James Richard Cook (1944 – January 13, 2022) was an American author of novels and stories.

Personal life and death

James Richard Cook was born in 1944. In 1988, Cook was living in Phoenix, Arizona. That June, he was a contestant on Jeopardy!; over the course of two days, he won a boxed Jeopardy! game, a Caribbean resort vacation on Saint Martin via Eastern Air Lines, and US$12300 1988. In the Society for Creative Anachronism, where he co-founded the Kingdom of Atenveldt, he was known as Sir Richard Ironsteed. Cook died on January 13, 2022.

Published works

Articles

, Locus listed five articles published by Cook:

Stories

, Locus listed 13 stories published by Cook:

Novels

, Locus listed eight books published by Cook: The first in Cook's Wizardry series, the novel and its December second printing were originally sold for US$3.50 1989. Originally sold for US$3.50 1989. The sequel to Wizard's Bane, it originally sold for US$3.95 1989 with cover art by Larry Schwinger. The third Wizardry novel originally sold for US$4.95 1991 with cover art by Gary Ruddell. Originally sold for US$4.99 1993, with cover art by Gary Ruddell. The fourth book in the Wizardry series, it originally sold for US$5.99 1995 with cover art by Cortney Skinner and Newell Convers. The fifth novel in the Wizardry series originally sold for US$5.99 1996 and had cover art by Newell Convers and John Pierrard. Omnibus of Wizard's Bane and The Wizardry Compiled, it originally sold for US$6.99 1997, with cover art by Tom Kidd.