. The series was initially intended to be a trilogy and was given the title of Avatar Trilogy. However, when more books were added to the series later, the name was changed to Forgotten Realms: Avatar. All the three authors have penned the fantasy stories around Dungeons and Dragons. The covers of the books have been painted by Clyde Caldwell, Brom, Alan Pollack, and Jeff Easley.