Forgotten Realms is a 83-book series with 83 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, Thomas M. Reid, Paul S. Kemp, Richard Baker, Richard Lee Byers, Lisa Smedman, Erik Scott de Bie, Brian R. James, Erin M. Evans, Drew Karpyshyn, Chet Williamson, Bruce R. Cordell, and Tim Pratt.