{{short description|American author (born 1953)}} {{infobox writer |name=Clayton Emery |birth_date={{birth date and age|1953|12|26}} |birth_place=Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |occupation={{flatlist| *Author *screenwriter }} |genres={{flatlist| *Mystery fiction *fantasy }} |children=1 }} '''Clayton Emery''' (born December 26, 1953, in Bethesda, Maryland)<ref name=contemp>{{cite journal | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3482600075.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611052845/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3482600075.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 11, 2014 | title=Emery, Clayton 1953- | journal=Contemporary Authors | date=January 1, 2006 | accessdate=October 19, 2012|via=HighBeam Research}}</ref> is an American mystery and fantasy author and a screenwriter.
==Works== Clayton Emery has worked as a blacksmith, dishwasher, schoolteacher in Australia, carpenter, zookeeper, farmhand, land surveyor, volunteer firefighter, award-winning and technical writer.<ref name="wizardsbio">{{cite web|url=http://ww2.wizards.com/Books/Wizards/Bios/default.aspx?doc=ClaytonEmery|title=Clayton Emery|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224010201/http://ww2.wizards.com/Books/Wizards/Bios/default.aspx?doc=ClaytonEmery|archivedate=February 24, 2009}}</ref>
Clayton Emery wrote the ''Forgotten Realms'' novels ''Sword Play'' (May 1996), ''Dangerous Games'' (November 1996), ''Mortal Consequences'' (January 1998), and ''Star of Cursrah'' (February 1999), and the stories "Forged in Fire" for the anthology ''Realms of the Deep'' (March 2000) and "Night School" for the anthology ''The Halls of Stormweather'' (July 2000).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=4817|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050225005617/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=4817 |title=Clayton Emery |publisher=Pen & Paper |archivedate=2005-02-25 |accessdate=2012-10-19}}</ref>
His novels based on ''Magic: The Gathering'' include ''Whispering Woods'', ''Shattered Chains'', and ''Final Sacrifice'' in 1995, ''Johan'' and ''Jedit'' in 2001, and ''Hazezon'' in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.claytonemery.com/FantasyMTG.html |title=Clayton Emery's Magic: The Gathering |accessdate=2008-01-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120904091056/http://www.claytonemery.com/FantasyMTG.html |archivedate=2012-09-04 }}</ref>
Emery wrote the "Robin and Marian" medieval stories and "Joseph Fisher" stories in ''Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine'' and ''Muzzleloader Magazine''.<ref name="wizardsbio"/> He wrote the book ''Father-Daughter Disaster!'' in 1997 based on ''The Secret World of Alex Mack'', and also ''The Tale of the Campfire Vampires'' for the ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' book series. His other work includes ''Tales of Robin Hood''.
In the mid-1990s, Emery wrote two ''Shadow World'' books, ''The Burning Goddess''<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 044100086X|title = Shadow World: The Burning Goddess|last1 = Hammell|first1 = Ian|year = 1994| publisher=Ace Books }}</ref> and ''City of Assassins'',<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 0441002641|title = City of Assassins|last1 = Hammell|first1 = Ian|year = 1995| publisher=Ace Books }}</ref> under the pseudonym Ian Hammell.<ref name=contemp/>
Clayton Emery wrote the screenplay for the television pilot, "The Republic",{{cn|date=March 2022}} directed by Ken Penders.
==Personal life== Emery is married with a son.<ref name=contemp/> He lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20131106/News/311060391|title=My Vote: Emery eyes "democratic mix"}}</ref>
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