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Lore & Background

Raised in Upper Darby and along the coast of Maine, Furth has worked as King's assistant for over five years. She is credited as having illustrated the maps that appear in the novel The Dark Tower. Furth plotted the comic book spin-off miniseries The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, which serves as a counterpart to the series of novels written by Stephen King. She is also credited as a writer for Legion of Monsters: Satana #1 and as an editor and creative consultant for the Dark Tower: Gunslinger's Guidebook, both published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. In October 2009, Del Rey Comics published The Talisman #0, with Furth credited as writer. This comic book series is an adaptation of the Stephen King/Peter Straub novel of the same name. She's also credited with writing The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger: The Journey Begins in 2011. Stephen King's The Bill Hodges Concordance was released in August 2017.

In Their Own Story

Robin Furth's work began with two encyclopedic volumes: A Concordance, volume I, which explores the first four books in King's Dark Tower series, and A Concordance II, which gives definitions and explanations of pivotal terms used over the course of the final three books. These were later compiled into a single volume, Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Complete Concordance, published by Scribner on December 5, 2006. Beyond the concordances, Furth plotted the comic book spin-off miniseries The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, wrote The Talisman #0 (an adaptation of the Stephen King/Peter Straub novel), and wrote The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger: The Journey Begins in 2011. She also wrote Stephen King's The Bill Hodges Concordance, released in August 2017.

Reader's Guide

For fans looking to navigate the sprawling Dark Tower series, Robin Furth's concordances are essential resources. A Concordance, volume I covers the first four books, while A Concordance II covers the final three. The complete edition, published December 5, 2006, compiles both volumes. Furth also contributed to the visual side of the series: she illustrated the maps that appear in the novel The Dark Tower. For comic readers, she plotted The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, wrote The Talisman #0 (October 2009), and wrote The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger: The Journey Begins (2011). She also served as editor and creative consultant for the Dark Tower: Gunslinger's Guidebook. Her later work includes Stephen King's The Bill Hodges Concordance, released in August 2017.

Did You Know?

• Robin Furth has worked as Stephen King's personal research assistant for over five years.
• She illustrated the maps that appear in the novel The Dark Tower.
• She plotted the comic book spin-off miniseries The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born.
• Her Stephen King's The Bill Hodges Concordance was released in August 2017.
• She wrote The Talisman #0, an adaptation of the Stephen King/Peter Straub novel, published by Del Rey Comics in October 2009.