Magic: The Gathering is a 18-book series with 18 released primary works first released in 1994 with contributions by Jeff Grubb, Cory J. Herndon, J. Robert King, Loren L. Coleman, Mark Sumner, William R. Forstchen, Sonia Orin Lyris, Hanovi Braddock, R. A. Salvatore, Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis, Keith Baker, Scott McGough, Doug Beyer, Robert B. Wintermute, Jenna Helland, Brandon Sanderson, and Kate Elliott.