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My Take
R. A. Salvatore is one of those names that genuinely warms me. A young man from Leominster, Massachusetts, who studied at Fitchburg State and went on to create Drizzt Do'Urden, the dark elf swordsman who has anchored the Forgotten Realms for decades, even reaching into Star Wars with Vector Prime. What I admire most is not the volume of his output but the durability of the bond he built with readers; the 2018 Inkpot Award only confirms it. Sword-and-sorcery is well-trodden ground, yet he carved a character people carry with them for life. Writing stories that take up permanent residence in a reader's heart is, to me, the highest achievement.
Overview
Robert Anthony Salvatore (born January 20, 1959) is an American author best known for The Legend of Drizzt, a series of fantasy novels set in the Forgotten Realms and starring the character Drizzt Do'Urden. He has also written The DemonWars Saga, a series of high fantasy novels; several other Forgotten Realms novels; and Vector Prime, the first novel in the Star Wars: The New Jedi Order series.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- R. A. Salvatore
- Name (Japanese)
- R.A.サルバトーレ
- Reading
- R.A.さるばとーれ
- Born
- January 20, 1959 (age 67)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Boar
- Origin
- Leominster, Massachusetts, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / novelist / science fiction writer / role-playing game designer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Leominster High School
- University
- Fitchburg State University
Awards & achievements
- 2018 Inkpot Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | list of Forgotten Realms characters | — |
6. Links
Writer — see all → · Novelist — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.