He went on to create a back history for this world and this later becomes an integral part of his successful Riftwar Saga trilogy. Whilst at University, he and his friends created a game centred on an imaginary world called Midkemia. Role playing games and computer games have also played their part in Feists career. Feist regards Robert Louis Stephenson (Kidnapped, Treasure Island) and Alexander Dumas (The Three Musketeers) as major influences upon him and his writing style. The Serpent War Saga (3 books) has also been published.
These three books focused on the Riftwar from the Tsurani side whereas the original series was viewed mainly from the Midkemia viewpoint.
Subsequently, in partnership with Jenny Wurts he wrote the Empire Trilogy, Daughter of the Empire, Servant of the Empire and Mistress of the Empire. He wrote two more books, Silverthorn and A Darkness at Sethanon, these books make up his highly acclaimed Riftwar Saga. The success of the Magician allowed Feist to become a full time author. It was two years later, when he was out of work, that he finally finished writing Magician and his very first novel was published in 1982 by Doubleday. with honours, Communication Arts), Feist had his first thoughts and ideas concerning writing a novel about a young boy who would become a great magician (read a review of Magician here). Whilst graduating from the University of California in 1977 (B.A. Aside from writing fantasy novels Feist likes to collect fine wines and also has a passionate interest in the History of American Football. He currently lives in San Diego, California and has two children, a girl and a boy.
Feist was once married to Kathlyn Starbuck who was also a novelist. Feist and took the Feist surname for his own. Feist was born with the surname Gonzales but was subsequently adopted by Felix E. stands for Elias) was born in Los Angeles, California in the year that the Second World War ended (1945).
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