Waggoner has written and published novels for both adult and young readers, including Temple of the Dragonslayer and Return of the Sorceress (both for Wizards of the Coast), Dark Ages: Gangrel and Exalted: A Shadow Over Heaven's Eye (both White Wolf), Nekropolis (Five Star), and Defender: Hyperswarm (I-Books).[2] He is also the author of the short story collection All Too Surreal (Prime Books).[2] He has published numerous short stories in the fantasy and horror genres, and his articles on writing have appeared in Writer's Digest, Writers' Journal, New Writer's Magazine, Ohio Writer, Speculations, and Teaching English in the Two-Year College.[2] He has also written the Nekropolis series of urban fantasies and the Ghost Trackers series written in collaboration with Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson of the Ghost Hunters television show. His books for writers include The Art of Writing Genre Fiction, written in collaboration with Michael Knost, and Writing in the Dark, a guide to writing horror and dark fantasy fiction.
Waggoner grew up in the Dayton, Ohio, area.[6] In addition to writing fiction, Waggoner has worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, and copy editor.[2] He has two daughters from a previous marriage.[2]
Bibliography
Standalone novels
Dying for It (2001)
The Harmony Society (2003)
Necropolis (2004) (Rewritten as Nekropolis in 2009)[7]
Like Death (2005)
Pandora Drive (2006)
Darkness Wakes (2006)
Cross County (2008)
Last of the Lycans (2010)
Beneath the Bones (2012) [Re-issue of Cross County]
Ghost Trackers with Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson (2011)
Ghost Town with Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson (2012)
Godfire
Orchard of Dreams (2006)
Heart's Wound (2006)
Nekropolis
Nekropolis (2009)
Dead Streets (2010)
Dark War (2011)
The Nekropolis Archives (2012) (Omnibus edition of above novels and the short stories "Disarmed and Dangerous," "The Midnight Watch," and "Zombie Interrupted")
