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, David Zeb Cook, Fred Fields, Mark Anthony, Thomas M. Reid, Paul S. Kemp, Richard Baker, Lisa Smedman, Richard Lee Byers, Erik Scott de Bie, Brian R. James, Erin M. Evans, Drew Karpyshyn, Chet Williamson, Tim Pratt, and Bruce R. Cordell.