Steven Schend
Steven E. Schend | |
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Born | 1967 (age 56–57) game designer |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Role-playing games, fantasy |
Steven E. Schend (born 1967 in
Biography
Steven Schend was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1967.[1] Schend developed an interest in the worlds of L. Frank Baum's Oz and Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom.[2] Schend grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and started gaming in high school; he attended college in Madison, and graduated with a degree in English in 1989.[1] He previously worked as a teacher, a street sweeper, a concrete curb builder and a landscaper before gaining employment in fantasy.[2] TSR hired Schend as a Games Department editor in early 1990, and he also managed the original Marvel Super Heroes RPG line: "I started working on Marvel pretty much the day I walked in the door".[1]
At TSR, Schend also worked on the
As a game designer and editor he has worked for TSR, Inc.,
Schend has taught writing at a local college in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[3] Schend works as a bookseller, and also writes novels, novellas, and short stories from the Forgotten Realms to his own contemporary fantasies.[4] He has also worked on a novel in his "Vanguard" universe and a non-fiction World-Building book for writers.
Works
Steven Schend worked on several Dungeons & Dragons game products from 1990-2001. His design work includes several products for the Forgotten Realms line, such as City of Splendors: Waterdeep (1994), Undermountain: Maddgoth's Castle (1996), Undermountain: The Lost Level (1996), Lands of Intrigue (1997), Hellgate Keep (1998), Cormanthyr: Empire of the Elves (1998), Wyrmskull Throne (1999), Skullport (1999), and Sea of Fallen Stars (1999). Schend also did some work for Bastion Press and Green Ronin Publishing.
His Forgotten Realms novels include Blackstaff (2006) and Blackstaff Tower (2008).
References
- ^ a b c d e f Kenson, Stephen (August 1999). "Profiles: Steven Schend". Dragon (#262). Renton, Washington: Wizards of the Coast: 112.
- ^ a b c "Steven E. Schend". Archived from the original on February 24, 2009.
- ISBN 9781101082164. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
- ISBN 978-1-932442-96-0.
External links
- "Steven E. Schend's Blog". Archived from the original on September 30, 2011.
- Official website
- "Steven E. Schend's Livejournal". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011.
- "Steven Schend at Pen & Paper". Archived from the original on June 30, 2009.