Forgotten Realms is a 84-book series with 84 released primary works first released in 199 with contributions by Ed Greenwood, R. A. Salvatore, Douglas Niles, Kate Novak, Jeff Grubb, James M. Ward, Jane Cooper Hong, Scott Ciencin, Troy Denning, R.A. Salvatore, Jean Rabe, Elaine Cunningham, Anne K. Brown, James Lowder, Mark Anthony, David Zeb Cook, Fred Fields, Iris Johansen, Thomas M. Reid, Richard Baker, Paul S. Kemp, Lisa Smedman, Richard Lee Byers, Erik Scott de Bie, Brian R. James, Erin M. Evans, Bruce R. Cordell, Chet Williamson, Drew Karpyshyn, and Tim Pratt.