American writer and musician

Peter Orullian is an American fantasy author and musician. He currently resides in Seattle, Washington. He has had a variety of musical endeavors, beginning with involvement in an a cappella choir in high school.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Bibliography
  • 2.1 Books
  • 2.2 Vault of Heaven series
    • 2.2.1 Short stories set in Aeshau Vaal (the world for his book The Unremembered)
  • 2.3 Short stories
• 3 Musical endeavors
  • 3.1 Continuum
  • 3.2 Inner Resonance
  • 3.3 Heir Apparent
  • 3.4 Fifth Angel
  • 3.5 Symphony North
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Biography

Orullian graduated from the University of Utah with a BA Honors in English in 1991. He has since published short stories in various anthologies, including stories which are set in Aeshau Vaal, the fictional world of book The Unremembered. James Frenkel has written, "When I first read Peter Orullian's early draft of The Unremembered, I was attracted by the characters, and then by mysteries in the story that made me feel I absolutely had to find out what was going on. Then, as I read more, I realized that I was hooked on his world, which has a rich history and culture, as well as some surprises I couldn't have anticipated."

Orullian's musical endeavors include involvement in the Keep it True tour in Germany with Heir Apparent and creating albums with Inner Resonance and Continuum. In 2010 he took the stage with Fifth Angel as a guest vocalist.

Bibliography

Books

• The Astonishing (co-written with John Petrucci), novelization of progressive metal band Dream Theater's album of the same name (2018, ISBN:1733810501)
• Wired for Madness, novelization of Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess's album of the same name (2019, ISBN:1733810528)
• At the Manger: The Stories of Those Who Were There (2001, ISBN:0-9712909-0-3)

Vault of Heaven series

1. The Unremembered (2011, ISBN:0-7653-2571-3)
2. Trial of Intentions (2015, ISBN:978-0-7653-2572-3)

Short stories set in Aeshau Vaal (the world for his book The Unremembered)

• "Sacrifice of the First Sheason" (2011)
• "The Great Defense of Layosah" (2011)
• "The Sound of Broken Absolutes", in Unfettered, edited by Shawn Speakman (2013)
• "The Battle of the Round" (2011)

Short stories

• "Lilith", in the Hags, Sirens, and Other Bad Girls of Fantasy Anthology (2006, ISBN:0-7564-0369-3)
• "God Uses a Rag", in the Cosmic *tails Anthology (2006, ISBN:0-7564-0398-7)
• "Beats of Seven", in Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show (2007, ISBN:0-7653-2000-2)
• "In Thought", in the Front Lines Anthology (2008, ISBN:978-0-7564-0478-9)
• "RPG Reunion", in the Crime Spells Anthology (2009, ISBN:0-7564-0538-6)
• "Canticle of Abraham and Isaac", in the Swordplay Anthology (2009, ISBN:0-7564-0559-9)
• "Guilt by *ociation", in the Intelligent Design Anthology (2009, ISBN:0-7564-0568-8)
• "Roxanne", in The Problem with Heroes Anthology (forthcoming, ISBN:0-7564-0579-3)
• A Beautiful Accident: A Tor.Com Original (2015, ISBN:978-1-4668-8616-2)

Musical endeavors

Continuum

• Lead vocalist, also lyricist; co-writer on select tunes 1991-1993
  • Continuum (self-*led debut release) 1992
  • Continuum EP 1993

Inner Resonance

• Lead vocalist; also co-writer on select songs: 1997–2000
  • Solar Voices (debut release)

Heir Apparent

• Heir Apparent: 2006
  • Lead vocalist, Keep It True Festival, Lauda-Königshofen, Germany

Fifth Angel

• Fifth Angel: 2010, 2017
  • Lead vocalist, Keep It True Festival, Lauda-Königshofen, Germany (2010)
  • Lead vocalist, Keep It True Festival, Lauda-Königshofen, Germany (2017)

Symphony North

• Composer, producer, lyricist, and lead vocalist on select songs
  • The Bell Ringer (debut release), an original Christmas story and rock experience, in the vein of Trans-Siberian Orchestra

References

External links

• Official website
• Official site for Symphony North