Troy Denning

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Troy Denning
Troy Denning at the 2024 WonderCon
Troy Denning at the 2024 WonderCon
OccupationWriter, game designer
Alma materBeloit College
Genrerole-playing games, fantasy
SpouseAndria

Troy Denning is an American fantasy and science fiction author and game designer who has written more than two dozen novels.[1]

Background

Denning grew up in the mountain town of

Division I football team.[2]

Career

Denning joined TSR as a game designer in 1981, and was promoted a year later to Manager of Designers, before he moved to the book department.[3] Denning then worked for two years managing the Pacesetter game company.[3] Denning designed the adventure board game Chill: Black Morn Manor (1985) for Pacesetter.[4]: 198  When Mayfair Games acquired ownership of the horror game Chill from Pacesetter, Denning also moved to Mayfair at that time; Denning worked on the line with Mayfair staffers David Ladyman, Jeff Leason and Louis Prosperi, to create a second edition of Chill (1990).[4]: 168  After his stint at Mayfair Games, Denning went freelance.[3]

Denning wrote the third novel in TSRs "Avatar Trilogy",

inside joke which sounds like "all in one".[citation needed
]

In October 1989 he rejoined TSR as a senior designer, co-creating the

D&D "black box" set, which became a top-seller for TSR, with half a million copies sold over the following six years.[4]
: 27 

Denning returned to freelance writing again in 1991, writing the bestselling "Prism Pentad" for the Dark Sun setting (1991–93), and the

The Sundering, a fictional event set in the expanded D&D universe.[6]

He is also the author of a number of

Dark Nest Trilogy
.

Troy was one of the founders of Pacesetter Ltd, a game company formed by a group of former TSR, Inc. executives.[citation needed]

Personal life

Denning lives in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin with his wife Andria.[7] He enjoys many hobbies, including skiing, hiking, mountain-climbing, and Kyuki-do -- a form of tae-kwan-do incorporating judo, boxing, and hapki-do.[8]

Works

Combat Command

Dark Sun

(listed in order of publication)

  • The Verdant Passage (October 1991)
  • The Crimson Legion (April 1992)
  • The Amber Enchantress (October 1992)
  • The Obsidian Oracle (June 1993)
  • The Cerulean Storm (September 1993)

Forgotten Realms

(listed in order of publication)

  • Waterdeep
     (as Richard Awlinson, October 1989)
  • Dragonwall (July 1990)
  • The Parched Sea (July 1991)
  • The Ogre's Pact (September 1994)
  • The Giant Among Us (February 1995)
  • The Titan of Twilight (September 1995)
  • The Veiled Dragon (June 1996)
  • Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad
     (February 1998)
  • Faces of Deception (November 1998)
  • Beyond the High Road (December 1999)
  • Death of the Dragon (written with Ed Greenwood, August 2000)
  • The Summoning (March 2001)
  • The Siege
     (December 2001)
  • The Sorcerer (November 2002)
  • The Sentinel (April, 2014)

Halo

  • Halo: Last Light (September 2015)
  • Halo: Retribution (August 2017)
  • Halo: Silent Storm (September 2018)
  • Halo: Oblivion (September 2019)
  • Halo: Shadows of Reach (October 2020)
  • Halo: Divine Wind (October 2021)
  • Halo: Outcasts (March 2023)

Kim Possible

(listed in order of publication)

Planescape

  • Pages of Pain (December 1997)

Stonekeep

  • The Oath of Stonekeep (October 1999)

Star Wars

(listed in order of publication)

  • Star By Star
     (October 2001)
  • A Forest Apart (February 2003)
  • Tatooine Ghost (March 2003)
  • The Joiner King
     (July 2005)
  • The Unseen Queen
     (September 2005)
  • The Swarm War
     (December 2005)
  • Tempest
     (November 2006)
  • Inferno
     (August 2007)
  • Invincible
     (May 2008)
  • Abyss
     (August 2009)
  • Vortex (November 2010)
  • Apocalypse
     (March 2012)
  • Crucible (July 2013)

References

  1. ^ Wineke, William R. (March 26, 2003). "Writers with Local Ties Making Their Imprint". The Wisconsin State Journal. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2012 – via HighBeam Research.
  2. ^ ""Guests: Troy Denning" [[Odyssey Con]] 14 website". Archived from the original on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Varney, Allen (March 1998). "ProFiles: Troy Denning". Dragon (#245). Renton, Washington: Wizards of the Coast: 112.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7
    .
  5. ^ Troy Denning. Alliterates.com. Accessed March 24, 2012.
  6. ^ Ewalt, David M. (August 20, 2012). "What's Next With Dungeons And Dragons?". Forbes. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  7. ^ a b Author Spotlight at Random House
  8. ^ "Troy Denning". Archived from the original on February 24, 2009.

External links

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