Whether you’re a fan already, or are new to his writing, this site is the official way to find the many links to Devon’s work throughout the world. If you are a fan of Fantasy, Horror or Noir, you’re in the right place.

A resident of Toronto, Canada, Devon Richards has lived in many places across the country giving him unique experiences to draw from.

By the time he was 20, Devon and a friend wrote and submitted 2 spec scripts to “Star Trek: The Next Generation”. While not accepted by the show, the screenwriting experience opened the doors to a lasting career goal – That of Film and TV writer. 

Newly moved to Toronto and completing his first screenplays, Devon thought to give acting a try and began working as a Background Performer in the many productions shot in and around the Toronto area. During the early 2000’s, Devon worked on many prestigious productions under the creative eyes of Carl Franklin, Helen Shaver, Jon Cassar, Joel Silver, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Len Wiseman, Steven Spielberg and Guillermo Del Toro to name but a few. (Watch the series “Flashpoint” and “Rookie Blue” and you’ll see Devon in nearly every episode.)

Over the course of those years, Devon continued to write and eventually scored a couple of screenplay options in Hollywood. He had also been hired by fledgling producers to create tailor-made scripts and edit existing ones. All the while, many story ideas were percolating that he thought perhaps were not suitable for the big or small screen.  So, it was decades since his initial academic successes with prose writing that Devon Richards returned to the form. 

 

His first novel, the fantasy-adventure “Where All Roads Lead”, started out as a short story. Like all good concepts, the idea of a typical adventuring party deciding to hang up their swords and go into business tickled the back of his mind for the months that followed, and soon Devon was expanding on the story that was to become the first chapter of the epic novel. Within months the book was completed, and after a brief period of shopping it to traditional agents and publishers, the book was published on Nov 22, 2022.

After a brisk period of popularity, Devon soon found that readers were unwilling to review the book. It turned out this was out of kindness, for also it was an act of kindness on Devon’s part that led to the book’s publication whilst the text was still riddled with errors, errors that should have been taken care of during the formatting phase. The crowning embarrassment of this oversight was that a copy of the errata-ridden text was sent to King Charles as a coronation gift.