Gerald Morris is an award-winning author, best known for his retellings of Arthurian legends for preteen and teen readers.
His first series,
The Squire's Tales, focuses primarily on a squire named Terence, alongside his knight, Sir Gawain. The ten-book series began with
The Squire's Tale, first published in 1998.
His second series,
The Knights' Tales, is for younger readers and began with
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great, published in 2008, followed by
The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short in the same year.
Morris was born in Riverside, California in 1963, the son of Russell A. Morris. He was educated at the Oklahoma Baptist University and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He married Rebecca Hughes, has 3 children, and now lives in Wausau, Wisconsin. He also lived for a short time in Oklahoma. Apart from writing, Morris teaches theology and serves as a pastor for church.