Dragons - Worlds Afire

About

Margaret Weis was born and raised in Independence, Missouri. In 1983, she moved to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, to take a job as book editor at TSR, Inc, producers of the Dungeons & Dragons® roleplaying game.

At TSR, Weis became part of the Dragonlance® design team. In collaboration with Tracy Hickman, she wrote the Dragonlance Chronicles, which has sold over twenty million copies world wide. Weis is also the author of many best-selling series, including the Deathgate Cycle, the Sovereign Stone series, and her new Dragonvarld series for TOR Books.

Weis is also the owner of Sovereign Press, the publisher of the Dragonlance d20™ roleplaying products licensed from Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Tracy Hickman spent two years as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons), before becoming a game designer. He has been designing role-playing fantasy-world games for twenty-five years. He joined TSR in 1983 and served as a leader of the team that created the Dragonlance world. Besides the Dragonlance novels he has also co-authored the following best-selling books with Weis: The Darksword Trilogy, The Rose of the Prophet Trilogy, The Death’s Gate Cycle (seven book series), The Sovereign Stone Trilogy, and The Starshield series.

Hickman has designed many non-Dragonlance game products and written extensively for different game worlds. He has also written solo novels and books with other writing partners. His novels as a solo author include The Immortals, Requiem of Stars, and Starcraft: Speed of Darkness. With his wife Laura Curtis Hickman, also a co-creator of the Dragonlance world, Hickman is writing the ongoing Bronze Canticles series.

Matt Stawicki was born and raised in the Delaware area. He attended the Pennsylvania School of Art and Design and graduated in 1991. Since beginning his professional career in 1992, he has created many images for a wide range of products and clients including video gamecovers, collectible card images, book covers, collectors plates and fantasy pocket knives to name a few.

The paintings of noted illustrators like NC. Wyeth, Norman Rockwell and Max-field Parrish are among his traditional influences. Also the films of Walt Disney, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg are sources of inspired imagery.

Clients include Harper/Collins, Penguin, Leisure, Bantam and Doubleday books. Other clients include GT. Interactive Software, Wizards of the Coast, Milton Bradley, and The Franklin Mint.

Matt is also a member of the Society Of Illustrators, New York and the Association for Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA). He currently lives in Delaware.