Novelist Tracy Hickman

tracy hickman (left) , margaret weis @ gen con indy 2008.

the hickmans have been publishing game designs on twenty-five years including popular , innovative advanced dungeons & dragons ravenloft module in 1983. says hickman of original module, , 1986 sequel ravenloft ii: house on gryphon hill, still believe original ravenloft modules perhaps best ever had name on them. published first joint novel, mystic warrior, in 2004. tracy , laura have been producing dragonhearth podcast since december 2005.

in late 1990s, larry elmore approached weis , hickman pitch fantasy world of loerem. agreed , produced sovereign stone trilogy of books. encouragement peter adkison, wizards of coast published new trilogy of dragonlance novels weis , hickman called war of souls, beginning dragons of fallen sun (2000). hickman announced in 2008 starting 2 new fantasy series: 1 being six-book dragonships series, long-time writing partner margaret weis, , other three-book drakis series wife, laura.

in 1999 pyramid magazine named tracy hickman 1 of millennium s influential persons @ least in realm of adventure gaming. magazine stated tracy hickman , margaret weis responsible entire gaming fiction genre. hickman inducted origins hall of fame in 2002, recognized in part 1 game line turned literary sensation: dragonlance.

tracy , laura hickman wrote adventure out in black (2006) serenity role playing game margaret weis productions. hickman wrote screenplay for, produced, , edited first science-fiction film shot in space, apogee of fear.

in 2009, hickman released xdm: x-treme dungeon mastery, guide dms based on years of experience in trade. written son curtis hickman , illustrated online comic artist howard tayler, book calls cure common game.

in 2010, tracy , laura hickman launched direct-to-internet serialized fantasy series, dragon s bard introduced concept of novel souvenir subscribers download periodical ebook chapters book written , receive copy of physical book upon completion of subscription. hickman called concept web dickens after merging of 19th century literature serial techniques modern internet distribution. eventide , remaining 2 books of series subsequently contracted general distribution shadow mountain publishing in 2012.

while known work in epic fantasy, tracy once wrote batman novel dc comics titled wayne of gotham (june 2012).

on march 15, 2013, hickman joined richard garriott s team lead story designer shroud of avatar: forsaken virtues. shroud of avatar spiritual successor richard garriott s previous work in fantasy role-playing genre, ultima, ultima online. shroud of avatar: forsaken virtues first of five-game series of full-length, stand-alone games. estimated availability of episode one, forsaken virtues, october 2014, episodes 2 through 5 scheduled subsequent yearly releases.